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Sleeping

As a new parent, you may be surprised to learn that your newborn, who seems to need you every minute of the day, actually sleeps

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Take care of baby

Diapering

You’ll probably decide before you bring your baby home whether you’ll use cloth or disposable diapers. Whichever you use, your little one will dirty diapers

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Bonding and soothing

Bonding, probably one of the most pleasurable parts of infant care, happens during the sensitive time in the first hours and days after birth when

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Bathing

You should give your baby a sponge bath until: the umbilical cord falls off and the navel heals completely (1–4 weeks) the circumcision heals (1–2

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Infant development and growth

Micronutrients

• Iron During the first 6 months of life, infants use iron liver reserves build up during fetal life, as the iron content of breast

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Infant development and growth

Macronutrients

• Fats Fatty acids are the major constituent of many lipids, and those which are essential must be provided through the infant diet for a

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Infant feeding related disorders

Lactose intolerance

Sometimes CMPA is confused with lactose intolerance, but they are very different: lactose intolerance is the inability to digest the lactose sugar and does not

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Infant feeding related disorders

Cow milk protein allergy

Food allergies occur when the body’s immune system (the body’s own defense mechanism) responds abnormally to certain foods. Usually, the immune system helps the body

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Infant feeding related disorders

Colic

Colic is when a baby cries for more than three hours a day and three times a week without a clear cause. A baby may

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Infant feeding related disorders

Reflux disease

Some babies have a condition called gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). GERD happens when the muscle at the opening of the stomach opens at the wrong

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