Infant and Newborn Care

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Summary

Going home with a new baby is exciting, but it can be scary, too. Newborns have many needs, like frequent feedings and diaper changes. Babies can have health issues that are different from older children and adults, like diaper rash and cradle cap.

Your baby will go through many changes during the first year of life. You may feel uneasy at first. Ask your health care provider for help if you need it.

Start Here

• Bringing Baby Home: How to Prepare for the Arrival of Your Newborn (American Academy of Pediatrics) Also in Spanish
• First Day of Life (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Guide for First-Time Parents (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Infant Care and Infant Health (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• Infants and Toddlers (Ages 0-3) - Raising Healthy Children (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Also in Spanish
• Looking at Your Newborn: What's Normal (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Your Child's Development: 2 Months (Nemours Foundation)

Related Issues

• Baby Carriers: Backpacks, Front Packs, and Slings (American Academy of Pediatrics) Also in Spanish
• Baby Poop: What's Normal? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
• Baby's Head Shape: What's Normal? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
• Car Seat Safety (Nemours Foundation)
• Choosing Safe Baby Products (Nemours Foundation)
• Communication and Your Newborn (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Daily Medicine Record for Your Child (Food and Drug Administration)
• Infant Constipation: How Is It Treated? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Laundering Your Baby's Clothes (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Pacifiers: Are They Good for Your Baby? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
• Safe Sleep -- Cribs and Infant Products (Consumer Product Safety Commission)
• What Are Some Ways to Promote Infant Safety in a Car? (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) Also in Spanish

Specifics

• About Skin-to-Skin Care (Kangaroo Care) (American Academy of Pediatrics) Also in Spanish
• Baby Bath Basics (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
• Baby Naps: Daytime Sleep Tips (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Bathing Your Baby (Nemours Foundation)
• Bed-Sharing (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Burping Your Baby (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Crying Baby: What to Do When Your Newborn Cries (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Dental Hygiene: How to Care for Your Baby's Teeth (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish
• Diapering Your Baby (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Healthy Smile for Your Baby (National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center) - PDF Also in Spanish
• Kids and Sleep (For Parents) (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Safely Soothing Teething Pain and Sensory Needs in Babies and Older Children (Food and Drug Administration) Also in Spanish
• Sleep and Newborns (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Spitting up in Babies: What's Normal, What's Not (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
• Teething Tots (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Tummy Time for a Healthy Baby (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) Also in Spanish
• Umbilical Cord Care: Do's and Don'ts for Parents (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Uncircumcised Penis: Is Special Care Needed? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish

Statistics and Research

• Safe Sleep for Babies (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Infant Care (National Institutes of Health)

Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

• Article: The role of experience in parenting beliefs of British and Italian...
• Article: Early essential newborn care for cesarean section newborns in China: study...
• Article: Essential newborn care practices for healthy newborns at a district hospital...
• Infant and Newborn Care -- see more articles

Find an Expert

• Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Also in Spanish
• Find a Pediatrician or Pediatric Specialist (American Academy of Pediatrics) Also in Spanish
• KidsHealth (Nemours Foundation)

Patient Handouts

• Baby supplies you need (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Bathing an infant (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Bonding with your newborn (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Buying and Caring for Baby Bottles and Nipples (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Changes in the newborn at birth (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Colic and crying - self-care (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Cribs and crib safety (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Crying in infancy (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Infant reflexes (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Newborn head molding (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Umbilical cord care in newborns (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish