Baby's health and wellness
As a parent, baby's health and wellness is a top priority. Ovia Health offers articles with educational information so you can feel confident and informed.
Baby's first year | Newborn care
Newborn testing and treatment: The need-to-knows
How to help your child get comfortable wearing a mask
Life as a new parent | Going back to work after baby
Practical tips for how to juggle working from home and caring for a young child
Baby nutrition and eating
Top 10 easy and healthy homemade snacks for your toddler
Baby nutrition and eating
Cluster feeding: Our survival guide for parents
Baby nutrition and eating
Allergic reaction vs. eczema flare-up: How can I tell the difference?
Baby nutrition and eating
Is your baby ready for solids? Top signs to look for.
Baby nutrition and eating
USDA guidelines on food allergies: What they mean for your baby
15 months
Life as a new parent
Stressless Fest recap
Life as a new parent | Going back to work after baby
Know your rights: Pumping at work
Baby's first year | Breastfeeding
When breast isn’t best: How one mom accepted that breastfeeding wouldn’t be part of her family’s story
Your body after baby | Mental health
5 ways your whole family can find some calm
COVID-19 and pediatrics: Your questions answered
Baby's first year | Baby growth month by month
2 weeks old
Your body after baby
Women’s history through her healthcare
Baby nutrition and eating
Does my toddler drink enough water?
Baby Sleep Health
What is a reasonable bedtime for an almost-three-year-old?
Baby nutrition and eating
How much should my toddler eat?
Baby nutrition and eating
How long should a toddler use a sippy cup?
Baby's development and growth | Physical development
How much exercise do toddlers need?
Baby nutrition and eating
Encouraging your toddler to use silverware
Introducing your toddler to hand-washing
Baby nutrition and eating
Ways to make eating with utensils fun
Baby nutrition and eating
Toddlers and treats
Baby nutrition and eating
Solving food issues with your toddler in the second year
Baby nutrition and eating
Making sure your toddler gets proper nutrition
Everything you need to know about the COVID-19 vaccines
Baby dental care
When do molars come in?
Baby's development and growth | Physical development
The case for bare feet in early walking
Baby check ups
Your guide to scrapes, bumps, and bruises in the second year
Baby Sleep Health
Bedtime when your baby starts pulling up to stand
Baby's first year | Baby feeding
Combining formula and breastfeeding
Baby's first year | Breastfeeding
How breast milk changes as your baby grows
Baby Sleep Health
Should you ever wake a sleeping baby?
Baby nutrition and eating
Is it okay to let my baby snack?
Baby nutrition and eating
Minimizing the mealtime mess
Baby Sleep Health
Baby’s sleep and daylight savings
Introducing the bottle to a breastfed baby
Raising baby | Baby safety
10 things to keep out of baby’s mouth
Do babies have taste preferences?
Baby nutrition and eating
Introducing new foods to your child
Baby dental care
5 tips for brushing baby’s teeth
Baby dental care
Helping your baby stay comfortable while teething
Baby check ups
Is your pediatrician right for you?
Baby nutrition and eating
Let’s talk about prepared baby food
Baby check ups
11 signs to call the pediatrician
Baby Sleep Health
3 keys to napping
Pros and cons of room-sharing
Baby's first year | Diapering
5 ways to manage diaper rash
Raising baby | Baby activities
Why do babies need to stay active?
Baby Sleep Health
Is my baby sleeping too much?
Baby's development and growth | Baby milestones
Smiling and newborns
Raising baby | Baby safety
What you should know about crib safety
Baby's first year | Crying
Ways to stay sane with a colicky newborn
Baby's first year | Breastfeeding
Is it safe to exercise while breastfeeding?
Baby Sleep Health
Baby’s sleep position
Burping your baby
Raising baby | Baby activities
8 must-packs for an outing with your newborn
Raising baby
Washing your newborn with a sponge
Baby Sleep Health
What should I put in a newborn’s crib?
