Take care of yourself and your growing family by getting the advice that all new parents and parents-to-be need. Read about babyproofing your home, preventing SIDS, how to stay healthy during pregnancy, coping with colic, what to expect on the first day of life, and much more.

Condition Center

• Pregnancy & Newborns Center

Baby Basics

• A Guide for First-Time Parents
• Burping Your Baby
• Choking
• Diaper Rash
• Diapering Your Baby
• Laundering Your Baby's Clothes
• Trimming Your Baby's Nails
• Your Child's First Checkup: The Hospital

Pregnancy & Childbirth

• 10 Things That Might Surprise You About Being Pregnant
• A Guide for First-Time Parents
• All About Genetics
• Are Ultrasound "Snapshots" of Your Unborn Baby a Good Idea?
• Banking Your Newborn's Cord Blood
• Becoming a Father
• Birth Plans
• Birth of a Second Child
• Birthing Centers and Hospital Maternity Services
• Birthing Classes
• Cesarean Sections (C-Sections)
• Dealing With Pain During Childbirth
• Eating During Pregnancy
• Ectopic Pregnancy
• Epidurals
• Exercising During Pregnancy
• Folic Acid and Pregnancy
• Inducing Labor
• Looking at Your Newborn: What's Normal
• Medical Care During Pregnancy
• Midwives
• Miscarriages
• Natural Childbirth
• Pica
• Postpartum Depression
• Pregnancy Myths and Tales
• Pregnancy Precautions: FAQs
• Prenatal Tests
• Preparing for Multiple Births
• Recovering From Delivery
• Rh Incompatibility
• Sex During Pregnancy
• Sleeping During Pregnancy
• Staying Healthy During Pregnancy
• Surviving Bed Rest
• The First Day of Life
• Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN)
• What Does "High-Risk" Pregnancy Mean?
• What Is Gestational Diabetes?
• What Is the Apgar Score?
• What Is the Multiple Marker Test?
• When Your Baby Has a Birth Defect
• When Your Teen Is Having a Baby
• Your Child's First Checkup: The Hospital

Pregnancy Calendar

• A Week-by-Week Pregnancy Calendar

Birth Stories

• Barbara's Story
• Lena's Story
• Samala's Story

Common Conditions & Your Baby

• Birthmarks
• Constipation
• Diaper Rash
• Erythema Toxicum
• Jaundice in Healthy Newborns
• Looking at Your Newborn: What's Normal
• Neonatal Infections
• Oral Thrush
• Positional Plagiocephaly (Flattened Head)
• Teething Tots
• The Facts on Undescended Testicles
• Your Colicky Baby

Communicating With Your Baby

• Bonding With Your Baby
• Communication and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
• Communication and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
• Communication and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
• Communication and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
• Communication and Your Newborn

All About Breastfeeding

• Breastfeeding FAQs: Getting Started
• Breastfeeding FAQs: How Much and How Often
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Out and About
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Pain and Discomfort
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Pumping
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Safely Storing Breast Milk
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Sleep - Yours and Your Baby's
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Solids and Supplementing
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Some Common Concerns
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Supply and Demand
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Your Eating and Drinking Habits
• I May Have H1N1 Influenza. Can I Still Breastfeed My Baby?

All About Formula Feeding

• Formula Feeding FAQs: Getting Started
• Formula Feeding FAQs: How Much and How Often
• Formula Feeding FAQs: Preparation and Storage
• Formula Feeding FAQs: Some Common Concerns
• Formula Feeding FAQs: Starting Solids and Milk
• Formula Feeding FAQs: Supplementing

Feeding Your Baby

• Breastfeeding vs. Formula Feeding
• Burping Your Baby
• Feeding Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
• Feeding Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
• Feeding Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
• Feeding Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
• Feeding Your Newborn
• How Can I Overcome Breastfeeding Difficulties?
• Hunger and Malnutrition
• Milk Allergy in Infants
• Nursing Positions
• Stopping the Bottle
• Weaning Your Child

Growth & Your Baby

• Failure to Thrive
• Growth Charts
• Growth and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
• Growth and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
• Growth and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
• Growth and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
• Growth and Your Newborn

Home & Family Issues

• A Guide for First-Time Parents
• Auto Safety
• Bonding With Your Baby
• Bringing Your Baby Home
• Childproofing and Preventing Household Accidents
• Choosing Safe Baby Products
• Choosing Safe Baby Products: Backpacks and Soft Carriers
• Choosing Safe Baby Products: Bathtubs
• Choosing Safe Baby Products: Changing Tables
• Choosing Safe Baby Products: Cribs
• Choosing Safe Baby Products: Gates
• Choosing Safe Baby Products: Infant Seats & Child Safety Seats
• Choosing Safe Baby Products: Playpens
• Choosing Safe Baby Products: Strollers
• Choosing Safe Baby Products: The Dangers of Walkers
• Choosing Safe Baby Products: Toys
• Cosleeping and Your Baby
• How Becoming Parents Can Affect Your Relationship
• Parenting Multiples
• Postpartum Depression
• Preparing Your Child for a New Sibling
• Recovering From Delivery
• Separation Anxiety
• When Can I Take My Newborn Out in Public?

