Category: Parenting
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Postpartum Care — Helping You/Mom Out
After a baby is born, the focus always shifts to the baby. Let’s take a moment to step back and look at what mom has done. Her body grew and changed for months in order to grow and accommodate a new life. Whether she births vaginally or surgically and whether she breastfeeds or formula feeds,…
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Is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Different From Fetal Alcohol Syndrome?
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) is a collection of physical, cognitive, and behavioral problems that can show up in children who were exposed to alcohol while in utero. FASD may present physically as a smooth philtrum—the are between the nose and upper lip which ascends from the cupid’s bow, a smaller than average head size,…