Chestnut Hill Pediatrics | Newborns

We are delighted to welcome your new family member into our practice.

Meet your pediatrician in-person or by phone, have your questions answered, and tour our office. Prenatal visits are not required.

Please call us at 617-277-2541 to arrange your first appointment. Typically, we see newborn babies one to two days after hospital discharge.

We look forward to meeting you soon!

General

• American Academy of Pediatrics
• Text4Baby: A free app for health and safety information.
• Infant Massage

Breastfeeding and bottle feeding

• Searchable database for lactation support
• CDC guidelines for breastmilk storage
• Dairy and other food sensitivities in breastfed babies
• CDC - Reducing risk of Cronobacter infection
  • Thankfully, Cronobacter infections are very rare. However, infants who are less than 2 months old, were born prematurely, or have a weakened immune system are more susceptible to infections (including Cronobacter infection).  Please take care to clean, sanitize, and safely store all feeding items and to safely prepare formula. Powdered formula is more prone to contamination than premixed liquid formula. 
• CDC - Infant formula preparation and storage
• CDC - How to prepare and store powdered infant formula
• CDC - Cómo preparar y almacenar la fórmula infantil en polvo

Circumcision

• The pros & cons of circumcision

Cord blood banking

• What is cord blood banking?

Safe sleep

• Safe sleep for babies
• Inclined sleepers and other baby registry items to avoid

Vaccinations

• CDC recommended vaccination schedule
• Vaccine safety: examine the evidence