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Normal Newborn

Topic Index

Normal Newborn Home

 

Preparing For Your New Baby

Choosing a Pediatrician

 

Getting Ready at Home

 

Preparing the Family

Baby's Care After Birth

Baby's Care in the Delivery Room

 

Baby's Care After a Vaginal Delivery

 

Baby's Care After a Cesarean Delivery

 

When a Baby Has Difficulty After Birth

Newborn Care

Common Procedures


Eye Prophylaxis/Vitamin K Injection

 

Newborn Screening Tests

 

Newborn Immunizations

 

Childhood Immunizations

 

Hearing Screening Tests

Newborn Health Assessment


Measurements

 

Physical Examination

 

Gestational Assessment

 

Warning Signs

Newborn Appearance

 

Normal Newborn Behaviors and Activities

Newborn - Reflexes

 

Newborn - Sleep Patterns

 

Newborn - Senses

 

Newborn - Crying

Bathing and Skin Care

 

Umbilical Cord Care

 

Diapers/Diaper Rash

 

Circumcision

 

Getting to Know Your Baby

 

Breastfeeding Your Baby

Breast Milk is the Best Milk

 

Getting Started

 

How Milk is Made

 

Effective Breastfeeding

 

Effective Sucking

 

Breastfeeding Difficulties - Mother


Sore Nipples

 

Insufficient or Delayed Milk Production

 

Low Milk Production

 

Flat or Inverted Nipples

 

Plugged Milk Ducts

 

Mastitis

Breastfeeding Difficulties - Baby


Ineffective Latch-On or Sucking

 

Slow or Poor Infant Weight Gain

 

Mismanaged Breastfeeding

 

Over-Active Let-Down

Breastfeeding and Returning to Work


Maternity Leave

 

Your Workplace

 

Childcare

 

Introducing a Bottle

 

Breast Milk Expression


Helpful Equipment

 

Getting Ready

 

At Work

Breast Milk Collection and Storage


Using a Breast Pump

 

Storing Your Breast Milk

 

Thawing Breast Milk

 

Taking Care of Your Breast Pump and Collection Kit

Maternal Nutrition and Breastfeeding

Bottle-Feeding

 

Infant Feeding Guide

 

Newborn Complications

Birth Defects

 

Birth Injury

 

Jaundice

 

Hypoglycemia

 

Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn

 

Thrush

When To Call Your Physician

Fever in a Newborn


Measuring a Baby's Temperature


Behavior Changes

 

Skin Color Changes

 

Breathing Problems

 

Gastrointestinal Problems

The New Mother - Taking Care of Yourself After Birth

 

Glossary

 

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