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Food for a Healthy Baby
Bad eating habits are plaguing infants and toddlers, reports a survey by
Mathematica Policy Research for Gerber, which evaluated diets of more than 3,000
children aged 4 months to 24 months. more 
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Help for Preemie Parents
Each year about 480,000 births are premature, and for
only half of these is there a known cause. more
Poison Control
Syrup of ipecac for many years was considered the at-home emergency treatment for
poisoning and a staple for all first-aid kits. How does it rate now?
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Preventing SIDS
Experts have
discovered even more ways to keep a baby safe.
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Sunscreen Advisory
Babies younger than six months old should ideally be kept out of the sun.
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What is RSV?
The highly contagious respiratory syncytial virus most often appears
between November and March as cold-like symptoms.
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Antibiotic Alert
Infants treated with antibiotics in their first six months are 1.5 times more
likely to have allergies and 2.6 times more likely to have asthma by age 7 than
those who receive no antibiotics, found a study from the Henry Ford Health System
in Detroit. more
Baby Needs a Flu Shot
Starting this fall, flu shots will be recommended for 6- to 23-month-olds.
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Cereal Time
Babies who eat cereal before four months or after seven months are four times
more likely to develop type 1 diabetes than those who start on cereal during
months four through six.
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Immunize Baby
Vaccines provide children with the best defense against such childhood diseases as polio, measles, mumps, rubella (German measles),
pertussis (whooping cough), diphtheria, tetanus (lockjaw) and chicken pox.
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Look Who's Watching
If you think your baby is "zoning out" in front of the television, think again.
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Thermometers
Digital thermometers are now the gold standard for taking your baby's
temperature, says the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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Tummy Time
"Back to Sleep" are the official buzzwords for bedtime (see "SIDS Alert," left),
but during waking hours, more and more babies these days are doing time on their
tummies.
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