Newborn Baby Care

Newborn baby care - Whether you need a general overview of newborn baby care, or information on newborn baby skin care, you can find it online at California Pacific Medical Center's Learning Resources - an online searchable database of classes, info sheets, handouts, educational consultations and more.

Newborn baby care begins while you are pregnant. New Mother and Baby Home Reference Guide is filled with information for new parents. This handout also gives practical advice on how you can care for yourself during the first few weeks with your newborn baby.

Newborn Connections, a resource center at California Pacific Medical Center, offers classes, support groups, lecture series, lactation services, breastfeeding and baby supplies, and also maintains a comprehensive book and video library for new and expectant parents. These offerings are designed to increase your knowledge and confidence as you prepare for the birth of your baby. You can also find well-known resources on this booklist.

If you plan to breastfeed your baby, California Pacific Medical Center's Newborn Connections offers many breastfeeding resources, such as one-on-one lactation consulting and in-home instruction. The Breastfeeding Mothers' Support Group features on-going support sessions, facilitated by certified lactation educators. Topics focus on support and helpful hints for breastfeeding mothers and include losing weight while breastfeeding, expressing and storing milk, nursing in public and topics such as these: Emotional Adjustment to Motherhood, Collecting and Storing Breastmilk, Breastfeeding and Sex, Breastfeeding and Sleep, Breastfeeding and Nutrition, How Do I Involve My Partner? How Long Will I Breastfeed?

For bottle-feeding your newborn, read Tips for Bottle-feeding.

More newborn baby care information is available to you by visiting Patients' Frequently Asked Questions, a new online medical question and answer center featuring physicians at California Pacific Medical Center. This learning tool was developed by more than 120 patients, family members, staff and physicians at California Pacific Medical Center. Here you can find answers to medical questions such as: What is a Neonatologist? My baby was born at 25 weeks of gestation. How long will she remain in the newborn ICU? How will the doctor decide my baby is ready to go home from the ICU? Who can visit my baby in the NICU? I'm worried, my baby isn't gaining weight, and many more.