Essential Newborn Care: Weight, Health Signs & Gas Relief

Standard newborn growth involves specific weight ranges and milestones during the first month. Early intervention for gas, eye discharge, and stuffy noses ensures the baby remains comfortable and healthy.

The Best Ways to Stimulate a Newborn's Brain Development

Published Jun,13 2017 | By Flora Richards-Gustafson

A baby’s brain begins to form three weeks after conception, according to the University of Maine. By the time he’s born, a newborn has 100 billion neurons. Some already connect to others, like those that regulate breathing.

Flora Richards-Gustafson has been writing professionally since 2003. She creates copy for websites, marketing materials and printed publications. Richards-Gustafson specializes in SEO and writing about small-business strategies, health and beauty, interior design, emergency preparedness and education. Richards-Gustafson received a Bachelor of Arts from George Fox University in 2003 and was recognized by Cambridge's "Who's Who" in 2009 as a leading woman entrepreneur.