Health Care for Children

Never underestimate the power of a nice rubdown on your infant. “Massage reduces irritability and helps babies sleep better — the two biggest pediatric complaints,” says Tiffany Field, PhD, director of the Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami School of Medicine. “Parents generally discover that babies have a favorite place they like to [...]

Q. Our baby has colic and cries nonstop a couple of hours every evening. We live in a small condo, and from the dirty looks my neighbor has been giving me, I think she hears it all. Should I say anything to her, or just ignore it? A: And so it is decreed: This colic, [...]