Babies

In this Expert Advice column, Henry Bernstein, M.D. helps explain how to take care of your infant's penis after a circumcision procedure and signs to look out for. If a small amount of foreskin remains, it is appropriate to gently pull it back each day during a bath or diaper change. Sometimes the surfaces of skin do stick to each other, resulting in adhesions. These adhesions can be pulled apart with gentle pressure.

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).

In very young babies, urinary tract infections are generally caused by bacteria germs that reach the urinary tract via the bloodstream.

Find helpful tips on how to get a child to sleep in his crib.

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

Find out whether it's normal for a toddler to have breast buds, and whether a doctor's examination is warranted.

Read one father's concerns about circumcision, and our expert's response.

It is important to establish regular routines with babies to promote longer periods of sleeping.

As long as your baby is not acting sick and you are comfortable with his breathing pattern, you should not be overly concerned about the amount of congestion.

It is a federal law that infants and children must ride buckled in car seats or seatbelts that have been properly installed and are used properly.

What can be done once a father has created an inappropriate bedtime ritual?

A mother wonders if she has spoiled her infant by being too attentive.

Get some basic information about pertussis, and what risks it might pose in a ten-year-old.

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

Read some suggestions for getting an 18-month-old off the bottle and formula, and onto cow's milk.

Exercise programs can be exciting for both toddler and parent, but many of them are "more icing than cake."

By FamilyEducation Editorial Staff

Find out why stimulating your baby from birth is crucial to development.

Learn what sleep patterns are normal in infants.