Newborn & Baby - December 2006

He is constantly licking his lips and the top one cracks and bleeds often. We have a cold winter, so the heat is on, but we run a humidifier in his room to help. I put Aquaphor on his lips religiously, but he ends up licking or rubbing a lot of it off. Any suggestions?

2006-12-07 22:32:21 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-07 22:20:25 · 15 answers · asked by mom511 1

2006-12-07 21:51:19 · 3 answers · asked by vikramcommander_bsf007 1

He cries when he has woken up but he wont have his feed or bottle he just takes a little sip of water from his bottle and goes back to sleep and he does this every 2 hours. He doesnt sleep in the days so its not that he has too much sleep. He eats fine in the day but when it comes to the nights he's terrible. What is wrong does anyone know?

2006-12-07 21:47:59 · 11 answers · asked by Sammy J 1

my baby is almost 7 months. shes been starting solids since she was 6 months old. i feed her twice a day and been feeding different flavors of baby food. shes also breastfed. when i checked she lost one pound. help

2006-12-07 19:54:07 · 5 answers · asked by richilesy 1

My son is 3 months and two weeks old. He is from Kerala, India. What types of food can we give to him apart from breast feeding? Can we give to him readymade baby foods available in the market with label "fit for 6 months and above old baby" at this stage? If he happened to taste other foods will he get aversion to breast milk?

2006-12-07 19:33:02 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm working on a project for infant survival and community unity. And I'm on a Undoing Institutional Racism Community Action Team. We are trying to look at ways to create awareness and address the issue. From my research, I've found that the US ranks 42nd in the world for infant mortality and third world countries beat us in providing care to infants. For African-Americans, the rate doubles where 1 in 5 infants die. And I've heard from other community members, that there is a disparity in treatment by physicians, there are stats to show the disparity based on outcomes, and then there are personal stories talking to infant mortality is not a socio-economic as African-Americans at any rung of the socio-economic ladder faces the same institutional racism growing up and their birth outcomes are still dire compared to the general population. And then again, we live in a civil technological society with the 'best' doctors and academia, but still rank in the cess pool for infant mortality..

2006-12-07 19:24:30 · 3 answers · asked by dotobjects 3

I love these names. . .what do you think?
(last name is Swisher)

girls:

Meredith Berlyn (love this!)
Malaina Quinn
Rachael Gwenyth
Nevaeh Renee (pronounced Na-va-yah)

Boys:

Julian Matthew
Jonah Patrick
Elijah Cohen
Camden ???

Help!

2006-12-07 19:09:05 · 16 answers · asked by ~Abbey Beth~ 3

I am finding it hard to sleep at night because when I lie down to sleep, my baby pushes on my lungs and I get short of breath. Other than sleeping completely upright any thoughts?

2006-12-07 18:56:20 · 6 answers · asked by jette 2

2006-12-07 18:03:01 · 9 answers · asked by just me 1

My baby started crawling a couple days before she turned 5 months old. She is almost 6 months now and she crawls super fast all over the house and pulls herself up on things to stand up. My mom says that she is doing these things at a very young age.
Is this true?? Does that mean that she is be smarter than average??

2006-12-07 17:47:40 · 7 answers · asked by Lis B 2

2006-12-07 17:47:31 · 3 answers · asked by ria s 1

I've always thought my 8 month old son was developing quite well and as most mom's, thought he was somewhat advanced for his age, but now I wonder if he could have some form of autism. He spends a good deal of time waving his hands and/or swiveling his wrists and is always feeling surfaces or textures by flexing his fingers continually. If there is a tag on a toy, he is more interested in the tag than the toy. I always thought this was cute, but now I wonder if it is an early sign of autism. He usually responds to his name, but there are times when I will call repeatedly and he will not answer--this happens more for me to test him than to actually need to call him. He has been babbling for at least 3 months and he particlularly likes to say "da da da de da" repeatedly. Otherwise, he interacts well with people, especially his cousins who are close to his own age. Am I grapsing at straws as an over-paranoid mother or do I have valid concerns?

2006-12-07 17:45:51 · 11 answers · asked by HCH32 2

you can get for a 10 month old baby, already around 21 pounds. price doesn't matter.
is the cosco alpha omega elite and the safetyfirst the same.
is that the best or are there better ones, does this one fit in any car?

thanks

2006-12-07 17:28:27 · 6 answers · asked by liane 1

What are some good games to play. What kind of prizes do you give to the winner of the games? I was told by someone that you give out baby items as prizes and the winner gives them to the mommy to be....is that true???

