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• 11 Secrets From a Baby Nurse

  If you’re expecting a baby or recently became a parent, the voices of well-meaning friends and family and messages of TV and media have undoubtedly crept into your head. Advice, stories and warnings about everything from labor and birthing techniques, to feeding and sleep routines can put unnecessary stress into an otherwise amazing time in your life. While it is completely normal to worry—that is, after all, your job as a parent to some extent—it’s important to identify what aspects really warrant your concern and how to learn to let certain things go.

• Back Sleeping and Misshapened Heads

  As pediatricians, we see a steady stream of infants who have oblong or misshapen heads, and the incidence of this is increasing. Good. The more the better!

• If you are between the ages of 15 through 40, cancer wants to ask you something: Why are you Ignoring Me?

  If you could complete one simple task that could save your life, would you? Would you do the same for your children? As a father of four young adults and grandfather of ten active children, I know my answer is a resounding “yes!”