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health & development

• pregnancy

  controversial topics

  • Antidepressants During Pregnancy
  • Cord Blood Banking
  • Drinking While Pregnant
  • Elective Cesarean Section
  • Hair Dye While Pregnant — Is it Safe?
  • Homebirth, Birthing Center or Hospital?
  • Lotions and Cosmetics: Safe during Pregnancy?
  • Manicures and Pedicures During Pregnancy
  • Natural Childbirth v. Epidural
  • Routine Episiotomies

  widely discussed topics

  • Childbirth Classes
  • Exercise
  • Fertility Issues and Treatments
  • Foods to Avoid in Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy and General Medicines
  • Gestational Diabetes
  • Hospital Policies
  • Labor Stages and Positions
  • Licorice and Preterm Labor
  • Massage
  • Mercury Seafood Dangers
  • Midwife vs. Physician at Birth
  • Miscarriage
  • Organic Cleaning Products
  • Preeclampsia
  • Morning Sickness: What's Normal, How to Cope
  • Pregnancy Nutrition
  • Pregnancy Weight Gain
  • Prenatal Bonding
  • Prenatal Testing
  • Prenatal Vitamins
  • Sex Determination
  • Sex During Pregnancy
  • Toxic Flame Retardants

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• newborn

  controversial topics

  • Back vs. Tummy Sleeping
  • Breast Milk: Sharing v. Banking
  • Breastfeeding and the Guilt of Bottle-feeding
  • Breastfeeding in Public
  • Circumcision
  • Co-Sleeping
  • Colic: Myth or Reality?
  • Diapers: Cloth vs. Disposable
  • Feeding on Schedule v. Feeding on Demand
  • Infant Acid Reflux (GER): Are the Treatments Safe?
  • Pacifiers
  • Postpartum Depression
  • To Swaddle or Not To Swaddle?
  • SIDS
  • Sleep Schedules

  widely discussed topics

  • Attachment Parenting
  • Baby Acne
  • Breastfeeding Complications
  • Diaper Rash
  • Down Syndrome
  • Expanded Screening of Newborns
  • Food While Breastfeeding
  • Fourth Trimester Theory
  • Infant CPR
  • Newborn Jaundice
  • Pediatricians
  • Pets and Baby
  • Postpartum Doula
  • Postpartum Weight Loss
  • Sex After Childbirth
  • Shaken Baby Syndrome
  • Soothing
  • Taking Care of Twins
  • Vaccines — Should You Worry About Side Effects?

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• infant

  controversial topics

  • Hygiene Hypothesis
  • No TV Before Age Two?
  • Pacifiers — When to Quit
  • Tummy Time
  • When to Wean

  widely discussed topics

  • Preparing for an Adopted Infant
  • Allergies
  • Antibiotics — Overuse
  • Balancing Work and Family
  • Breastfeeding for Working Moms
  • Crawling
  • Croup
  • Daycare
  • Daycare Options
  • Finding a Nanny
  • Flu Shots
  • Formula
  • Febrile Seizures
  • Hives
  • Nanny Cams
  • Organic Food for Kids
  • Playground Etiquette
  • Returning to Work
  • Sign Language
  • Solid Foods
  • Teething
  • Tooth Brushing
  • When to Conceive a Second Child

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• toddler

  controversial topics

  • ADD/ADHD — Cause and Effects
  • Cellphones: Dangerous for Kids?
  • Chicken Pox: To Vaccinate or Not?
  • Discipline: To Spank or Not to Spank?
  • Treating Autism Spectrum Disorders & Asperger Syndrome
  • What Causes Autism

  widely discussed topics

  • Asthma
  • Diabetes
  • Early Childhood Masturbation
  • Lead in Children's Lunchboxes
  • Managing Relationships
  • Manners and Etiquette
  • Pre- and Elementary School Philosophies
  • Pre-School Applications
  • Potty-Training
  • Potty-Training Regression
  • Toddler Nutrition
  • Vitamins Supplements for Kids
  • Walking

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