Newborn bathing works best as sponge baths until the cord heals, then short tub baths 2–3 times weekly with warm water and mild, fragrance-free soap.

Most newborns are briefly awake between feeds—often 30–90 minutes—with calm, “quiet alert” spells for bonding and short play before sleep returns.

Newborn alertness usually comes in short, quiet bursts between naps, with calm gaze and brief active spells in those early weeks.

Newborn activity runs in short bursts: brief wake time, frequent feeds, reflex kicks, and lively REM sleep wrapped around long naps.

Newborn hearing screening is reliable: OAE finds around 85–100% with ~91–95% specificity; AABR finds around 95–100% with ~96–98% specificity.

Newborn screening tests are highly sensitive for many conditions, yet false positives occur, so any positive screen needs fast confirmatory testing.

Newborn hearing screening accuracy is high: two-stage OAE→AABR programs reach about 92% sensitivity and 99% specificity in published reviews.

No, soy formula by itself rarely causes constipation in newborns; harder stools are more often linked to mixing mistakes, low intake, or normal adjustment.

Caring for a newborn when you have the flu means masking, handwashing, using a healthy helper, keeping breast milk flowing, and watching for fever.

Yes—during the first weeks, newborns should be woken every 2–3 hours until they regain birth weight and your clinician says on-demand feeding is safe.