Health & Safety
Practical, sourced guides on health & safety for the first year.
Medically-informed · Sources: CDC, NIH, WHO, AAP
Health & Safety3 minBabyproofing, level oneRolling is imminent or here, and rolling is transport. The gap between 'can't move' and 'found the one cable in the roo…Health & Safety3 minYour 4-month visit, preppedMeasurements and growth curve, the four-month milestone check (head control, pushing up, laughing, hand engagement), fe…Health & Safety4 minTeething: the timeline and what actually helpsThe average first tooth — usually a bottom front incisor — arrives around 6 months, but the normal range is enormous: s…Health & Safety4 minBaby fevers by age: a clear protocolA fever is a rectal temperature of 100.4 °F (38 °C) or higher — and in a baby under 12 weeks, that number is a same-day…Health & Safety4 minBabyproofing level two: the mobile babyLevel one babyproofing assumed a stationary baby. A crawler who pulls to stand rewrites the physics: everything within…Health & Safety4 minFirst colds and ear infectionsEight to ten colds in the first couple of years is typical — more with daycare or an older sibling running a personal i… 
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