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Author: Dr. Gina Lamb-Amato
Gina is a general pediatrician and developmental pediatrician. She has a masters in child therapy and works with a child psychologist performing office and home consultation for newborns and parents, office and home developmental assessments, school consultations and parent-child playgroups where play and art along with baby massage and other techniques are used to help parents bond and support their child’s development. Formerly, Gina was the Director of Pediatric Special Medical Needs before she went into private practice where she cared for medically fragile infants and children. She is also an Early Intervention Pediatrician for Early Intervention which assesses and treats infants from age zero to 3 years. She has extensive experience in Early Head Start programs which work with infants from prenatal to 3 years of age.
Do babies need water?
During the 1st 6 months of life breast milk or formula provide all the water and nutrition babies need. Around 6 months you should start to give 2 to 4 ounces of water twice a day between feeds and meals.
Clogged tear duct- help!
Clogged (blocked) tear duct is common and often happens in babies. When babies are first born you may see some discharge from one or both eyes because the tear duct is blocked.
Why does my baby cry so much?
You asked and you shall now receive. It’s only fair for us to share all of this stored up knowledge about a baby and what happens once the baby is born until they are no longer called a baby but a toddler! We now will answer, in a very public forum, all of those burning […]
This Is How to Treat Baby Rashes, Eczema or Atopic Dermatitis
A Mommybites reader asked: Should I worry about my baby’s rash and how do I treat it? Rashes are very common in babies during the 1st and 2nd years of life. Parents can become anxious about rashes and feel uncertain as how to treat the rash, and whether the rash is suggestive of something more […]