Most of the time new moms have a mother or a mother-in-law around to help guide them through a first time pregnancy and birth. There are consultants and experts who can give tips for new moms about taking care of a baby. Taking care of a baby is definitely not rocket science. However, there are many things you should take care of when handling...

What are baby growth charts? When and how is my baby measured ? How to read a baby growth chart? How to interpret the results? What are the percentiles? Babies are usually measured at birth and they grow at their own pace. As you make regular visits to the child doctor, he or she will take measurements and plot a baby growth chart to...

The most common question the new parents ask is – How often should they feed their baby? The perfect answer is surprisingly simple: in general, parents should feed babies whenever they seem hungry.  How to know that my baby is hungry? If your baby is premature or has some health issues, you must talk to the pediatrician to get advice on a baby feeding schedule, but...

Every baby has different sleeping patterns. Some babies wake up frequently during sleep or, we can say, they take short naps while others sleep longer. Babies sleeping patterns are widely categorized into two categories- one is active and the other is quiet. For the initial few months of a baby’s life, the sleeping patterns are split evenly between active and quiet sleep. As the...