Patient resources
Newborn Skin Care
Category:: Newborn or Infant Problems
Information and guidance on newborn skin care.
Newborn Equipment and Supplies
Category:: Newborn or Infant Problems
Information and guidance on essential baby items.
Newborn – Taking Care of Mom
Category:: Newborn or Infant Problems
Information and guidance for new mothers.
Newborn – Taking Care of Baby
Category:: Newborn or Infant Problems
Information and guidance on taking care of your new baby.
Jaundice – Symptom
Category:: Newborn or Infant Problems
Information and guidance on jaundice.
Cow’s Milk Allergy – Infants
Category:: Newborn or Infant Problems
Information and guidance on cow’s milk allergy in infants.
Breastfeeding Your Baby: How Should I Store Breast Milk?
Category:: breastfeeding
Here are storage and preparation tips for a healthy baby at home. (The hospital may have different guidelines for you to follow if your baby needs to have expressed milk.)
Breastfeeding Your Baby: About Weaning
Category:: breastfeeding
Families and cultures have different views about weaning. In the English language, weaning has several different meanings.
Wound Infection
Category:: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
A break in the skin (a wound) shows signs of infection. Signs of infection include pus, spreading redness, increased pain or swelling, and fever.
Wildfire Smoke Exposure
Category:: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
Wildfire smoke exposure, mainly from forest fires. The most common symptoms are coughing, a congested nose and watery eyes.
Whining and Pestering
Category:: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
Whining is a verbal temper tantrum. Compared to screaming tantrums, it’s a step up the developmental ladder. Some examples of whining behavior are: A child who won’t take No for an answer. He keeps repeating his demand for something you’ve told him he can’t have or do.
Weaning From the Bottle – Before 12 Months
Category:: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
Weaning is the replacement of bottle feedings with drinking from a cup. It means an end to nipple feedings. Here are some tips to help.
Weaning From the Bottle – 12 Months or Older
Category:: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
You want to stop bottle feeding, but your child resists. Here are some tips to help.
Warts
Category:: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
Warts are small raised growths that have a rough surface. Viral infection of the skin.
Wart – Plantar
Category:: Schmitt Pediatric Care Advice
A wart on the bottom of the foot (plantar surface). Viral infection of the skin.