Is your baby having problems latching on during breastfeeding? Is it painful when you breastfeed? If you're a rookie breastfeeding a newborn, the answers to both of these questions will probably be "yes, and yes."| What to Expect
It can be incredibly nerve-wracking when your baby or toddler comes down with a bad cough, and decoding your child’s cough symptoms can be tricky. Is it a cold? The flu? COVID-19? Or something else like whooping cough, croup or RSV?| What to Expect
If you have a baby or other young children at home, you're following the news about the dominant COVID-19 variant, Omicron, and its subvariants with some special concerns in mind.| What to Expect
If you have a newborn, it’s normal to find that often what goes down, comes back up again. You can chalk it up to new baby digestion, and most of the time, it’s something your little one will outgrow. | What to Expect
You can probably tell just by looking at your little one if she has a stuffy nose or even a fever. But it can be harder to spot a sore throat, especially since your baby or young toddler can’t describe how she’s feeling.| What to Expect
Babies younger than 1 year old are most at risk for serious complications from whooping cough, a highly contagious but preventable bacterial disease that attacks the lungs and respiratory system.| What to Expect
It can be stressful when your baby or toddler comes down with a stomach bug and may leave you feeling pretty helpless.| What to Expect
Is your pint-size poop machine outputting more than usual? Is a lot of the mess winding up on her back rather than in her diaper or on the toilet seat instead of in the potty?| What to Expect
You've likely seen headlines about measles outbreaks across the United States and around the world — even after health experts declared the disease "eliminated" in the U.S. decades ago. | What to Expect
As exciting as it is to introduce new foods when you start solids with your baby, there are a few things that should stay off the menu for the first year. Some foods pose a choking hazard to young eaters, while others are not well suited for babies.| What to Expect
Every new parent rejoices when their baby logs an unexpectedly long nap or block of nighttime sleep. (More rest for you, hooray!) Still, the additional snooze time might also leave you wondering or even worrying: Can a baby sleep too much?| What to Expect
Are your baby's bowel movements frequent? Rare? Loose? Firm? Yellow, brown or multi-hued?| 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
Your baby’s sweet noggin is undoubtedly cute, but it can also — perhaps surprisingly — clue you in to one aspect of your baby’s health. All it takes is a quick check of the top of your baby’s head.| What to Expect
Whether it’s a dry cough or a phlegmy one, a wheezy cough or a barking one, no cough sounds good to a parent’s ear. | What to Expect
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is such a common virus that nearly all adults and young children are affected by it sooner or later.| What to Expect
A runny nose or mild cough probably doesn't worry you much — as a parent, minor cold symptoms can be common. But a sick baby or toddler with a fever will probably kick your concern up by at least a few notches.| What to Expect
