Feeding Your Baby

Learn which supplemental hormones you can safely take and which ones you should avoid.

Frozen vegetables are a great, healthy solution for teething discomfort.

By FamilyEducation Editorial Staff

Get tips from a pediatrician about breastfeeding your newborn.

There is no medical reason why a healthy infant cannot take a variety of infant formulas, but there are a few issues to consider.

Certain situations may warrant keeping a four-year-old on a bottle.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends breastfeeding for at least 12 months.

Expert advice from a leading pediatrician and pediatric sleep consultant on when it is safe for babies to miss a night feed.

A mother asks if there is any way to give her daughter supplemental iron and combat constipation at the same time.

A mother wants to know whether soy milk is preferable to whole cow's milk.

Does the iron that is in infant formulas cause constipation?

Soy formulas may be an appropriate alternative for full-term infants whose nutritional needs are not being met by breast-feeding or cow milk protein formulas.

Find out what you need to do to get an 18-month-old to give up her bedtime bottle.

Learn what types of solid food are appropriate for a ten-month-old.

Although the transition from breast to formula can be done abruptly, many mothers transition more slowly over time. It is very important to be flexible.

When the word "projectile" is used to describe the quality of spitting or vomiting, pyloric stenosis comes to mind.

Honey should never be given to infants less than one year in age, because it may cause a rare type of food poisoning (infant botulism).

More frequent nursing will increase your milk production to meet the changing needs of your infant.

Find out how to break your child of the need for a bottle to get her to fall asleep.