Your Child and the Environment

Environmental dangers are everywhere. Most of these dangers are more harmful to children than adults. However, there are things you can do to reduce your child’s contact with them. Read more to learn about how to protect your family from environmental dangers.

Starting Solid Foods

Rice, oatmeal, or barley? What infant cereal or other food will be on the menu for your baby’s first solid meal? And have you set a date?

Safety of Blood Transfusions

Because of illness or injury, some children need to receive transfusions of blood and blood products. This procedure may be frightening for parents and their children. Many parents are also concerned about the safety of transfusions. While blood supply in the United States is considered very safe, parents

Sleeping Well: Tips for Parents of Babies and Young Children

Information from the American Academy of Pediatrics to help ensure a good night’s sleep for children—and parents too!

Safe Sleep and Your Baby: How Parents Can Reduce the Risk of SIDS and Suffocation

Many infants die during sleep from unsafe sleep environments. Some of these deaths are from entrapment, suffocation, and strangulation. Some infants die from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). However, there are ways for parents to keep their sleeping baby safe.

Protect Your Child…Prevent Poisoning

Young children may put anything in their mouths. This is part of learning. Many household products can be poisonous if swallowed, if in contact with the skin or eyes, or if inhaled.

Lead Is a Poison: What You Need to Know

Lead in the body can affect child development and behavior. Lead is a metal that is found in a lot of places. Although you can’t usually see lead, you can do things to prevent your child from being exposed to it. No safe level of lead has been identified for children. Children have the most risk factors

Newborn Hearing Screening and Your Baby

Before you bring your newborn home from the hospital, your baby needs to have a hearing screening.

Keep Your Family Safe: Fire Safety and Burn Prevention at Home

Fires and burns cause almost 4,000 deaths and about 20,000 hospitalizations every year. Winter is an especially dangerous time, as space heaters, fireplaces, and candles get more use in the home. It is no surprise that fires in the home are more common between December and February. However, you might

Jaundice and Your Newborn

Here is information from the American Academy of Pediatrics about jaundice, bilirubin levels, treatment of jaundice, when to follow up after discharge, and when to call the doctor.