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Bookmark or Share- Childhood obesity - Symptoms and causes - Mayo ClinicOptions include air-popped popcorn without butter, fruits with low-fat yogurt, baby carrots with hummus, or whole-grain cereal with low-fat milk. Offer new foods multiple times. Don't be discouraged if your child doesn't immediately like a new food. It usually takes multiple exposures to a food to gain acceptance. Choose nonfood rewards.
- Common baby rashes - Mayo ClinicYou may expect your baby's skin to be flawless, but rashes and other skin conditions are common at this age. Most often baby rashes can be managed by careful attention to bathing, moisturizers and the baby's environment. But no matter what you do, baby rashes can still show up. Here are a few of the most common baby rashes and how to manage them.
- Fetal macrosomia - Symptoms & causes - Mayo ClinicIf your diabetes isn't well controlled, your baby is likely to have larger shoulders and greater amounts of body fat than would a baby whose mother doesn't have diabetes. A history of fetal macrosomia. If you've previously given birth to a large baby, you're at increased risk of having another large baby.
- Vitamin D for babies: Are supplements needed? - Mayo ClinicVitamin D supplementation depends on whether you breastfeed your baby or how much formula with vitamin D your baby drinks. These are the guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics for vitamin D for babies: Breastfed or partly breastfed babies need 400 international units (IU) of liquid vitamin D a day. This should start soon after birth.
- Pregnancy and obesity: Know the risks - Mayo ClinicA standard fetal ultrasound is typically done between weeks 18 and 20 of pregnancy to evaluate a baby's anatomy. But ultrasound waves don't easily penetrate abdominal fat tissue. This can interfere with the effectiveness of fetal ultrasound. Talk to your health care provider about the best approach for getting an accurate ultrasound.
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