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• How Much Sleep Your Newborn Needs and Other FAQs

  Your questions about newborns and sleep answered, including how much sleep newborns need, sleep safety and sleep routines.

• How to Sleep Train Your Baby

  Sleep training helps your baby figure out how to fall asleep on their own, and most parents can start around 4 months.

• Top Tips for Choosing a Pediatrician for Your Newborn

  Tips to help you pick the right pediatrician for your newborn, including when to start looking and the most important questions to ask.

• What to Expect the First 48 Hours After Birth

  The first 48 hours of life are a busy time for newborns and their parents. Learn about feeding, sleeping and pooping, and tests that happen.

• Typical for a Newborn

  Learn about sleep schedules, normal vital signs, expected behaviors and when to call the pediatrician.

• 10 Reasons to Call Your Pediatrician About Your Newborn

  From fevers and feeding issues to diaper issues and more, here are 10 reasons to call the pediatrician about your newborn.

• Pediatrician Visit Schedule for Newborns

  Learn the schedule of newborn well visits for the first year of life and what you can expect at each visit.

• Talking to Your Children if They Feel Marginalized

  Our child and adolescent psychiatrists offer important steps you can take as an adult to support your children who feel marginalized.

• How to Deal With Back to School Stress

  Transitioning kids back to school can be stressful for both parents and children but it doesn't have to be.

• 7 Children's Books to Celebrate Pride Month

  The Potocsnak Family Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine staff recommend some of their favorite reads featuring LGBTQ themes or protagonists.

• Beyond Goo-Goo & Gaa-Gaa: The Power of Talking to Your Little One

  Little ones look to their caregivers for signs and cues to inform them on how to respond to what is going on around them.

• When Your Child Is Scared to Poop on the Potty

  Our experts provide a progressive plan to get your child to poop on the potty.

• Parenting Teens in the Age of Social Media

  the demands of parenting this generation of teenagers are unique, most notably because of social media.

• How to Talk to Your Kids, Tweens and Teens about Racism

  Conversations about racism between parents and children should start early and continue frequently.

• 8 Activities to Keep Kids Entertained (And Learning) While At Home

  Our Activity Coordinators in the Department of Family Services share activities that parents can do alongside their kids that facilitate active, engaged learning.

• Risks and Long-Term Effects of Marijuana Use

  With Illinois permitting the sale of recreational marijuana, it’s important for parents to know the risks and long-term effects of marijuana use.