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newborn

Stage 1, Phase 3: The great transition

This part of labor is sometimes a doozy—but you can get through it with some preparation.

Adding a new baby to your family?

Some easy-to-remember tips can help everyone—you, your husband and your kids—prepare for the new addition.

Baby is finally asleep, now what?

Explore these 10 tips to help you cope with lack of sleep (or how to get the sleep you desperately need).

Goodbye, Sandman?

Don’t worry just yet. There are plenty of things you can do to prepare your baby for bedtime.

Every baby’s 9 steps into this new world

Crying, resting, bobbing and more—all newborns will go through these stages immediately after birth.

Patient Story

The sound of success

Required testing detects hearing problems at birth, leading to earlier intervention and better outcomes.

Baby’s immune system might hint at autism risk

Certain 'markers' in newborn blood samples seemed to predict future cases.

Royal baby name makes a comeback

This year's Top 10 Baby Names list includes two newcomers amid lots of longtime favorites.

Baby ’em with a massage

Even the littlest ones welcome a tender touch to calm their disposition.

Is my baby hungry?

These tips are a surefire way to let you know when your baby is hungry.

Birth Center to participate in Little Hats, Big Hearts

To celebrate American Heart Month, Mended Little Hearts of West Michigan and the American Heart Association will be providing red hats for all babies born during the month of February at the Spectrum Health Gerber Memorial Family Birth Center. The goal of this program is to raise awareness of heart disease and stroke, including congenital heart issues which […]