Health & safety
Baby health and safety, without the alarm
Health writing for parents tends to arrive in two registers: reassurance so broad it is useless, or a list of symptoms alarming enough that every ordinary cold reads as an emergency. Neither helps at two in the morning, which is when these questions are actually asked.
These guides try for the third thing. What is normal and needs nothing, what is common and worth managing, and the short specific list of signs that mean stop reading and call someone. Every one of them is written by a named person rather than the brand, and every one carries its sources, because on this subject you should be able to check where a claim came from.
Taking Care of Your Newborn BabyThe first six weeks, reduced to what actually has to happen: feeding, sleep, the cord, nappies, bathing, and the signs that mean call someone now.
Infant Safety and SIDSWhat SIDS is, what the evidence says reduces the risk, and which widely sold products no safe-sleep body recommends. The plain version, without alarm.
What Is RSV and How Do You Protect Your Little One?RSV is the virus behind most infant bronchiolitis. What it looks like, the breathing signs that mean call for help now, and what reduces the risk.
Surviving Cold and Flu Season With KidsWhy small children get eight colds a year, what actually helps, which remedies are not safe under six, and the signs that mean this is not just a cold.
The Purpose of the Bulb Syringe for InfantsWhat a bulb syringe is for, how to use one without hurting a baby, when saline drops do the job better, and how to keep the thing genuinely clean.
8 Rules for Visiting NewbornsEight rules for anyone visiting a new baby, written so they can be forwarded without an argument — and a short script for parents who need to set them.
Boosting Your Children's VisionHow sight develops in the first years, the outdoor-time finding that really does affect short-sightedness, and the signs that need an eye test.