ChildBloom Pediatrician Panel

The ChildBloom Pediatrician Panel is a team of board-certified pediatricians providing evidence-based baby health and product guidance.

Toddler with a runny nose being comforted by a parent at daycare drop off

Baby sick all the time from daycare: Daycare Sickness: How to Reduce Illness Frequency & When It’s “Normal”

Daycare Sickness: How to Reduce Illness Frequency & When It’s “Normal” Written by the ChildBloom Pediatric Panel, FAAP | Medically reviewed July 14, 2026 | Last updated July 14, 2026 Your baby started daycare three months ago. Since then, you have lost count of the colds. It seems like every time one illness resolves, another

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Parent using a nasal aspirator and saline drops on a baby with congestion

Baby Congestion Relief: Safe Methods for Under 2 Years (No Vick

Baby Congestion Relief: Safe Methods for Under 2 Years (No Vicks!) Written by the ChildBloom Pediatric Panel, FAAP | Medically reviewed July 14, 2026 | Last updated July 14, 2026 Your baby cannot breathe through their mouth the way you can. For the first several months of life, babies are obligate nose breathers — they

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Dropper bottle of baby vitamin D supplement next to a bottle and swaddled newborn

Baby vitamin d drops necessary: Do Babies Need Vitamin D Supplements? The AAP Recommendation Explained

Do Babies Need Vitamin D Supplements? The AAP Recommendation Explained Written by the ChildBloom Pediatric Panel, FAAP | Medically reviewed July 14, 2026 | Last updated July 14, 2026 Here is something that surprises many parents: breast milk, the gold standard of infant nutrition, does not contain enough vitamin D. This is not a criticism

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Parent checking a baby fever with a digital thermometer at home

When Does a Baby Fever Require the ER? Age-Based Fever Rules Every Pare

When Does a Baby Fever Require the ER? Age-Based Fever Rules Every Parent Should Know Written by the ChildBloom Pediatric Panel, FAAP | Medically reviewed July 14, 2026 | Last updated July 14, 2026 It is 11 PM. Your baby feels warm. You reach for the thermometer, and the number that comes back makes your

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