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How to Bond with a Newborn When Bottle-Feeding
From the moment you bring your baby into the world, you can begin bonding with her. Bonding creates an attachment between you and your newborn. It gives your ba
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How to Share Newborn Care With the Father
Bringing your newborn home from the hospital is a joyous and exciting time for the whole family, but after you get everyone home and settled in, that's when the
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How to Stimulate a Newborn's Sense of Sight
Newborn sight needs to develop during a baby's first year, and your child develops sight from sensing light and dark to identifying a color after several weeks
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How to Help Dad Bond with a Newborn
Bonding with a newborn can seem like second nature to a new mom, but helping a new dad to bond with a newborn can be a challenge. As the mom, it is absolutely n
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How to Prevent Flat Head
Sometimes, babies develop a flat spot on their heads in-utero, but many cases - known as positional plagiocephaly - result simply from the way newborns sit and
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How to Swaddle an Infant
Your mother and grandmother may swear by swaddling to help a baby sleep, but swaddling demands special care to ensure that your infant is safe. The American Aca
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How to Gather Together the Items You Need for a Newborn
As you've probably heard, the little person about to take over your life doesn't come cheap. Along with the big-ticket items like a crib and a stroller, your ba
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How to Care for the Circumcision Site
If you've made the decision to circumcise your son, you'll need to know how to care for the procedure site until it heals to prevent bleeding, infection and oth
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How to Prepare for Bringing a Newborn Home
You're excited, yet nervous at the same time. This is the day you have waited for, to finally bring home your little bundle of joy. The nurses and doctors can't
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How to Wrap a Baby
After months of growing in tight quarters, all that space in the outside world may feel unfamiliar to your newborn. You can help her feel warm and cozy during t
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How to Hold a Newborn Baby
Newborn babies are fragile, but they won't break. Don't be afraid to hold a newborn, because soon, you'll get the hang of it. The most important thing to know a
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How to Get Rid of a Baby's Cradle Cap
If your newborn has developed red patches or white or yellow scales on his scalp, don't worry. It's most likely cradle cap, a noninfectious skin condition that
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How to Stimulate a Newborn's Sense of Hearing
Stimulating a newborn's sense of hearing is as easy as opening your mouth. Your baby has heard the sound of your voice since before she took her first breath --
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How to Handle a Newborn
That wiggly little bundle of joy you just brought home gives you lots of reasons to feel ecstatic, but handling a newborn for the first time is often scary. His
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How to Put Together a Newborn's Essentials
Before you go broke buying another toy or gadget that your baby will never end up using, take a step back and consider the absolute essentials that your newborn
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How to Know When to Stop Swaddling a Baby
Swaddling is an excellent way to comfort a newborn because being wrapped securely in a blanket feels similar to the way the baby felt in his mother's womb. As a