My baby likes eating noodles.
Mommy and I have been trying to gradually introduce different foods into Arya’s diet. But baby prefers to eat whatever she sees us eating.
She saw us eating noodles and made all of the normal signals that baby is interested in food.
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My baby has red cheeks.
Arya has always had a little color in her cheeks, but in the past few weeks her cheeks have become noticeably redder.
Whereas the redness in baby’s cheeks used to appear and gradually dissipate, her cheeks have become permanently red throughout the whole day.
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Arya had her nine month visit to the pediatrician this week.
The nine-month old baby visit is part of the standard well baby check-up schedule.
Mommy and I were excited for Arya’s visit because we both felt she had slimmed down from crawling over the past few months.
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Arya had her six month visit to the pediatrician yesterday.
The six-month old visit is part of the normal well baby check-up schedule.
In addition to her vaccinations, Mommy and I were anxious to hear what our pediatrician had to say about Arya’s head shape.
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Arya had her four month check-up at the pediatrician’s office today.
The four month doctor’s visit is part of the standard well baby check-up schedule.
We actually showed up at the pediatrician’s office yesterday in a scheduling mix-up, so Arya got attention from all the nurses and staff two days in a row.
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My baby has a crooked head.
Arya had a special consult with a neurosurgeon this week to look at her head. Although her head circumference has improved, we were still worried about her head being a little crooked.
The back of her head is a little flatter than normal while the back-half of the top of her head is taller than normal.
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My daughter has big blue spots on her skin.
We first noticed blue spots on baby’s skin when we were at the hospital following her difficult delivery.
At first none of the blue spots were bigger than a quarter. Now, three months later, the largest of the blue spots are as big as my palm.
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Arya turned three months earlier this week and we just switched to a new baby formula.
She was drinking Enfamil Newborn with a blue cover. Since she just finished that can we bought Enfamil Infant with a yellow cover as a replacement.
I thought the different baby formulas were just marketing by the companies. If parents throw away unused newborn formula as soon as their baby hits three months then the company sells more formula overall. But after reading the ingredient labels more closely I think there might actually be a difference in baby formula composition.
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Temperatures climbed to 96 degrees today leading me to wonder: when is it too hot for my baby outside?
The heat wasn’t the only problem. Humidity was above 55 percent for most of the day. The combination of high heat and high humidity become increasingly dangerous for children and especially for young babies like my daughter.
Given my previous research [see Is It Too Hot For My Baby To Go Outdoors?] on the topic of babies and outdoor temperature I was especially concerned starting from 11am this morning when the thermostat climbed above 90 degrees.
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My daughter has a dry scalp. Pieces of skin flake off of her head like enormous flecks of dandruff.
Arya has had baby dry scalp off and on since she was born. Now the individual pieces are the size of her fingernails and fall off in small groups.
I asked our doctor about baby’s dry scalp at our last visit to the pediatrician. She said not to worry as dry scalp is a common, harmless issue with babies.
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