And while a temporary change in color or texture usually isn't anything to worry about, irregular bowel movements can ...

In fact, it could be down to changes in lifestyle for your baby. Formula-fed babies tend to have firmer, darker brown or greenish stools compared to breastfed babies, and the smell is also usually a ...

Causes of diaper rash have to do with skin pH, friction, urine, and feces. This article examines factors that exacerbate ...

A new baby brings with it plenty of big emotions. Your first born is desperately trying to work out her new place in the family. She’s not the baby anymore and she’s busy trying to work out what this ...

Researchers found that 30-40% of the very-low-birth-weight infant's gut microbiota came from the mother’s milk, and direct ...

Breastfeeding through the first year of infants' lives can lower their risk of asthma by colonizing their bodies with a ...

Human breast milk regulates a baby's mix of microbes, or microbiome, during the infant's first year of life. This in turn lowers the child's risk of developing asthma, a new study shows.

Mothers are advised to drink plenty of fluids, manage stress, and eat a balanced diet to help produce more milk.

Breast milk is, scientists now know, made of unique human proteins, sugars and fats, capable of delivering not only nutrition ...

In the largest genomic analysis of UK infant microbiomes to date, researchers have uncovered a type of bacterium that helps digest breast milk and protects a baby's gut from pathogens.

Newborn babies have one of three pioneer bacteria in their gut shortly after birth, one of which could be used to develop new ...

In the largest genomic analysis of UK infant microbiomes to date, researchers have uncovered a type of bacterium that helps digest breast milk and protects a baby's gut from pathogens.