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Attachment Parenting
THE BABBLE TAKE Attachment parenting is the name Dr. Sears has given parenting styles that involve closeness, intuition and listening to the baby's needs and desires rather than centering baby's routine around the parents' needs. Baby-wearing, breastfeeding for as long as possible, and the family bed are all mainstays of attachment parenting....
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Baby Acne
THE BABBLE TAKE We tend to think of acne as something that affects hormone-addled teenagers or stressed-out adults, not cute pristine babies just out of the womb. But newborn acne, and its more persistent sibling, infantile acne, are common. Acne can happen any time hormones are surging through a body and many experts believe it is the mother'...
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Breastfeeding Complications
THE BABBLE TAKE Ideally, baby latches on from the get-go and mother and baby nurse happy ever after. But doctors say that minor breastfeeding complications are common, especially for first-time mothers. Sometimes babies don't latch on as well as they should, or experience other problems in feeding. Stress and a number of other factors can als...
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Down Syndrome
THE BABBLE TAKE Down syndrome is a chromosomal disorder caused by an extra full or partial chromosome. No one knows for sure why this happens. But it is known that mothers in their 40s are at a higher risk to have children with Down syndrome than younger mothers. There are a few physical characteristics that set people with Down syndrome apart...
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Jaundice
THE BABBLE TAKE Jaundice, yellow discolouration of the skin and eyes, affects many newborns two or three days after birth. Experts say the condition is not a disease in and of itself. In healthy-sized full-term newborns it's usually fairly harmless. Doctors say babies are born with an excess of red blood cells. As these old blood cells are br...
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Nappy Rash
THE BABBLE TAKE Nappy rash happens: most babies will suffer one at some point in their nappy-wearing career. Chaffing or contact allergies can be culprits, but most often the cause is simply wetness — chemicals and enzymes in urine and stools can constitute quite the toxic cocktail when left to marinate a soft baby's bottom. Introduct...
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Shaken Baby Syndrome
THE BABBLE TAKE Babies have large heads, weak neck muscles and soft, fragile brains. Shaken Baby Syndrome is a collective name for a number of injuries caused by an adult losing control and violently shaking a baby. The shaking, which can happen for as little as 5 seconds, causes the baby's brain to bounce around inside the skull and bruise,...
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Soothing
THE BABBLE TAKE Sometimes babies cry for no discernible reason. After you've eliminated all possible causes of the crying, there are some tried-and-true soothing techniques recommended by paediatricians. Fans of attachment parenting swear that "wearing" baby in a wrap or a sling not only soothes her when she cries, it also helps prevent cryin...
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