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A baby sleep stretched across a white pillow.

Feb. 10, 2023

2 minute read

Should I Wake My Baby to Feed Them?

Emily Oster, PhD

A person patting a choking baby's back.

Updated on May 21, 2025

3 minute read

How Do I Prevent My Baby from Choking?

Emily Oster, PhD

Red analog televisions are arranged on a yellow background.

Updated on Aug. 19, 2025

3 minute read

How Harmful to Babies Is It to Have the TV on in the Background?

Emily Oster, PhD

A calendar date marked by a red pen

Updated on Dec. 19, 2024

2 minute read

Will an Extended Separation Harm My Kid?

Emily Oster, PhD

A one-day-old newborn infant sleeps in its crib in the hospital.

Feb. 2, 2023

9 minute read

Do I Need a SNOO?

Emily Oster, PhD

An empty NICU isolette is pictured against a gray wall.

Updated on Sep. 17, 2025

3 minute read

How Much Time Should I Spend with My Baby in the NICU?

Emily Oster, PhD

Two parents, in bed with their child, who is coughing, take the child's temperature.

Updated on Jan. 20, 2025

6 minute read

When to Treat a Fever

Emily Oster, PhD

A kid trying to go potty.

Updated on Feb. 24, 2025

2 minute read

What to Do About Chronic Constipation

Emily Oster, PhD

Multicolored paper speech bubbles hanging from yarn across a yellow background.

Updated on Apr. 1, 2025

2 minute read

Should We Speak to Our Child in Multiple Languages?

Emily Oster, PhD

Flames from a gas burner are pictured close-up.

Updated on Mar. 30, 2025

9 minute read

How Worried Should We Be About Gas Stoves?

Emily Oster, PhD

A baby holding their breath with puffed-out cheeks and lips.

Updated on Aug. 13, 2025

2 minute read

Why Is My Baby Holding Her Breath?

Emily Oster, PhD

A sleeping mother with her hand on her baby's stomach as he lays next to her in his bassinet.

Updated on Mar. 17, 2025

7 minute read

Is There a Best Method for Sleep Training?

Emily Oster, PhD

A pyramid of plain wooden block and one red one on a blue background.

Dec. 23, 2022

4 minute read

Should I Avoid Sending My Kid to Day Care During the Tripledemic?

Emily Oster, PhD

A blue and white digital thermometer sits on a pink background.

Dec. 23, 2022

2 minute read

How Accurate Is My Thermometer?

Emily Oster, PhD

A stash of filled breast milk freezer bags is seen with a hand on either side of the bag.

Updated on Apr. 14, 2025

12 minute read

How to Store Breast Milk

Emily Oster, PhD

Plastic glasses with a nose, mustache, and funny eyebrows attached.

Updated on Apr. 9, 2025

2 minute read

What Can I Do About My Child’s Stranger Anxiety?

Emily Oster, PhD