Newborn (0 - 5 months)

Part of each wellness visit is to plot your baby's growth on a percentile chart. Over time, you and your health care provider will be able to see if your child is growing at the expected rate. Use our charts to track your child's growth.
Read Your Baby's Growth Chart

I have a 6-month-old baby. How long does frozen breast milk retain its value and nutrition?
Read How long does frozen breast milk retain its nutritional value?

I'm due in a few months, and I have read that some plastic bottles can allow estrogen-like compounds to leach into the milk. I am interested in using glass bottles and will be breastfeeding but have read that glass bottles are not recommended for breast milk. Why would this be?
Read Are glass bottles unsafe for breast milk?

I am nursing my 5-month-old baby. I want to know how much caffeine is safe to drink and how soon after I drink a Pepsi or other caffeinated drink does it affect my milk?
Read How soon after I drink caffeine does it enter my milk supply?

My daughter is now almost 4 months old. Because we have only one car, and I pick up my husband from work after 10 p.m., we put the baby to sleep at 10:30 or 11 p.m. Everyone tells us it's bad for her to go to sleep this late, but we don't have anyone to stay with her while we're gone. Will this hurt her? What is the "right time" to put her down? Please help!
Read Is it OK to put my 4-month-old to bed at 10:30 each night?

My baby is 3 months old. How does a baby's sight develop? At what stage can they identify light and dark? At what stage can they identify objects?
Read When does a newborn's eyesight develop?

We are going to paint the rooms in our house and I have a 1-year-old and a 2-month-old baby. Isn't the paint smell dangerous for them?
Read Will the smell of paint harm my 1-year-old and 2-month-old?

I have a 10-week-old baby boy and my husband wants to take him on his six-mile routine run with a jogger. Please advise whether this is safe for my baby.
Read Is it safe to go on a 6-mile jog with a 10-week-old?

My son has impetigo, I am sure of it. How did he get this? I have taken him to the doctor three times now, and nothing seems to help. The doctor has tried two different creams. Help! It hurts him so much.
Read How do I help my son's impetigo?