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Pregnancy and Babies

Pregnancy and preparing for baby

  • Depression in pregnant women and mothers: How it affects you and your child
  • Hepatitis C in pregnancy
  • Information for pregnant women living with HIV
  • Prenatal health and your baby
  • Preparing for baby: The essentials shopping list
  • Rubella (German measles) in pregnancy
  • Skin-to-skin care for babies
  • Testing for HIV during pregnancy
  • Thinking about getting pregnant? Take folic acid

Newborn health

  • Checking blood glucose in newborn babies
  • Circumcision of baby boys: Information for parents
  • Colic and crying
  • Diaper rash
  • Jaundice in newborns
  • Preventing conjunctivitis (pinkeye) in your newborn
  • Safe sleep for babies
  • Skin-to-skin care for babies
  • Thrush
  • Vitamin D
  • Vitamin K for newborns
  • Your baby's skin
  • Your baby’s hearing
  • Your newborn: Bringing baby home

Growth and development

  • Attachment: A connection for life
  • Footwear for children
  • Healthy sleep for your baby and child
  • Healthy teeth for children
  • Is my child growing well?
  • Pacifiers (soothers)
  • Playtime with your baby: Learning and growing in the first year
  • Preventing flat heads in babies who sleep on their backs
  • Read, speak, sing to your baby: How parents can promote literacy from birth
  • Schedule of well-child visits
  • Your baby’s brain: How parents can support healthy development

Nutrition

  • Breastfeeding
  • Feeding your baby in the first year
  • Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
  • Iron needs of babies and children
  • Limited supply of infant formula
  • Vitamin D
  • Weaning your child from breastfeeding
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