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

Updated on Oct. 16, 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 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 Nov. 26, 2025

2 minute read

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

Emily Oster, PhD

A calendar with colorful pens beside it.

Updated on Dec. 19, 2024

2 minute read

Should I Maintain My Kid’s Schedule over the Holidays?

Emily Oster, PhD

Newborn accessories like socks, beanies, a blanket and a teddy.

Updated on Oct. 14, 2025

2 minute read

What Accessories Does My Newborn Really Need?

Emily Oster, PhD

A baby cries while a breastfeeding woman suffering from mastitis cups her breast in pain.

Updated on Aug. 21, 2025

9 minute read

Mastitis and the Guidance to Treat It

Emily Oster, PhD

A teddy bear wears a stethoscope and mask against a blue background.

Updated on Dec. 12, 2024

3 minute read

Will a C-Section Leave My Baby with Fewer Helpful Antibodies?

Emily Oster, PhD

A parent holding a baby and adjusting the thermostat

Updated on Jun. 12, 2025

2 minute read

Will a Drafty Bedroom Make My Infant Sick?

Emily Oster, PhD

An infant sleeps on his stomach in a crib, gripping a green pacifier in his hand.

Updated on May 13, 2025

4 minute read

Pacifier Use from Infancy into Toddlerhood

Emily Oster, PhD

A blue box of tissue on a light blue background.

Nov. 18, 2022

2 minute read

What Is the Contagion Window for RSV?

Emily Oster, PhD

different herbs in a bowl placed on a wooden table

Updated on Oct. 28, 2025

1 minute read

What Herbs Are Safe to Eat While Breastfeeding

Emily Oster, PhD

Variously sized and shaped chunks of Himalayan pink salt on a light pink background.

Nov. 11, 2022

2 minute read

Is Salt-Brined Food Dangerous for Babies?

Emily Oster, PhD

a child standing against a ruler to measure height

Nov. 4, 2022

3 minute read

Will My Child Be Shorter If I Drink Caffeine in Pregnancy?

Emily Oster, PhD

Two parents teaching a kid to drive a bike

Updated on Jan. 9, 2025

3 minute read

Is Intensive Parenting Beneficial?

Emily Oster, PhD