Congratulations. The excitement of having your new baby and the adjustments of your family have begun to settle down. Your new addition may begin to present new and unexpected challenges. We have provided you with some helpful website links.

Topics

Becoming a Dad

First Night at Home

This page is a great overview of infant care topics including feeding, jaundice and links to many other interesting sites.

This is a page out of the web site developed by Nemour Foundation on how to hold and basic care instructions.

This is a link to an article published by The Journal of the American Medical Association. It includes short paragraphs on the topics of feeding, bathing, sleep, immunizations and when to see a doctor.

How to Give Your Baby a Sponge Bath

Breast Feeding vs. Formula Feeding

Nutritional Needs While Breast Feeding

This is the most comprehensive page of web links that we have come across. You can find anything you ever wanted to know about breast feeding at this link.

Breast Feeding: Getting Started

This site provides a written description of how to breast feed along with a short video clip to illustrate the description.

Special Sun Precautions

Wintertime and Your Baby

Thrush

Over the Counter Medications and Breast Feeding

Contaminated Nipple Cream

Formula Feeding FAQ's: How much and How Often

Preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome

This is a printer friendly page that gives practical help for the frustration of dealing with a fussy baby.

This site gives you a page that can be printed to help with strategies to get some much needed sleep.

A great page on how to deal with the whirlwind that accompanies the new arrival at home.

Baby's Head Shape: What's Normal?

Care of the Uncircumcised Penis

This is a page from the Family Doctor. Org part of the American Academy of Family Practitioners site. It gives a good description of what colic is, what causes it and how to deal with an infant with colic.

This page has about eleven more site pages that you can go to for more information on colic.

This page has two great pictures of what cradle cap looks like, its causes and how to treat it.

Be warned this has actual photos of baby's genital area with the rash and a description. It can be helpful to know what diaper dermatitis is and that is why we included this page on our web site.

Description with a picture of diaper rash.

Picture of a baby's back side with a rash.

Fever

Gives information on the best way to take an infants temperature. When to give medications. When to call a Doctor.

Picture with a brief description of heat rash.