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Sunburns cause skin damage to babies, ultraviolet radiation in sunlight penetrates deeper into the skin to produce wrinkling, sagging, broken blood vessels and even cancer. Pale-skinned babies have greater risk of damage on exposure to sunlight even on cloudy day or in the shady place. Sun protection is a must for babies. Use sun creams [...]

Eczema is a disease of skin which is caused by hereditary or allergies to cause patches of tiny red bumps on the infant or baby’s scalp, face and cheeks. It is particularly atopic dermatitis which is the most common type of eczema that can affect the babies. This skin problem can occur to the babies [...]

Rashes are very common in babies. Some of them disappear after a few days with some care but some need to be treated thoroughly. These rashes occur due to a variety of reasons. Knowing the cause of the rash would be helpful in administering the right medicines for treating them. The following is the list [...]

Children keep on getting warts off and on. Warts occur basically because of the action of a virus known as the Papilloma virus. Many different kinds of strains of this human Papilloma virus are responsible for those small benevolent tumors, which we call as warts. Children and teenagers are the main victims of the virus. [...]

Sun can be a boon and a bane. While little bit of exposure to sun is good but too much is bad. It has adverse effects on the skin. It can cause diseases like skin cancer, sun burns, early ageing of skin, dark circles under the eye, etc. The effect of exposure to sun without [...]

Cradle cap is a skin condition that usually takes place in infants. It is caused when the oils that are secreted from the infant’s body dry up in a large amount. The parts of the body that are usually affected by this are scalp, eyebrows, head and the skin at the back of the ears.
Cradle [...]

It is seen that different doctors follow different immunization schedules and it comes as no surprise to encounter parents who are confused about the whole matter. A newer and most widely followed schedule for immunization is as follows:
Childhood Immunization Schedule
AGE                                          VACCINE
Birth-3 months                                   BCG Vaccine
0-2 weeks                                          Oral Polio vaccine
6 weeks Interval                                 Oral Polio vaccine, [...]

A Newborn Baby
Giving birth to a baby is a painful and anxious process for a mother. For the baby it is a torture. For nearly 40 weeks it lies in its cozy bed, floating and somersaulting in the water around.
It does not have to see anything, hear any sound have to sit up for lunch [...]