Learning, Play & Your Baby

• Bonding With Your Baby
• Choosing Safe Baby Products
• Choosing Safe Baby Products: Backpacks and Soft Carriers
• Choosing Safe Baby Products: Bathtubs
• Choosing Safe Baby Products: Changing Tables
• Choosing Safe Baby Products: Cribs
• Choosing Safe Baby Products: Gates
• Choosing Safe Baby Products: Infant Seats & Child Safety Seats
• Choosing Safe Baby Products: Playpens
• Choosing Safe Baby Products: Strollers
• Choosing Safe Baby Products: The Dangers of Walkers
• Choosing Safe Baby Products: Toys
• Learning, Play, and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
• Learning, Play, and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
• Learning, Play, and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
• Learning, Play, and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
• Learning, Play, and Your Newborn

Medical Care & Your Baby

• Birthing Centers and Hospital Maternity Services
• Circumcision
• Common Diagnoses in the NICU
• Finding Your Way in the Health Care System
• Finding a Doctor for Your Child
• Frequently Asked Questions About Immunizations
• How to Talk to Your Child's Doctor
• Immunization Schedule
• Medical Care and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
• Medical Care and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
• Medical Care and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
• Medical Care and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
• Medical Care and Your Newborn
• Newborn Screening Tests
• Rh Incompatibility
• Taking Your Preemie Home
• What Is the Apgar Score?
• What Is the Multiple Marker Test?
• When Your Baby's in the NICU
• Your Child's Checkup: 12 Months (1 Year)
• Your Child's Checkup: 18 Months ( 1-1/2 Years)
• Your Child's Checkup: 2 Months
• Your Child's Checkup: 2 Years
• Your Child's Checkup: 2 to 4 Weeks
• Your Child's Checkup: 3 Years
• Your Child's Checkup: 4 Years
• Your Child's Checkup: 5 Years
• Your Child's Checkup: 6 Months
• Your Child's Checkup: 9 Months
• Your Child's First Checkup: The Hospital
• Your Child's Immunizations

Medical Problems & Your Baby

• A Primer on Preemies
• Abusive Head Trauma (Shaken Baby Syndrome)
• All About Genetics
• Apnea of Prematurity
• Birth Defects
• Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD)
• Cleft Lip and Palate
• Common Diagnoses in the NICU
• Could That Lump Be a Hernia?
• Failure to Thrive
• Febrile Seizures
• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
• Folic Acid and Pregnancy
• Genetic Counseling
• Hemangiomas: Suzanne's Story
• How Can I Tell if My Baby Is Constipated?
• If Your Child Has a Heart Defect
• Intestinal Malrotation
• Intussusception
• Lead Poisoning
• Meconium Aspiration
• Medical Issues in Adoption
• Milk Allergy in Infants
• Necrotizing Enterocolitis
• Neonatal Infections
• Positional Plagiocephaly (Flattened Head)
• Pyloric Stenosis
• Retinopathy of Prematurity
• Rh Incompatibility
• Sepsis
• Spina Bifida
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
• Taking Your Preemie Home
• Tay-Sachs Disease
• Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN)
• What Is the Multiple Marker Test?
• When Your Baby Has a Birth Defect
• When Your Baby Is Born With a Health Problem
• When Your Baby's in the NICU

Movement, Coordination & Your Baby

• Gait Abnormalities During the Toddler Years
• Movement, Coordination, and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
• Movement, Coordination, and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
• Movement, Coordination, and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
• Movement, Coordination, and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
• Movement, Coordination, and Your Newborn

Sleep & Your Baby

• Cosleeping and Your Baby
• Positional Plagiocephaly (Flattened Head)
• Sleep and Newborns
• Sleep and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
• Sleep and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
• Sleep and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
• Sleep and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old

The Senses & Your Baby

• The Senses and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
• The Senses and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
• The Senses and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
• The Senses and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
• The Senses and Your Newborn

Recipes for Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women

• "Baked" Candied Sweet Potato
• 5-Minute Rice and Beans
• Apple French Toast
• Bean Burrito to Go
• Caesar Salad
• Carrot-Ginger Soup
• Chicken Salad With Apples
• Chocolate Pudding
• Coq au Vin
• Creamy Broccoli Soup
• Denver Omelet Sandwich
• Easy Turkey Lasagna
• Fortified Mashed Potatoes
• Garlic-Rosemary Oven Fries
• Greek Salad
• Lemon Chicken
• Lentil Rice Salad
• Mediterranean Turkey Burger
• Melon-Cucumber Smoothie
• Microwave Chicken Melt
• No-Fuss Chicken Quesadilla
• Pasta and Cheese
• Quick Baked Apple
• Quick and Easy Burrito
• Soy Berry Smoothie
• Spinach Salad
• Spinach, Pear, and Gruyere Salad with Sweet Dressing
• Tropical Smoothie
• Turkey Pepperoni and Mushroom Calzones
• Whole-Grain Chicken-Broccoli Pockets
• Yogurt Parfait