There is no one right way to feed a baby. These seven gentle reminders help you quiet the noise, protect your mental health ...

Background: Ghrelin, a 28 amino-acid peptide mainly secreted by the stomach, displays different metabolic functions such as the regulation of food intake. Evidences about how early feeding mode could ...

A UNC Greensboro (UNCG) study following 299 women and their infants from pregnancy to toddlerhood examined mul ple psychological, biological, and social factors in the context of infants' rapid weight ...

In addition to the breastfeeding assessment tools described here, other parameters that must also be assessed by health care professionals to assure that adequate milk transfer is occurring include: 1 ...

Connor Bahr can’t resist guacamole. “We put it on his tray and he just scoops it right up,” his mom, Marci, said. “He’s a mess, but he loves it.” It’s absolutely worth the mess to see him eating well ...

Are you comparing your baby’s adorable little cheeks with the chubby cheeks of the baby in the aisle at the grocery, outside your pediatrician’s office, and on the cover of every parenting magazine ...

Child health experts have stated that constant vomiting in babies immediately after feeding may be an early sign of infection and should never be dismissed as a normal feeding reaction.They further ...

It's a conversation I've had with many of my fellow parents in recent months, as our children have reunited at park play dates, and soccer matches: We've noticed our kids put on some extra weight ...

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