Food safety
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The Foods Most Likely to Choke a Small Child
A small child's airway diameter is roughly the width of an adult drinking straw. Foods that match that diameter, are firm enough not to compress, and...
What Actually Causes Choking in Young Children — and What to Do About It
Choking in young children is the kind of risk that produces two opposite reactions: parents who underestimate it because they've never seen it happen,...
Food Poisoning in Children: What to Watch For, What to Do
A child who has been eating happily and is now vomiting and miserable is alarming. Most of the time it's a self-limiting infection that will be over i...
Eating Well in Pregnancy: What the Evidence Actually Supports
The amount of advice directed at pregnant women about food is extraordinary. Some of it is genuinely important -- folic acid and vitamin D supplementa...
Safe Formula Preparation: Avoiding the Mistakes That Cause Illness
Formula prep is one of those parenting topics where the advice has shifted in the last twenty years and the people around you may be telling you what...
Why Babies Under One Should Never Have Honey
The honey rule is one of the few infant-feeding warnings that is genuinely black and white. Before a child's first birthday, no honey — not raw, not p...