Pregnancy & Baby

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, staying healthy during pregnancy, coping with colic, what to expect when your little one arrives, and much more.

All About Breastfeeding

• Breastfeeding FAQs: Getting Started
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Getting Your Baby to Latch
• 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: Spitting Up, Gagging, and Biting
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Supply and Demand
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Your Eating and Drinking Habits
• 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?
• How to Bottle-Feed Your Baby (Video)
• How to Breastfeed Your Baby (Video)
• How to Pump & Store Breast Milk (Video)
• I'm Breastfeeding. How Can I Lower My Baby's Food Allergy Risk?
• Is it Safe to Breastfeed if I Have Coronavirus (COVID-19)?
• Is it Safe to Breastfeed if I Have the Flu?
• Nursing Positions
• Weaning Your Child
• When Can Babies Start Drinking Cow's Milk?
• When Can My Baby Start Eating Solid Foods?

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 2- to 3-Year-Old
• Communication and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
• Communication and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
• Communication and Your Newborn
• Does My Toddler Have a Language Delay?
• Reading Books to Babies
• Separation Anxiety

Introducing Solid Foods

• A Guide for First-Time Parents
• Can I Feed My Baby Honey?
• Choking
• Cleft Lip/Cleft Palate: Feeding Your Child
• Feeding Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
• Feeding Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
• Finger Foods for Babies
• Fluoride
• Is Homemade Baby Formula Safe?
• Milk Allergy in Infants
• Starting Your Baby on Solid Foods (Video)
• Stopping the Bottle
• Weaning Your Child
• What Can Parents Do About Heavy Metals in Baby Food?
• What Should I Feed My Baby if I Can’t Find Baby Formula in Stores?
• When Can Babies Start Drinking Cow's Milk?
• When Can My Baby Start Eating Solid Foods?

All About Formula Feeding

• 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
• 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
• How to Bottle-Feed Your Baby (Video)
• Is Homemade Baby Formula Safe?
• Stopping the Bottle
• What Should I Feed My Baby if I Can’t Find Baby Formula in Stores?
• When Can Babies Start Drinking Cow's Milk?
• When Can My Baby Start Eating Solid Foods?

Growth & Your Baby

• A Guide for First-Time Parents
• A to Z: Failure to Thrive
• Failure to Thrive
• Growth Charts
• Growth and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
• Growth and Your 2- to 3-Year-Old
• Is My Baby Ready for Shoes?
• Movement, Coordination, and Your Newborn
• What to Do When Babies Cry
• When Your Baby's Born Premature
• Your Baby's Growth: 1 Month
• Your Baby's Growth: 10 Months
• Your Baby's Growth: 11 Months
• Your Baby's Growth: 12 Months
• Your Baby's Growth: 2 Months
• Your Baby's Growth: 3 Months
• Your Baby's Growth: 4 Months
• Your Baby's Growth: 5 Months
• Your Baby's Growth: 6 Months
• Your Baby's Growth: 7 Months
• Your Baby's Growth: 8 Months
• Your Baby's Growth: 9 Months
• Your Child's Development: 1 Month
• Your Child's Development: 2 Months
• Your Child's Development: 6 Months
• Your Child's Development: 9 Months
• Your Child's Development: Newborn
• Your Child's Growth
• Your Child’s Development: 1 Year (12 Months)
• Your Child’s Development: 3-5 Days
• Your Child’s Development: 4 Months
• Your Newborn's Growth

Learning, Play & Your Baby

• Bonding With Your Baby
• Choosing Safe Baby Products: Toys
• 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
• Reading Books to Babies

Medical Care & Your Baby

• Apnea of Prematurity
• Birth Defects
• Bringing Your Premature Baby Home
• Caring for Your Premature Baby at Home
• Cesarean Sections (C-Sections)
• Choosing a Pediatrician for Your New Baby
• Common Questions About Immunizations
• Congenital Cataracts
• Coronavirus (COVID-19): How to Protect Babies and Toddlers
• Diapering Your Baby
• Erythema Toxicum
• Fetal Lung Mass
• First Aid: Diaper Rash
• Gastroschisis
• Health Screening Tests
• Hernias
• How Can I Comfort My Baby During Shots?
• How Vaccines Help (Video)
• I'm Pregnant. How Can I Avoid Having My Baby Early?
• If Your Baby Has a Birth Defect
• Immunization Schedule
• Infant Torticollis
• Intraventricular Hemorrhage in Newborns
• Jaundice in Newborns
• Laundering Your Baby's Clothes
• Meconium Aspiration Syndrome (MAS)
• Medical Care During Pregnancy
• 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
• Miscarriages
• Necrotizing Enterocolitis
• Newborn Brachial Plexus Injuries
• Newborn Screening Tests
• Omphalocele
• Postpartum Depression
• Prenatal Test: Multiple Marker Test
• Prenatal Test: Ultrasound
• Prenatal Tests: FAQs
• Prenatal Tests: Second Trimester
• Preparing Your Child for Visits to the Doctor
• Pyloric Stenosis
• Questions to Ask When Your Baby's in the NICU
• Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
• Rh Incompatibility During Pregnancy
• Talking to Your Child's Doctor
• Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN)
• Trimming Your Baby's Nails
• Undescended Testicles
• When Your Baby's in the NICU
• Why Do Newborns Need a Vitamin K Shot?
• Your Baby's Care Team in the NICU
• Your Child's Checkup: 1 Month
• Your Child's Checkup: 2 Months
• Your Child's Checkup: 3 to 5 Days
• Your Child's Checkup: 4 Months
• Your Child's Checkup: 6 Months
• Your Child's Checkup: Newborn
• Your Child's Immunizations

