The first 30 days

The first 30 days in a baby life are the most important. Many aspects of routine care and feeding during this period would echo in his future. This is one of the core chapters in this site and I hope it will help you and your baby forever.

The first thirty days of the baby

Baby ear deformities

Microtia and ear reconstruction

Newborn screening program

Oral thrush (oral candidiasis) in children

Growth charts and curves in children – what you need to know

How to detect and treat postpartum depression

Four good (and common) reasons for restlessness in babies

How to be the best grandparents

Diaper rash or diaper dermatitis?

Drinking water and water for making baby formula

Baby’s sleep

Reflux (Spit-Ups) in Babies

Baby’s fontanels

Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) or cot (crib) death

How many nipples does a child have?

Baby’s nails

How to give your baby a bath?

Uncombable hair syndrome

Vitamin K injection at birth

The right way to bottle feed

Breast tissue in the newborn baby – benign hypertrophy and mastitis

What’s better – breastfeeding or formula?

Congenital torticollis

The baby’s umbilicus

Cutis marmorata

Almost 100 frequently asked questions about babies – a must read for all parents

Apgar score in babies

Cow’s milk protein sensitivity

Your first visit to the pediatrician’s office – when should this happen?

Neonatal jaundice

Tongue-tie (ankyloglossia) in infants

Fever in infants younger than 1 month (4 weeks)

Circumcision

Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis

Hip joint ultrasound in babies for the detection of developmental dysplasia of the hip – a screening test that should be performed on everyone!

Breast inflammation due to breastfeeding (mastitis)

Mongolian blue spots

G6PD deficiency (Fava bean sensitivity)

Administration of Vitamin D to babies

Seborrhea in infants and children

Immunizing babies against Hepatitis B

Cow milk protein sensitivity in breast fed babies

Suck blister

Things I have found in babies’ nappies

Meconium stained amniotic fluid

Hip ultrasounds in infants for DDH detection – in the words of a radiologist

Baby’s acne

What do babies see? Everything you need to know about your baby’s vision

Plagiocephaly (flat head syndrome) in infants

Ultrasound of the spine in neonates

Abdominal pain (Colic) in babies