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On this page: All About Breastfeeding | All About Formula Feeding | Communicating With Your Baby | Growth & Your Baby | Introducing Solid Foods | Learning, Play & Your Baby | Medical Care & Your Baby | Movement, Coordination & Your Baby | Pregnancy | Sleep & Your Baby | The Senses & Your Baby |

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    • Gastroesophageal reflux - Danny Sling video
  • All About Breastfeeding

    Articles
    • Breast milk supply FAQs
    • Breast milk: Labeling and storing in the hospital
    • Breast pumping shouldn't hurt! Treatments for mothers who pump breast milk
    • Breast pumping when your baby is in the hospital
      (Spanish)
    • Breastfeeding an infant with cleft lip
    • Breastfeeding an infant with Down syndrome
    • Breastfeeding an infant with neurological problems
    • Breastfeeding FAQs: Getting Started
      (Spanish)
    • Breastfeeding FAQs: Getting Your Baby to Latch
      (Spanish)
    • Breastfeeding FAQs: Pain and Discomfort
      (Spanish)
    • Breastfeeding FAQs: Solids and Supplementing
      (Spanish)
    • Breastfeeding FAQs: Some Common Concerns
      (Spanish)
    • Breastfeeding FAQs: Spitting Up, Gagging, and Biting
    • Breastfeeding FAQs: Supply and Demand
      (Spanish)
    • Breastfeeding FAQs: Your Eating and Drinking Habits
      (Spanish)
    • Breastfeeding vs. Formula Feeding
      (Spanish)
    • Breastfeeding your hospitalized baby
      (Spanish) (Hmong)
    • Breastfeeding Your Premature Baby in the Hospital and Using Test Weights
    • Breastfeeding: Solving early problems
    • Breastfeeding: Weaning
      (Spanish)
    • Breastfeeding: Weaning from breast pumping
    • Burping Your Baby
      (Spanish)
    • Feeding Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Feeding Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Feeding Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Feeding Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Feeding Your Newborn
      (Spanish)
    • How Can I Overcome Breastfeeding Difficulties?
    • How Can I Wean My Reluctant 2-Year-Old?
    • How to Bottle-Feed Your Baby (Video)
    • How to Breastfeed Your Baby (Video)
      (Spanish)
    • 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)?
      (Spanish)
    • Is it Safe to Breastfeed if I Have the Flu?
      (Spanish)
    • Is my baby getting enough milk?
    • Kangaroo Care
      (Spanish)
    • Nursing Positions
      (Spanish)
    • Weaning after infant loss
    • What Can Parents Do About Heavy Metals in Baby Food?
      (Spanish)
    • When Can Babies Start Drinking Cow's Milk?
      (Spanish)
    • When Can My Baby Start Eating Solid Foods?
      (Spanish)
  • All About Formula Feeding

    Articles
    • Breastfeeding vs. Formula Feeding
      (Spanish)
    • Burping Your Baby
      (Spanish)
    • Feeding Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Feeding Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Feeding Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Feeding Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Feeding Your Newborn
      (Spanish)
    • Formula Feeding FAQs: Getting Started
    • Formula Feeding FAQs: How Much and How Often
    • Formula Feeding FAQs: Preparation and Storage
      (Spanish)
    • Formula Feeding FAQs: Some Common Concerns
      (Spanish)
    • Formula Feeding FAQs: Starting Solids and Milk
      (Spanish)
    • Formula Feeding FAQs: Supplementing
    • How to Bottle-Feed Your Baby (Video)
    • Is Homemade Baby Formula Safe?
      (Spanish)
    • Stopping the Bottle
      (Spanish)
    • What Can Parents Do About Heavy Metals in Baby Food?
      (Spanish)
    • What Should I Feed My Baby if I Can’t Find Baby Formula in Stores?
      (Spanish)
    • When Can Babies Start Drinking Cow's Milk?
      (Spanish)
    • When Can My Baby Start Eating Solid Foods?
      (Spanish)
  • Communicating With Your Baby

    Articles
    • Communication and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Communication and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Communication and Your 2- to 3-Year-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Communication and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Communication and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Communication and Your Newborn
      (Spanish)
    • Does My Toddler Have a Language Delay?
    • Infant behavior cues
    • Reading Books to Babies
      (Spanish)
    • Separation Anxiety
      (Spanish)
  • Growth & Your Baby

    Articles
    • A to Z: Failure to Thrive
    • Banked human milk: What you need to know
      (Spanish) (Hmong) (Somali)
    • Breast milk: Labeling and storing in the hospital
    • Failure to Thrive
      (Spanish)
    • Growth and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Growth and Your 2- to 3-Year-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Growth Charts
      (Spanish)
    • Is My Baby Ready for Shoes?
      (Spanish)
    • Movement, Coordination, and Your Newborn
      (Spanish)
    • NICU Follow up - Kindergarten
    • NICU Follow-Up Program - Suggested Reading
    • NICU Follow-Up Program 1 month
    • NICU Follow-Up Program 10 months
    • NICU Follow-Up Program 12 months
    • NICU Follow-Up Program 24 months
    • NICU Follow-Up Program 3 months
    • NICU Follow-Up Program 4 months
    • NICU Follow-Up Program 6 months
    • NICU Follow-Up Program 7 months
    • NICU Follow-Up Program 8 months
    • NICU Follow-Up Program 9 months
    • What to Do When Babies Cry
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Growth: 1 Month
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Growth: 10 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Growth: 11 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Growth: 12 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Growth: 2 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Growth: 3 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Growth: 4 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Growth: 5 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Growth: 6 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Growth: 7 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Growth: 8 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Growth: 9 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Development: 1 Month
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Development: 2 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Development: 6 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Development: 9 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Development: Newborn
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Growth
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child’s Development: 1 Year (12 Months)
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child’s Development: 3-5 Days
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child’s Development: 4 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Newborn's Growth
      (Spanish)
  • Introducing Solid Foods

    Articles
    • Can I Feed My Baby Honey?
    • Cleft Lip/Cleft Palate: Feeding Your Child
      (Spanish)
    • Feeding Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Feeding Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Finger Foods for Babies
      (Spanish)
    • Fluoride
      (Spanish)
    • Is Homemade Baby Formula Safe?
      (Spanish)
    • Milk Allergy in Infants
      (Spanish)
    • Milk Free Diet for Iron Deficiency Anemia
      (Spanish)
    • Moving Past Purees
      (Spanish) (Hmong) (Somali)
    • Starting Your Baby on Solid Foods (Video)
    • Stopping the Bottle
      (Spanish)
    • What Can Parents Do About Heavy Metals in Baby Food?
      (Spanish)
    • What Should I Feed My Baby if I Can’t Find Baby Formula in Stores?
      (Spanish)
    • When Can Babies Start Drinking Cow's Milk?
      (Spanish)
    • When Can My Baby Start Eating Solid Foods?
      (Spanish)
    • When Can My Child Start Drinking Juice?
      (Spanish)
  • Learning, Play & Your Baby

    Articles
    • Choosing Safe Baby Products: Toys
      (Spanish)
    • Learning, Play, and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Learning, Play, and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Learning, Play, and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Learning, Play, and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Learning, Play, and Your Newborn
      (Spanish)
    • Reading Books to Babies
      (Spanish)
    • What Toys Can Help Improve a Baby's Motor Skills?
  • Medical Care & Your Baby

    Articles
    • Bringing Your Premature Baby Home
      (Spanish)
    • Caring for Your Premature Baby at Home
    • Common Questions About Immunizations
      (Spanish)
    • Congenital Cataracts
      (Spanish)
    • Coronavirus (COVID-19): How to Protect Babies and Toddlers
      (Spanish)
    • Diapering Your Baby
      (Spanish)
    • Erythema Toxicum
    • Fetal Lung Mass
      (Spanish)
    • Gastroschisis
      (Spanish)
    • Health Screening Tests
      (Spanish)
    • How Vaccines Help (Video)
    • I'm Pregnant. How Can I Avoid Having My Baby Early?
    • If Your Baby Has a Birth Defect
      (Spanish)
    • Infant Torticollis
    • Intraventricular Hemorrhage in Newborns
      (Spanish)
    • Jaundice in Newborns
      (Spanish)
    • Laundering Your Baby's Clothes
      (Spanish)
    • Medical Care and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Medical Care and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Medical Care and Your 2- to 3-Year-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Medical Care and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Medical Care and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Medical Care and Your Newborn
      (Spanish)
    • Necrotizing Enterocolitis
      (Spanish)
    • Omphalocele
      (Spanish)
    • Postpartum Depression
      (Spanish)
    • Preparing Your Child for Visits to the Doctor
      (Spanish)
    • Pyloric Stenosis
    • Questions to Ask When Your Baby's in the NICU
      (Spanish)
    • Respiratory Distress Syndrome
      (Spanish)
    • The Medical Home
      (Spanish)
    • Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN)
      (Spanish)
    • Trimming Your Baby's Nails
      (Spanish)
    • When Your Baby's in the NICU
    • Your Baby's Care Team in the NICU
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 1 Month
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 1 Year (12 Months)
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 1.5 Years (18 Months)
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 15 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 2 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 2 Years (24 Months)
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 3 to 5 Days
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 4 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 6 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 9 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: Newborn
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Immunizations
      (Spanish)
  • Movement, Coordination & Your Baby

    Articles
    • In-Toeing
      (Spanish)
    • Movement, Coordination, and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Movement, Coordination, and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
    • Movement, Coordination, and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Tummy Time
      (Spanish)
  • Pregnancy

    Articles
  • Sleep & Your Baby

    Articles
    • Bed-Sharing
      (Spanish)
    • Flat Head Syndrome (Positional Plagiocephaly)
      (Spanish)
    • Helping Your Baby Sleep (Video)
    • Helping Your Toddler Sleep (Video)
    • Hypersomnia
    • Safe Sleep for Babies (Video)
    • Safe Sleep Video
    • Sleep and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Sleep and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Sleep and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Sleep and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Sleep and Your Newborn
      (Spanish)
    • Sleep and Your School-Aged Child
  • The Senses & Your Baby

    Articles
    • The Senses and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
    • Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 1 Month
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 10 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 11 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 12 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 2 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 3 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 4 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 5 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 6 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 7 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 8 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 9 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Newborn's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses
      (Spanish)

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