Movement, Coordination & Your Baby

• Movement, Coordination, and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
• Movement, Coordination, and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
• Tummy Time

The Senses & Your Baby

• Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 1 Month
• Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 10 Months
• Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 11 Months
• Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 12 Months
• Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 2 Months
• Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 3 Months
• Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 4 Months
• Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 5 Months
• Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 6 Months
• Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 7 Months
• Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 8 Months
• Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 9 Months
• Your Newborn's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses

Sleep & Your Baby

• Bed-Sharing
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Sleep - Yours and Your Baby's
• Flat Head Syndrome (Positional Plagiocephaly)
• Helping Your Baby Sleep (Video)
• How Can I Be Sure My Baby Stays on Her Back While She Sleeps?
• Naps
• Safe Sleep for Babies (Video)
• 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
• Sleep and Your Newborn
• Sleep and Your School-Aged Child
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

Pregnancy

• 10 Things That Might Surprise You About Being Pregnant
• 5 Things to Know About Zika and Pregnancy
• 5 Ways to Prevent Early Labor (Slideshow)
• A Guide for First-Time Parents
• A Week-by-Week Pregnancy Calendar
• Are Some Medicines Off-Limits During Pregnancy?
• Are You in Labor?
• Birth Plans
• Birthing Centers and Hospital Maternity Services
• Bringing Your Baby Home
• Can Getting Vaccines Affect My Unborn Baby?
• Can I Have a Vaginal Birth If I Had a Previous C-Section?
• Can I Still Drink Coffee While I'm Pregnant?
• Can I Use Bug Killers and Repellents During Pregnancy?
• Can Lead Affect My Unborn Baby?
• Can Pregnant Women Do Anything to Reduce or Prevent Swollen Ankles?
• Cesarean Sections (C-Sections)
• Cord Blood Banking
• Coronavirus (COVID-19): Pregnancy FAQs
• Dealing With Pain During Childbirth
• Eating During Pregnancy
• Ectopic Pregnancy
• Epidurals
• Exercising During Pregnancy
• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
• Folic Acid and Pregnancy
• Group B Strep and Pregnancy
• How Can I Deal With Heartburn During Pregnancy?
• How Can I Relieve My Pregnancy Leg Cramps?
• I'm Pregnant. How Can I Avoid Having My Baby Early?
• Inducing Labor
• Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR)
• Is It OK to Have an Occasional Drink During Pregnancy?
• Medical Care During Pregnancy
• Miscarriages
• Natural Childbirth
• Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)
• Postpartum Depression
• Pregnancy Center
• Pregnancy Precautions: FAQs
• Pregnancy Slideshow (Baby)
• Pregnancy Slideshow (Mom & Baby)
• Pregnant or Breastfeeding? Nutrients You Need
• Prenatal Test: Amniocentesis
• Prenatal Test: Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS)
• Prenatal Test: Contraction Stress Test
• Prenatal Test: First Trimester Screening
• Prenatal Test: Glucose Screening
• Prenatal Test: Nonstress Test
• Prenatal Test: Percutaneous Umbilical Blood Sampling (PUBS)
• Prenatal Test: Ultrasound
• Prenatal Tests: FAQs
• Prenatal Tests: First Trimester
• Prenatal Tests: Second Trimester
• Prenatal Tests: Third Trimester
• Preparing for Multiple Births
• Preventing Premature Birth
• Recovering From Delivery
• Rh Incompatibility During Pregnancy
• Severe Morning Sickness (Hyperemesis Gravidarum)
• Sex During Pregnancy
• Sleeping During Pregnancy
• Staying Healthy During Pregnancy
• Taking Care of Your Mental Health During Pregnancy
• Treatments to Prevent Premature Birth
• Week 1
• Week 10
• Week 11
• Week 12
• Week 13
• Week 14
• Week 15
• Week 16
• Week 17
• Week 18
• Week 19
• Week 2
• Week 20
• Week 21
• Week 22
• Week 23
• Week 24
• Week 25
• Week 26
• Week 27
• Week 28
• Week 29
• Week 3
• Week 30
• Week 31
• Week 32
• Week 33
• Week 34
• Week 35
• Week 36
• Week 37
• Week 38
• Week 39
• Week 4
• Week 40
• Week 5
• Week 6
• Week 7
• Week 8
• Week 9
• What Are the Risks of Smoking During Pregnancy?
• What Can I Do to Relieve My Pregnancy Backaches?
• What Is Gestational Diabetes?
• What Is Prenatal Care Before Pregnancy?
• What if My Baby Isn't Born by My Due Date?
• What's a "High-Risk" Pregnancy?
• When Do Pregnant Women Need Progesterone Shots?
• Why Are Babies Born Early?
• Why Are Pregnant Women Told to Avoid Feta Cheese?
• Why Do Many Pregnant Women Pull Ligaments, Muscles, and Joints?
• Why Do Some Pregnant Women Get Varicose Veins?
• Why Do Some Pregnant Women Have Trouble Breathing?
• Your Newborn