2006-12-07 17:00:54 · 12 answers · asked by heyitsmedarra 3

Everything was sopposed to be 50/50 until the baby came. I find myself getting really bitter at my husband. Is there anything I can do?

2006-12-07 16:57:18 · 12 answers · asked by shannon s 1

My son is 9 weeks old. When he is sleeping, on his back, he will "wake up" and fuss, grunt, kick, throw arms and swing his head from side to side. The swinging is quite, I don't know, violent really. He basically will swing his head completely to the side so that his cheek will touch the bed and then swing it to the other side. Back and forth back and forth. Does any one else have a child who does this? Is it a frustration thing? Is he mad or cranky? Just tired maybe? Is it some kind of self-soothing?

2006-12-07 16:52:30 · 7 answers · asked by Bailey K. 1

the carnation quadtuplets were five baby girls that were born and the carnation milk company sponserd them and used them in there ads

2006-12-07 16:44:27 · 3 answers · asked by jimmie m 1

This little dude has obviously been here before! He rolls over already, has no interest in tummy time (because he's too busy trying to get on his feet), and is holding full blown conversations with us. I'm happy about his progress but I wonder...is anyone else's baby trying to run a marathon?

2006-12-07 16:15:57 · 11 answers · asked by serialconversationalist 1

My son was almost 9lbs. at birth and 22in.. Cute as a button...not a rolly polly baby in the least bit. He's a BIG one. But not really fat, mostly long and solid. He's in 9-12 month clothes though.

I'm EXCLUSIVELY breastfeeding. No supplements yet (cereal, water, formula, juice, baby food)...he obviously is not missing a meal! So, I guess the question is...should I be concerned by his rapid growth?

(P.S. his dad is a 6'6 football player lol)

2006-12-07 16:12:15 · 16 answers · asked by serialconversationalist 1

Breast feeding was going well for the first two months until I had to back to school at nights and was away from son for 6 hours without being able to pump or feed him. I slowly had to start supplementing him with formula when I noticed he had emptied the breasts and was still hungry. Now my milk supply is almost completely gone (he's almost 6 mos old) but school is almost over . Is it possible to get it back to what is was or should I just give up? It hurts to try to feed him often when there is no milk in there because he tugs and pulls on the breasts. I drink water often and feed him as soon as I feel milk let down because otherwise he just gets upset that nothing comes out. I also think when I had a blocked duct it caused my milk supply to drop.

2006-12-07 16:00:22 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I purchased a 07' ford focus which has a seemingly cheep interior. I was wanting to find a seat cover for my backseat to keep my baby from ruining the fabric. I thought about just using a blanket but thought there might be a better solution. Any ideas.

2006-12-07 15:58:49 · 2 answers · asked by jessie_goines 2

the whole birth certificate thing is so "unscientific".

2006-12-07 15:51:16 · 7 answers · asked by ? 3

I am an Aussie and I have been searching the globe for some different, yet not embarassing to a child names.

I am asking for some names that you would or have called your child. Some of the names in Baby Books are terrible. Thanks !!

2006-12-07 15:49:46 · 9 answers · asked by Lozza 1

2006-12-07 15:42:10 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-07 15:27:57 · 5 answers · asked by orzoff 4

My husband and I like the name Camden for our baby boy due next month. We need a cool sounding middle name.

2006-12-07 15:16:31 · 32 answers · asked by Jess 2

I want to buy a book for a new mother. She already has the "What to expect..." books and I'm sure she will be receiving more books from family, so I am looking for a HUMOROUS book about motherhood. Any suggestions? Thank you.

2006-12-07 15:06:10 · 8 answers · asked by PACgirl 2

I like da name tristan or Miranda. She's a girl.

2006-12-07 15:06:02 · 9 answers · asked by PLAYAAAAA DEL MAR 1

My first baby was a boy so i named him Brandon, now i am having another boy and i have no idea what to name him. Can any one give a name that is not to wierd and not to commen that matches Brandon like when they both start running around and getting into trouble i can say Brandon and ???? stop that!!! lol

2006-12-07 14:51:51 · 30 answers · asked by yamileth 2