Munchkin Incorporated’s “Deluxe Bottle and Food Warmers” are recalled by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission as they can overheat and pose a fire hazard.

For many parents, the joy over the arrival of their baby can turn upsetting if the baby born is not completely healthy. One of the commonest problems in newborns is neonatal jaundice - a medical term describing yellowish skin coloration.

Of course yes, just like your skin, babies skin is very sensitive and burns easily. And, by now we have realized the dangers of the sun's harmful rays on both adults and children.

Stomachache is one of the commonest problems among children, and pinpointing the cause of a toddler's stomachache is often tricky. The key behind accurate detection isn't just focusing on where the pain is, but looking at the other symptoms the child is complaining of.

Infants exclusively breastfed for the first three months of life or longer score nearly six points higher on IQ tests at the age of 6 than infants who weren't breastfed exclusively, a new study reports.

"Father, why is the grass green?" "Mother, where does the moon go during the day?" And then unexpectedly, like a shock the dreaded question which is born out of natural curiosity - "Mother, where do babies come from?" This query more often than not leaves parents fidgeting with discomfiture and trying to evade responsibility. Most parents are less than proactive in talking about sex with their children. Parents need to grow up to give kids sex education say experts. They need to understand that teaching their children about sex demands a gentle, continuous flow of information that should begin as early as possible. Remember, sex education happens in stages, but never make it a forbidden subject in your child’s learning itinerary. Also, always let the child set the tempo of probes.

Babies or young children suck their thumbs to derive comfort which is natural and healthy. We've all seen the ultrasound photos of babies sucking their thumbs while still in the womb, so we can say its baby's natural reflexes.

Children are born with a natural immunity to a number of infections. Antibodies pass through the mother's placenta to the foetus before birth, shielding the baby from illness. Breast-fed babies keep on receiving antibodies from their mothers' milk. Nevertheless, this natural immunity wears off in due course, usually within the first year of life. Off late, a number of severe childhood diseases have reached epidemic magnitudes, sweeping thousands of lives and often leaving children with permanent mental or physical troubles. Vaccination is a safe and effective way to help the body prevent or fight off some of such diseases. In fact the difference between a long healthy life and one shortened by disease can be the few seconds it takes to receive a vaccine.

The internet is the buzz word today. Absolutely anyone who knows how to punch a few keys on the keyboard literally has the whole world at his fingertips. It is indeed a wonderful resource for the children. However, it also gives young children the access to information they may not be yet ready for. As parents, we need to be able to make sure our children are completely safe online.

Very occasionally an apparently healthy baby, usually less than a year old, dies in his sleep. Cot, Crib or SIDS deaths, as they are called, are by definition, deaths that could not have been foreseen (even by a doctor) and never explained (even at post-mortem). In fact when no other cause is found, sudden death in infants is attributed to SIDS. The nastiest part is that it can happen even when the caretaker does everything perfectly. Imagine the plight of people who put their babies to sleep, only to return after a while to find that he/she has slept forever. Horrendous! Gruesome! Horrible! Haunting!