The first weeks
Jaundice, the cord, the crying peak, and feeding that hasn't settled.
22 pages. Search by what is actually happening — the words you would say out loud, not the medical ones.
22 pages
The first weeks
Jaundice, the cord, the crying peak, and feeding that hasn't settled.
Is this bottle still good? Breast milk and formula, hour by hour
The storage clock for breast milk and formula — fresh, refrigerated, frozen, thawed, and already fed from. What each state actually gets, why a warmed bottle is different, and the line where it goes down the sink.
5 min read
Newborn fever: why under three months is different
For a baby under 3 months, 100.4°F isn't a number to watch — it's a number to act on, even at 2am, even if they seem fine. Why the rules are different at this age, and what actually happens at the ER.
4 min read
Newborn jaundice: when yellow is normal, and when it needs a doctor
About half of newborns get jaundice, and most of the time it's a normal part of the first weeks. The timing rules that separate wait-and-feed from same-day-call, and what treatment involves when it's needed.
4 min read
The crying peak nobody warned you about
Crying rises from 2 weeks, peaks around 2 months, and declines on its own — and at the peak, hours of inconsolable evening crying can be completely normal. What the PURPLE curve is, and the one rule for the moment you hit your edge.
4 min read
The cord stump: what it needs, and the one infection to know about
Keep it dry, fold the diaper down, don't pull — the stump falls off on its own within about three weeks. What normal healing looks like, and the specific signs of infection that mean a same-day call.
3 min read
Newborn weight loss: what's normal in the first weeks
Losing up to 7-10% of birth weight in the first days is expected — regaining it by about two weeks is the milestone that matters. What the checks are tracking, and when the numbers say feeding needs help.
4 min read
Circumcision healing: what's normal and what isn't
The yellow coating that looks like infection is normal healing. What the first week actually looks like, the two-step care routine, and the specific signs that mean a call.
3 min read
The hip check: what they're looking for, every single visit
Why the doctor bends your baby's hips at every checkup, what a Pavlik harness actually is, and the swaddle-and-carrier positioning rule that protects developing hips.
4 min read
The vitamin K shot: what it's actually for
Every newborn is born low on vitamin K, the ingredient blood needs to clot. What vitamin K deficiency bleeding is, why the shot at birth is the fix, and what the oral-drops alternative actually trades away.
3 min read
Cradle cap, eczema, or something else?
Greasy yellow scales that don't bother the baby: cradle cap, self-resolving. Red itchy patches in a bothered baby: probably eczema, manageable. How to tell them apart and treat each.
3 min read
A flat spot on their head: what actually helps
Flat spots are the trade for safe back sleeping — cosmetic, not developmental. The repositioning moves that work, the torticollis connection worth checking, and where helmets actually fit in.
4 min read
Diaper rash: what actually works
Barrier paste applied like frosting, air time, and prompt changes clear most diaper rash in days. How to spot the yeast version that needs different treatment, and when a rash earns a pediatrician visit.
3 min read
Cluster feeding, the witching hour, and the baby who won't be put down
Feeding every hour all evening isn't a supply failure — it's how babies order more milk during growth spurts. The ages it clusters at, why evenings are worst, and the two checks that confirm all is well.
3 min read
A tight tummy and all that gas
What a firm, windy newborn tummy usually is, why gas is probably not the cause of the crying, and the specific things that mean it is not colic.
4 min read
My newborn just seems off
Serious illness in a baby under three months often comes without a fever. What actually signals it — feeding, rousability, tone, color, and a temperature that can fall as well as rise.
5 min read
Spit-up, reflux, or something else
Why almost all of it is normal and self-resolving, how to tell effortless spit-up from real vomiting, the two patterns that need a doctor the same day, and why you must not prop the cot.
6 min read
The noises they make when they breathe
Why newborn breathing is irregular and noisy by design, what periodic breathing is and how long the pauses should last, why they always sound blocked, and the signs that are actually about effort rather than sound.
5 min read
Tongue tie, and whether it's the problem
What tongue tie actually is, why diagnoses have risen tenfold, how it is properly assessed, what the evidence says frenotomy does and does not achieve, and why the aftercare stretches are not recommended.
6 min read
The eye that always waters
Why one eye weeps constantly in a young baby, how to tell a blocked tear duct from an infection, the massage technique and how often to do it, and the specific signs that need a doctor.
4 min read
They stopped breathing for a moment
The name for the episode that terrifies parents and then leaves no trace, what clinicians mean by a BRUE, why a baby who is now completely fine still needs assessing, and what happens next.
4 min read
Tummy time, when they hate it
How much is actually needed and how early it starts, why most babies protest, what to do instead of enduring the screaming, and the two safety rules that do not bend.
4 min read
Who can hold the baby, and nobody kisses
The one visitor rule that is genuinely about safety rather than germs, why the first six weeks are different, how to say it without a family row, and the symptoms that mean call today.
4 min read
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