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Working Together: Breastfeeding and Solid Foods

Your baby will greatly enjoy the introduction of new tastes and textures in her life. However, it’s important to make sure she continues getting enough breast milk to meet her nutritional needs.
7/29/2010

From Breastmilk to Solid Foods

As your baby experiences a variety of new foods, his bowel movements will look quite different from the yellowish, curdlike stool of an exclusively breastfed infant. It will begin to resemble and smell more like an adult’s stool.
6/4/2010

Getting Started With Solid Foods

When your infant is able to sit independently and grab for things to put in her mouth, it’s time to begin introducing solid foods.
6/22/2010

Switching To Solid Foods

Most babies are ready to eat solid foods at 4 to 6 months of age. Before this age instead of swallowing the food, they push their tongues against the spoon or the food.
7/29/2010

Birth Control and Breastfeeding

At about six weeks postpartum, once your milk supply is firmly established, you can probably begin using contraceptives, but be sure to discuss the issue with your infant’s pediatrician and your gynecologist first.
6/4/2010

Mommy Calls

NEW! Fast answers to frequent questions! Today show expert Dr. Tanya Altmann answers the most common questions caregivers ask about infants and toddlers.

7/29/2010

Transitional Milk and Mature Milk

The creamy breastmilk that immediately follows colostrum and is produced anywhere from about two to five days after birth until ten to fourteen days after birth is known as trasitional milk. After this time mother's will produce mature milk.
7/29/2010

Treating Vomiting

Vomiting usually stops without specific medical treatment. Never use over-the-counter or prescription remedies unless they've been specifically prescribed by your pediatrician for your child.

6/11/2010

Baby's First Days: Bowel Movements & Urination

Beginning with the first day of life and lasting for a few days, your baby will have her first bowel movements, which are often referred to as meconium. Your baby may urinate as often as every one to three hours or as infrequently as four to six times a day.
6/22/2010

Diarrhea

7/13/2010
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