A healthy newborn breathes mostly through the nose at 30–60 breaths per minute with gentle belly rise and brief pauses under 10 seconds.

No—once your newborn regains birth weight and gains well, you don’t wake for every feeding; in the first weeks, wake at least every 2–3 hours.

If you have a cold, care for a newborn by masking, washing hands, feeding as usual, limiting visitors, cleaning gear, and watching for baby warning signs.

No—close contact is risky; keep lips away, cover the sore, clean hands, and skip kissing until it heals to protect newborns from HSV-1.

A cold near a newborn needs strict hygiene, a mask, no kisses, and no visits with fever or heavy cough; call the baby’s doctor for red flags.

No, vitamin D drops rarely cause constipation in newborns; dosing mistakes or other factors like iron supplements are far more common.

Newborn diaper changes: expect 8–12 per day early on, then about 6–8 daily as feedings settle; change anytime the diaper is wet or soiled.

After day 5, most newborns pass 6+ wet diapers and about 3–4 yellow, seedy stools per day, with day-by-day changes across the first week.

Healthy newborns in the United States typically receive one vaccine at birth—the first hepatitis B shot within 24 hours.

Newborn breastfeeding needs: 8–12 feeds in 24 hours, on cue day and night; early weeks bring cluster feeds and some longer naps.