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Our baby is 7weeks old.One day we sow on our baby buttom these blue marks,we call to the hospital straightaway,they ask us to bring her to the hospital.These bruises a really large on both buttocks,we never harm our baby.After few hours me and my husband were arrested for child cruelty,now its been 4weeks and our baby is in foster care while they do investigation.Its heart breaking,we have no idea how these bruises emerged in the first place,could it be these birth marks that everyone is talking about?but she is white skin,we both from eastern europe.Police took her infant baby bath,cous we told them it my be cous of the bath.Any advise or anything that could help us please?we try to get help for her and look whats happend,i never imagen in a million years they can do this.thanks

Hello, I'm really sorry to hear about what happened. Well babies often have spots known as Mongolian Spots on the lower back and buttocks. These spots are usually present at birth but can develop even afterwards in the first week of life. These spots are harmless and disappear over a few months to years and no treatment is required. The medical name for the problem is Congenital Dermal Melanocytosis. Here is a link with more information regarding Mongolian spots: http://en.**url**/wiki/Mongoli ...

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My Daughter has 5-6 stools a day. She is almost 12 months. She has been like this ever since I remember. It is soft but nit too soft. Sometimes it is quite loose. She is very happy and doesnt seem ti be upset. She has varied healthy diet. Still breast fed, but also has cows milk on food and cereal and formula sometimes. Shall I be concerned?

Is the stool too bulky and frothy? Is she gaining weight proprly? Having ruled out these factors, we can consider this condition acceptable. Initiation of toilet training will help in forming a proper bowel habit and complete evacuation. ...

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I have a 6 month old baby who has been running a fever of 101.6 i gave him infant pain and fever relief with acetaminophen and it would go away and com back with in an hour what should i do and i give it to him every 4hours 1tsp

The dose of the medicine is according to the weight .It is 15mg/kg/dose 6 hourly.If she is having other constitutional symptoms than go for the investigations.CBC,PS for MP,Urine.Antibiotics to be given after reports. ...

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Would a baby survive being raped by a adult male? I ask this only because I think I was raped as an infant and Dr. Tibbles who is a convicted sex offender and friends with my parents covered it up for my parents because he was abusing me too. Coincidentally Dr. Tibbles worked at the hospital I was born at and treated at, as a forensic pediatrician.

Yes a baby can and usually will survive ...

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CAN MY 4MONTH OLD BABY TAKE MILK FORMULA WHILE TAKING ZINNAT

Zinnat (cefuroxime) can be given to an infant 3 months and older, under medical supervision. Zinnat can be administered while giving formula feeds to the baby. ...

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My 6 month old infant has strong smelly urine and gray stools? Is this a sign for concern?

smelly urine = complete urine examination, RBS Tests to be done after showing to the pediatrician. And also feeding have to be adequate per day; if the baby is on breast feeding / milk feeds 500ml - 8ooml per day weaning foods have to be started along with enough water intake. DR GANGADHAR RAO HYDERABAD INDIA ...

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Could the Mirena cause constipation in a breastfed 2 month old infant? As soon as I had it put in he started only popping once a week!

In the pamphlet it specifically mentions that this device should only be put after six weeks. The medication does get excreted in the breast milk but only in very small quantities and is unlikely to cause any serious side effects. The only reason that I can think of is that the medication might cause a decreased milk output which can cause constipation in your baby. ...

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my doctor has prescribed budesal 0.5mg/2ml to my 7 month old infant to be nebulised morning and evening. should i give entire 2ml solution at one time? should i mix it with distilled water or give only the respule solution?

yes, in respule no need to be diluted or mix with distilled water& entire soln at a time even 4-6 hourly ...

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Can vomikind be given to a 15 month old infant

Yes it can be given to infants as well.You can go through this article for further details http://www.cps.ca/documents/position/oral-ondansetron ...

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