Baby's first year | Breastfeeding
Getting your newborn to latch on
Baby's first year | Baby feeding
Newborn feeding times
Making immunization visits less stressful
Life as a new parent | Going back to work after baby
Practical tips for how to juggle working from home and caring for a young child
How to help your child get comfortable wearing a mask
When is flu season?
Baby's first year | Baby growth month by month
Why do some newborns lose weight?
Life as a new parent | Baby gear
Weaning your toddler off the pacifier
Baby nutrition and eating
Introducing your toddler to new textures at mealtime
Baby's first year | Breastfeeding
Dinner for two: 6 eating tips for a healthy breastfed baby
Baby Sleep Health
Your toddler the early riser
Baby nutrition and eating
Toddlers and silverware regression
Life as a new parent | Baby gear
When should I change bottle nipples?
Baby's first year | Breastfeeding
5 breastfeeding positions you should try
Baby illnesses
Food allergies in the first two months
Baby check ups
Toddler breath-holding spells
Baby's first year | Breastfeeding
Breast milk storage basics
Baby nutrition and eating
Help! My baby won’t self-feed
Baby check ups
Common immunization myths
Baby illnesses
3 AM and all is quiet: Reflecting on life after my son’s diagnosis
Baby nutrition and eating
Dad does the cooking: One father on the benefits of giving up stereotypical gender roles
A way to remember it all: On fear, hope, and all the photos I took when my baby boy first got sick
For Black families, change is coming one doula at a time
Baby's first year | Breastfeeding
A breastfeeding journey
Vaccine safety
Celebrating Black birth workers of the past
Recommended immunization schedule for baby’s first year
Baby nutrition and eating
When should you switch Baby to a sippy cup?
Baby's first year | Breastfeeding
How long does pumped and stored breast milk stay fresh?
Baby's first year | Baby feeding
7 tips for bottle feeding
Baby's first year | Breastfeeding
How you can get more milk when you pump
Meet 4 midwives dedicated to evolving the Black maternal landscape
Baby nutrition and eating
How often should a baby breastfeed?
Baby nutrition and eating
Signs that your baby is hungry (and full!)
Baby's first year | Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding benefits for you and your baby
Baby's first year | Breastfeeding
An intro to breastfeeding
Baby check ups
The two-month baby checkup: A play-by-play guide
Baby nutrition and eating
5 fun, healthy popsicles to make at home
Baby's development and growth | Baby milestones
2 years 6 months
Suggested immunization schedule for your baby’s second year and onward through early childhood
Suggested immunization schedule for your baby’s second year and onward through early childhood
How vaccines work
How vaccines work
Vaccine safety
What is herd immunity?
What is herd immunity?
Baby nutrition and eating
Finding kid-food at restaurants with no children’s menu
Baby illnesses
Common daycare illnesses that sound scarier than they are
Life as a new parent | Childcare options
Coping with daycare germs
Baby nutrition and eating
Living with a peanut allergy
Baby's development and growth | Physical development
Growth spurts through childhood
Baby nutrition and eating
Cow’s milk interaction
Baby Sleep Health
Napping during an illness
Combination vaccines
Baby nutrition and eating
Homemade baby food – where to start?
Raising baby | Baby safety
What is BPA? Should I be concerned?
Baby nutrition and eating
How to make healthy and cost-effective baby food
Baby's first year | Breastfeeding
Why do some breastfed babies reject the bottle?
Baby's development and growth | Baby milestones
When can I start introducing toys?
Baby nutrition and eating
Help! My toddler won’t eat meat!
Baby check ups
Combination vaccines
Recommended immunization schedule for baby’s first year
Common immunization myths
Baby check ups
Making immunization visits less stressful
Baby’s one-year immunizations
Baby check ups
The two-month baby checkup: A play-by-play guide
Baby Sleep Health
What’s the deal with co-sleeping?
Baby check ups
Baby’s one-year immunizations
Life as a new parent
Washing your newborns’s clothes
Baby's first year | Breastfeeding
Can a baby taste food through breast milk?
