New Baby

Pregnancy and expecting a new baby is an exciting time for parents-to-be. You want to know as much as you can about your developing baby and how your actions will affect their health. We've pulled together information from our health library section that we feel is very important in making decisions for your new baby and how to be prepared once your new arrival joins you and your family. 

-- Select a New Baby Section --Healthy Pregnancy LifestylesPreparing for Your BabyFeeding GuidesPhysical Development

Healthy Pregnancy Lifestyles

• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Preparing for Your Baby

• Getting Ready at Home
• Umbilical Cord Care
• Bathing and Skin Care
• Newborn Screening Tests
• Testing and Lab Procedures
• Taking your Baby Home
• Measuring a Baby's Temperature
• Fever in a Newborn
• Moving Towards Breastfeeding
• Hearing Loss in Babies
• Hearing, Speech and Language
• Infant Sleep
• Water Safety - Prevention
• Finding the Best Day Care for Your Child
• Installing and Using Child Safety Seats and Booster Seats
• Toy Safety - Identifying High-Risk Situations
• Toy Safety
• Falls

Feeding Guides

• Infant Feeding Guide
• Feeding Guide for the First Year
• Effective Breastfeeding
• Maternal Nutrition and Breastfeeding
• Introducing a Bottle
• Getting a Start on Solid Foods
• A Chubby Baby is Not a Sign of Obesity

Physical Development

• Growth in Children
• Growth and Development
• The Growing Child: Newborn
• The Growing Child: 1 to 3 Months
• Normal Growth
• Well-Child Visits
• Neurological Examination for Children
• Age-Appropriate Speech and Language Milestones
• Childhood Immunizations
• Television and Children
• Determining Body Mass Index
• How to Help Your Kids Avoid Type 2 Diabetes
• Diabetes
• Signs of Problems in Speech, Language, and Hearing Development
• Management of Hearing Loss
• Phobias in Children and Adolescents
• Vision, Hearing and Speech Overview
• Discipline
• Temper Tantrums