Diane Flacks
Toronto comedy writer/performer Diane Flacks has written a frank and funny account of her pregnancy and the first months with her newborn. In the twenty-first century, it is hard to imagine that having a baby is ... [... more]
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Developmental Hip Dysplasia Explained
Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH), previously referred to as congenital dislocation of the hip (CDH), means that the hip joint of a newborn baby is dislocated or prone to dislocation. Around 95 per cent of babies born with DDH can be ... [... more]
Better Health |
Vitamin K And Newborn Babies
For more than 20 years, all newborn babies have been given vitamin K at birth, by injection. This has been found to be very safe, and HDN was not seen in Australian babies. However, although the program was in place to give the injections, most ... [... more]
Better Health |
Vitamin K
National Health and Medical Research Council Joint statement and recommendations on Vitamin K administration to newborn infants to prevent vitamin K deficiency bleeding in infancy. National Health and Medical Research Council, Paediatric Division ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Misshapen Head
It is common for a newborn baby to have an unusual head shape. This can be caused by the position of the baby before birth, or by 'moulding' of the head during birth. Moulding happens when pressure in the birth canal shifts the skull bones a ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Newborn Screening (See: Neonatal Screening Test)
Babies born in South Australia have a blood test taken when they are about 48 hours old (usually on day 2). This test is the Neonatal Screening Test, also called the Newborn screening test, 'Guthrie' test, or 'heel prick' test. The test can tell ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Peter Nathanielsz
Peter Nathanielsz, M.D., Ph.D., Sc.D., is director of the Laboratory for Pregnancy and Newborn Research at Cornell University. He is the author of Life Before Birth and Life in the Womb, and lives in Ithaca, New York ... [... more]
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Justin Evans
Thirty-year-old George Davies can't bring himself to hold his newborn son. After months of accepting his lame excuses and strange behavior, his wife has had enough. She demands that he see a therapist, and George, desperate to save his unraveling ... [... more]
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Geoffrey Sainsbury
Dirty, drunk, unloved, and unloving, Hector Loursat has been a bitter recluse for eighteen long years--ever since his wife abandoned him and their newborn child to run off with another man. Once a successful lawyer, ... [... more]
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Normand Chartier
One spring day, Elmo discovers a nestful of hatching eggs. The newborn ducklings think that Elmo is their mother, and when Elmo goes in search of the mother duck, the babies follow him all over town. When they find ... [... more]
Random House |
Newborn Screening
Sometimes, your baby will need a second blood test. This doesn't automatically mean that your baby has a disorder. It may simply mean that the first test didn't return a clear enough result. In most cases, the baby is healthy. Sometimes, the test ... [... more]
Better Health |
Child Development (1) - Newborn To Three Months
Coming into the world is a big and scary adventure for babies. At first, they don't know you are there to feed and care for them - they only know when they feel comfortable and safe, or otherwise. However, even from birth, they start to ... [... more]
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