Infant
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Whooping cough on the rise in southern Ontario — symptoms and prevention explained
Several public health units in southern Ontario are battling a rise in whooping cough cases.
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How to get rid of baby hiccups: 8 useful tips, from burping to feeding
From burping to changing feeding positions, here's what you can do to combat your baby's hiccups.
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Olivia Munn says she depends on formula to feed her son: 'I have low milk supply'
Olivia Munn had previously opened up about all the different ways she tried to encourage milk supply in order to breastfeed her son Malcolm.
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'I knew he was going to fight': Baby born with rare skin condition is surviving against all odds
A one-year-old baby receives bleach baths twice a day to help with his rare skin disorder.
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Scotland to follow Scandinavia’s lead and gift all new babies with a starter kit
Thankfully babies born in Scotland are going to be given a helping hand with the must-need paraphernalia. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced that from New Year’s Day 2017, Scottish parents will be gifted “baby boxes”. In Finland, the boxes, which contain around 80 useful items including baby clothes and nappies as well as an actual space for a baby to sleep in, have been credited with cutting infant mortality.
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Husband’s honest Facebook post on infertility struggles goes viral
Conceiving a child is usually a happy and exciting time for a couple. But for the one in six couples who experience infertility issues, their experience may be a lot more stressful, more uncertain and more like Dan Majesky’s.
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Letting babies cry themselves to sleep not harmful, study says
If you have a restless tot who cries himself to sleep, researchers suggest you should let him. In a recent study published Tuesday in the journal Pediatrics, Australian researchers found that allowing babies to “cry it out” can help babies fall asleep sooner and sleep more soundly throughout the night. The study randomly divided 43 sets of infants and parents into three groups – “graduated extinction,” “bedtime fading” and a control group.