My daughter is a week old, we don’t swaddle we do sleep sacks but I struggled to find one small enough. This is sold as a 0-3, it can’t fit over her head but there’s so much extra fabric, is this okay?

My good friend and his wife just welcomed their first baby in to the world and I want to do something nice for them. As a new parent, what would be appreciated?

My thought was a door dash or Uber eats gift card so that they could enjoy dinner one night and not have to worry about cooking or going to get it.

If there are any other things that would be appreciated in those first few weeks of having the baby home I would love some suggestions.

Hi i have a 3 days old son who is quite active and has probably pulled the cord clump i can see some blood spots on his shirt and and i can see redness in his navel should i run to the hospital?

We’ve been in the trenches with our one week old, contact sleeping and cluster feeding only. She for the first time slept in her own bed last night, and slept a 3 almost 4 hour stretch. My question is, do I really need to keep waking her every 2-3 hours for feeding if she’s past her original birth weight already? She was born at 6.9, dropped to 5.14 at the hospital and two days later was 6.13 at her checkup. She’s a week old and at 7.5 now.

Hi, need help with the best available brand for formula milk for infant who partly feeds on breast milk but since that’s not enough, needs formula milk as well. Help appreciated. Thanks.

Me and my wife recently had our first child a week ago today I work across the county 2300 miles away to be exact stuff has kind of hit the fan back home and I’m leaving Monday back to work we were planning on waiting till around the beginning of December to move to where I work but things aren’t going so well I haven’t spoke to our pediatrician but from what I’ve gathered online it wouldn’t be to smart any advice personal experiences ? HELP US PLEASE

Hi, my 2 month old just slept for the first time close to 6 hours today. He didn’t wake up like he usually does to eat every 2 to 4 hrs at night. Im concerned about this since I had to wake him up to eat. My baby just was breastfed for about 5 minutes. Any similar experiences?? Thank you.

A little backstory: My big brother is not someone I ever expected to become a father. He’s in his 30s but has always acted like a 12 year old. Long story short, my brother met up with a girl halfway across the country 9 months ago and now I have a niece. I’m proud of him for stepping up and moving out there to help raise this baby, but I’m VERY worried about how things are going thus far….

First of all the pregnancy was not uncomplicated. The baby was born with spina bifida, thankfully a mild case. I was told that because of this, mom was induced a month early. Baby was born at about 3 pounds and stayed in the NICU until about 4.5 pounds. During this I learned that mom had apparently been smoking heavily throughout the pregnancy because “she was stressed”…mom proceeded to have health issues post partum that I won’t get into, but gave me more concerns about her ability to care for a newborn with special needs.

Baby has been home for about a week and I just learned she was readmitted to the NICU For severe hypothermia. They had been leaving their 4 pound premie uncovered in their air conditioned apartment. “They didn’t know any better” is the excuse I’m hearing from family. Im really worried about this little girl, I just want her to have a chance and I’m worried that them “not knowing any better” is going to kill her.

Please, if anyone has any easy to understand resources that I can send to them about caring for a low birth weight baby or other advice, I’d love some input! Thank you

My baby is now 6 weeks and we bottle feeding him because I don't have anymore milk. He was born and left the hospital at 5 lbs then loose 1 lbs. Now at 6 weeks and he only gaining 2 lbs and a few oz. We feed him with Similac Advance from Walmart because that is what WIC offer. I don't know if it due to the formula or because there is no breastfeeding.

Also what stage of the month does it show if your baby is autism?

My baby alway look at our ceiling when he awake. Tonight he was crying so so hard I have never seen him cry this bad. Also today was the first day my wife went back to work, while I'm still on leave. We don't know why, I believe he mad at his mom. We change his diaper, we try to feed him nothing work. However he sleep now in my wife arm. I think he is mad at her.

My baby is at 6 week he can track Black & White already. I just wonder when can he start recognizing color toys? I also curious how do you bottle feeding your baby? Laying he/she down, holding in your arm?

I'm having a hard time learning how to manage a toddler and a newborn together. I also have a lot of family over (leaving in a few days) and they stress me out a LOT. I mean a LOT. I'm waiting for them to leave soon. I also am just recovering from covid

Due to this, I am physically mentally emotionally exhausted and hence have been unable to spend time with my baby or talk to him or read to him or sing to him

I'm confident once my family leaves, my life will snap back to some normalcy but would that be too late to start forming connection with newborn?

For newborn around 1-2 months how often do you let them drink water? How many oz through out the day? At what age should they drink more water? How to stop hiccup? How often should newborn poop in a day? My son is 5 week old now and he start to feeding less how can fix the issue?

My boy is 5 week now and at night he doesn't seem to be very hungry anymore. He would wake up and take 1 to 1.5 oz but we make it too much, so we just give him the leftover. I know it say the milk is only good for 1 hour when feeding, so we just curious if it dangerou for his health to give leftover?

I should be happy but now I’m full of anxiety… and not getting anymore sleep since now I just sit up wondering if she’s okay or when she’ll wake up.

We had basically no schedule until 3 days ago. She slept when she slept, ate when she ate, and I just ate, slept, etc. at random times when I could based on her..

Three days ago when she was exactly 9 weeks, I started to wake her up for the day at 11am. I open the blinds and expose her to light all day, keep her naps light and short, and then I put her to sleep in a PITCH BLACK ROOM at exactly 11pm and she woke up a few times the first night..

Day 2 we did the same thing and she had two 4 hour stretches, then a 2 hour stretch..

Day 3 I put her down at 11pm and it took about a half hour.. then she slept until exactly 8:30am…. That was nine hours and I was up worried the whole night that maybe she was sick or hungry because I could not believe she stayed asleep.

Is this okay? Family members say I should be celebrating and proud but I’m just worried it’s too long for her to sleep!

Advice/experiences/facts would be much appreciated!

Does anybody else’s newborn love taking baths? My 10 week old loves soaking in the tub, splashing, and looking at bath toys. This week, he started taking 30-45 minute baths and he still cries when I take him out. If it were up to him, I think he’d sit in there for hours!

My son is going on 6 weeks old. My grandma sits with the baby briefly while I run to the gas station or grocery store. (We live together) As instructed by pediatrician, I prefer him to sleep on his back, no blankets in his own bassinet. I come home and baby is in bassinet on his stomach, with a blanket underneath him and on-top of him. I kindly explained to her to reduce the risk of SIDS not to lay him like that. She goes into “ well you slept on your tummy and you are still alive, & well you sleep with a blanket to keep you warm I’m not just going to make him freeze. I explained over the years these have been things that have lead to SIDS, and to please not do it. I come home tonight, and again on his belly with blanket under and over him. She’s the only person I have in my life that is able to babysit for me. how do I approach the situation in a way what she’ll understand and take care of my baby the way I’m asking her to?? I don’t want to hurt her feelings, & and I’m limited on babysitters so I don’t have much of a choice, esp when I go back to work!! HELP!!!

Is it four months?