You've decided to brave the nearby coffee shop for the first time with your new baby in tow when your little one starts grunting and grimacing, and you realize it's baby gas. Welcome to new parenthood! A gassy baby is completely common and normal, given infants' tiny and immature digestive systems. | What to Expect
For the most part, bottle-feeding is pretty straightforward: Once you’ve selected the bottle you want to use and filled it up, you just need to find a comfy seat and offer it to your baby. But before you get to this sit-and-feed moment, the formula must be chosen, bought, sometimes prepared and often stored — which means you'll need a bit of know-how before you mix up that very first baby bottle.| What to Expect
A pacifier can seem like magic: It’s easy, quick and for many babies it turns on the comfort and turns off the tears.| What to Expect
Your little one came into the world accustomed to background sounds. If you're wondering why, remember that the womb can be a noisy place. While it provides a fair amount of padding, your baby in utero was surrounded by ambient sounds — like the beating of your heart and the air moving through your lungs — for nine months.| What to Expect
Being a new parent is already a lot to handle, but when a baby is born early, the job comes with its own set of special issues. But thankfully, due to a myriad of medical advances, even some of the tiniest premature babies born after 28 weeks have a good chance of surviving— and thriving. | What to Expect
The first time your baby visited the hospital nursery, she probably came back wrapped in a neat little package with only her head poking out. That's because nurses know one of the secrets to a happy, calm baby: swaddling.| What to Expect
Many a new mom dealing with a fussy newborn (and truthfully, what newborn isn’t fussy?), has suspected that her suffering sweetheart must have a cow's milk allergy or intolerance, especially when well-intentioned friends and relatives are also blaming milk.| What to Expect
Spitting is par for the course in babies as new parents well know. If your baby is spitting up, it’s usually nothing to worry about.| What to Expect