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Below is a list of tips that have appeared on Your Baby Today home page since the program began. Tips are updated on this page on a weekly basis.
- If you're pregnant, let someone else handle the oven cleaner.
- When pregnant, always carry healthy snacks, such as carrot sticks or nuts and raisins.
- Get down on your hands and knees to look for hazards at baby's eye level.
- If your baby's nose is stuffy, try a humidifier.
- Eating fish two to three times per week in the third trimester may help improve baby's vision.
- Before your baby is born, make sure your library card is up-to-date so you can read books often.
- Introduce your baby to texture by filling Ziploc bags with dried beans or Jell-O.
- Look for Dr. Seuss-style baby books with rhythm and word play.
- To keep your baby happy in a pinch, draw a face on a paper bag to create a puppet.
- Always pack an extra layer of clothes when taking your baby outside.
- To entertain your baby in a pinch, hand him stickers and tell him to put them on your nose.
- Cook with a cast-iron skillet to add more iron to your diet when pregnant.
- If pregnant, try to limit exposure to the computer screen to no more than four hours per day.
- For an inexpensive baby toy, fill a plastic soda bottle with popcorn and roll it on the floor.
- Skip the sushi if you're pregnant.
- Test your tap water for lead before trying to become pregnant.
- Use a heater to warm the bathroom before you bathe your baby.
- Place a thermometer in your baby's armpit to take his temperature if he's under six months.
- A baby who lacks an appetite may be sick.
- If your baby has colic, try burping her more often.
- Watch for slippery floors or rumpled carpets that could trip you while you're holding your baby.
- Never leave a baby alone in a parked car.
- Don't heat bottles in the microwave because the milk could get too hot and burn your baby.
- Enroll your babysitter in the Red Cross Babysitter Training Course, which includes first-aid and CPR.
- Wipe down toys and counters regularly with disinfectant to prevent colds.
- If your baby starts choking, turn him face down and give four blows between his shoulder blades.
- Take an infant CPR course before your delivery date.
- If you have sleep or appetite disturbances, fears of harming your baby, or uncontrollable crying up to a year after your delivery, you may need to seek help for postpartum depression.
- Read books to learn how to talk to your older children about their feelings of becoming a brother or sister.
- Soaking in a warm tub may ease your labor pains.
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