In April, 2003, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued a recommendation that all exclusively breastfed infants be given supplemental Vitamin D. The principal reason for this recommendation is that we continue to see cases of rickets in the United States. Rickets is a softening of the bones resulting from a number of causes, including [...]
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Am I starving my baby?
You have just given birth. Months of planning and hoping and dreaming have climaxed in the arrival of a beautiful healthy baby. Maybe you put the baby to breast shortly after she was born. Not much happens, but then, not much is supposed to happen. Exhausted but happy you fall asleep. About two hours later [...]
My son seems to be straining to poop but nothing happens. How do I tell if he is constipated?
Constipation is defined as painful passage of stools or the inability to pass stool despite the urge to do so. No pain, no constipation. Another definition may be the absence of stool for 4 or more days, except in breast-fed babies, many of whom pass large soft BMs at very odd intervals (up to one [...]