Baby Sleep Health
Normal napping patterns in almost-two-year-olds
Baby Sleep Health
Dealing with toddler sleep regression
Baby nutrition and eating
When can I stop worrying about choking hazards with food?
Baby Sleep Health
Getting your toddler’s sleep schedule back on track
Baby nutrition and eating
Helping toddlers develop healthy food-regulation habits
Baby's first year | Baby growth month by month
11 weeks old
How to prevent baby bottle mouth
Baby nutrition and eating
Building a baby food stash without buying special equipment
Baby nutrition and eating
Feast or famine: Your toddler’s varying appetite
Baby nutrition and eating
Pros and cons of snacktime
Baby dental care
Cavities in baby teeth
Baby check ups
Tips for encouraging your toddler’s healthy immune system
Baby nutrition and eating
Should my toddler be taking a multivitamin?
Baby nutrition and eating
Sick day meals for fussy toddlers
Baby nutrition and eating
Putting the FUN in food
Baby Sleep Health
How much sleep should a two and a half-year-old get?
Baby check ups
When your whole family gets sick
Baby Sleep Health
Setting reasonable bedtimes as your toddler moves into childhood
Baby's first year | Breastfeeding
What to do about latching problems
Baby's first year | Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding multiples
Baby nutrition and eating
Fun new ways to introduce vegetables
Baby Sleep Health
Being flexible with the bedtime routine
Baby nutrition and eating
What kind of milk should my toddler be drinking?
Baby Sleep Health
Is my almost-three-year-old ready to stop napping?
Baby nutrition and eating
Tips for transitioning away from a sippy cup
Baby Sleep Health
Nightmares and night terrors
Baby Sleep Health
Are naps really necessary?
Baby nutrition and eating
Toddler feeding problems
Baby illnesses
Toddlers and UTIs
Baby illnesses
Common toddler skin rashes: Part 1
Why does baby need to wait for solid foods?
Baby nutrition and eating
Babies, solid foods, and when they should meet
Dealing with baby eczema
Baby illnesses
Baby’s first cold
Baby's first year | Baby growth month by month
9 weeks old
Baby's first year | Baby growth month by month
8 weeks old
Baby dental care
Thorough tooth brushing in the third year
Baby injuries
Tips for toddler sunburns
Baby's development and growth
What to do when baby figures out how to take off their diaper
Baby's development and growth
It takes a village: How community programs can enrich your baby’s life
Baby nutrition and eating
Nutrition as the building block for your baby’s growth
Baby nutrition and eating
Myths and facts about WIC
Baby check ups
Different types of thermometers and your squirmy toddler
Baby Sleep Health
It’s raining, it’s pouring, my baby is snoring
Raising baby | Baby safety
Why does my newborn have a soft spot?
Keeping baby sunburn-free
Why do newborns have more bones than adults?
Baby's development and growth
Your newborn’s vision in the first month
Baby Sleep Health
Tips to encourage uninterrupted sleep in your newborn
Baby's first year | Baby poop and pee
Newborn poo: a quick and dirty guide
Taking care of your newborn’s umbilical stump
Baby's development and growth | Baby milestones
3 years
Baby nutrition and eating
Emerging food allergies in the toddler years
Raising baby | Baby safety
Outdoor safety hazards
Baby check ups
Why might a toddler have dark circles under their eyes?
Baby Sleep Health
Pros and cons of quiet time at bedtime
Baby Sleep Health
Common sleep problems in the third year
Baby's development and growth | Baby milestones
2 years 8 months
Baby Sleep Health
Your toddler’s first pillow
Baby's development and growth | Baby milestones
2 years 7 months
Baby dental care
Introducing your toddler to flossing
Baby nutrition and eating
Table manners for toddlers
Baby nutrition and eating
Help! My little one won’t eat anything!
Baby Sleep Health
When your toddler has scary dreams
Baby's development and growth | Physical development
How can I get my child to stop running?
Turning “keep from spreading germs” into a game
Baby nutrition and eating
Does sugar make kids hyper?
