- 21. Cradle Cap
- (Bathing & Skin Care)
- ... are the greatest number of oil producing sebaceous glands). Seborrheic dermatitis is a noninfectious skin condition that’s very common in infants, usually beginning in the first weeks of life and slowly ...
- 22. Bathing Your Newborn
- (Bathing & Skin Care)
- Your infant doesn’t need much bathing if you wash the diaper area thoroughly during diaper changes. Three times a week during her first year may be enough. Bathing her more frequently may dry out her skin, ...
- 23. Your Baby's Head
- (3 Months)
- ... that, despite their lack of a bony layer, they are well protected from typical day-to-day baby handling. Other things to know about the soft spot(s) include: In young infants, a sunken soft spot (when ...
- 24. Listen Up About Why Newborn Hearing Screening is Important
- (3 Months)
- ... by the age of 3 months, says Betty Vohr, M.D., FAAP, professor of pediatrics at Brown University School of Medicine and director of the Neonatal Follow-up Clinic at Women’s & Infants’ Hospital in Rhode ...
- 25. Heading Out With Baby
- (3 Months)
- ... to newborns. Weight limits. Some baby carriers aren’t designed for use by small infants. If you plan on using one early on, double-check the lower weight limit first. Support. As we’ve mentioned, ...
- 26. Circumcision
- (Decisions to Make)
- ... is usually performed by a doctor in the first few days of life. An infant must be stable and healthy to safely be circumcised. Scientific studies show some medical benefits of circumcision. However, ...
- 27. Hypothermia: First aid
- (First Aid Manual)
- ... breathing Cold, pale skin Loss of coordination Fatigue, lethargy or apathy Confusion or memory loss Bright red, cold skin (infants) Signs and symptoms usually develop slowly. People with ...
- 28. Head trauma: First aid
- (First Aid Manual)
- ... or symptoms for adults Persistent crying Refusal to eat Bulging in the soft spot on the front of the head (infants) Repeated vomiting If severe head trauma occurs Keep the person still. ...
- 29. Gastroenteritis: First aid
- (First Aid Manual)
- ... signs and symptoms for this reason. Infants who are breast-fed may even react to a change in their mothers' diets. Side effect from medications. Characteristic signs and symptoms include: Nausea ...
- 30. Foreign object swallowed: First aid
- (First Aid Manual)
- ... 5 abdominal thrusts. Perform five abdominal thrusts (also known as the Heimlich maneuver). Abdominal thrusts may injure infants. Use chest compressions instead. Alternate between 5 back blows and 5 abdominal ...
- 31. Food-borne illness: First aid
- (First Aid Manual)
- ... adults. As you get older, your immune system may not respond as quickly and as effectively to infectious organisms as when you were younger. Infants and young children. Their immune systems haven't fully ...
- 32. Fever: First aid
- (First Aid Manual)
- Fever is a sign of a variety of medical conditions, including infection. Your normal temperature may differ slightly from the average body temperature of 98.6 F (37 C). For young children and infants ...
- 33. Choking: First aid
- (First Aid Manual)
- ... compressions used in CPR may dislodge the object. Remember to recheck the mouth periodically. Clearing the airway of a choking infant younger than age 1: Assume a seated position and hold the infant ...
- 34. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR): First aid
- (First Aid Manual)
- ... then just do chest compressions at a rate of about 100 a minute. (Details described below.) The above advice applies to adults, children and infants needing CPR, but not newborns. CPR can keep oxygenated ...
- 35. Aortic valve stenosis
- (Aortic valve stenosis)
- ... a routine physical when a doctor hears an abnormal heart sound (heart murmur). This murmur may occur long before other signs and symptoms develop. Depending on the amount of narrowing, an infant or child ...
- 36. Male hypogonadism
- (Male hypogonadism)
- ... Risk factors for hypogonadism include: Kallmann syndrome Undescended testicles as an infant Mumps infection affecting your testicles Injury to your testicles Testicular or pituitary ...
- 37. Aortic calcification
- (Aortic calcification)
- ... a routine physical when a doctor hears an abnormal heart sound (heart murmur). This murmur may occur long before other signs and symptoms develop. Depending on the amount of narrowing, an infant or child ...
- 38. Angelman syndrome
- (Angelman syndrome)
- ... Some infants with Angelman syndrome have problems feeding during the first few months of life because of an inability to coordinate sucking and swallowing. If your child has difficulty feeding, your pediatrician ...
- 39. Iron deficiency anemia
- (Iron deficiency anemia)
- ... or soreness of your tongue Brittle nails Fast heartbeat Unusual cravings for non-nutritive substances, such as ice, dirt or starch Poor appetite, especially in infants and children with iron deficiency ...
- 40. Norovirus infection
- (Norovirus infection)
- ... completely without treatment. However, in some people — especially infants, older adults and people with underlying disease — vomiting and diarrhea can be severely dehydrating and require medical attention. ...
