Short Answer - Probably Yes. About 90% of women get them after the 6th or 7th month, but there are things you can do to help prevent them or make them less visible. Stretch marks happen when your body grows faster than your skin can keep up with. In the last trimester, you grow a lot! Which means stretch marks are most likely gonna happen (sorry l.... Read More
Short Answer: Colic is uncontrollable crying in an otherwise healthy baby. It usually begins around week 2 or 3 and tapers off by 4 months. The Rule Of Threes Colic is not exactly a diagnosis, it’s more of a behavioral observation. Pediatricians generally use the "rule of threes" to determine colic: crying episodes that start when a baby is a.... Read More
Short Answer: Nope. Babies are evolutionarily designed to be cute and cuddly so that you’ll pick them up and hold them. This won’t make them spoiled. Babies don’t cry to control you, they cry to communicate when they need something. Despite what you might think, babies aren’t complex enough creatures to be master manipulators (that comes.... Read More
Short Answer: Yup. Green, brown, light yellow, and a seedy mustard color are all normal. The variations in the color of your baby’s bowel movement depends on whether they are drinking formula or breast milk. If it’s breast milk, the color may be different depending on whether it's fore-milk (milk at the beginning of a feeding) or hind mil.... Read More
Short Answer: Probably, particularly if your baby is older than six weeks which is when the frequency of bowel movements tends to change. In the early weeks, just about every feeding your baby has should produce a bowel movement. The first few days after birth (during the meconium phase), your baby may have 4-5 dark, greenish-black stools spread.... Read More