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Classification: - an infant is 1-12 months of age - a newborn is 0-1 month of age - a child is 1-18 years of age Epidemiology: - infants who room-share through age 9 months have shorter sleep duration and are more likely to bed-share [5] Management: - iron supplementation in the 1st year of life* is enhances motor development at 9 months of age [3] - fruit juice offers no nutritional benefit for infants [4] * iron supplementation during pregnancy does not enhance motor development

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infant formula

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infant of mother with pregnancy disorder low birth weight infant (preterm infant)

References

  1. Medline Plus http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/infantandnewborndevelopment.html
  2. Wikipedia: Infant http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant
  3. Stein MT Supplemental Iron Improves Motor Development in Infants. Physician's First Watch, March 2, 2016 David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief Massachusetts Medical Society http://www.jwatch.org - Angulo-Barroso RM et al Iron Supplementation in Pregnancy or Infancy and Motor Development: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Pediatrics Apr 2016, PMID: 26936859 http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/recent
  4. Young K, Sadoughi S, Sofair A. Juice Shouldn't Be Offered to Infants, Says Pediatrics Group. Physician's First Watch, May 22, 2017 David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief Massachusetts Medical Society http://www.jwatch.org - Heyman MB, Abrams SA, SECTION ON GASTROENTEROLOGY, HEPATOLOGY, AND NUTRITION, COMMITTEE ON NUTRITION. Fruit Juice in Infants, Children, and Adolescents: Current Recommendations. Pediatrics. 2017 May 22. pii: e20170967. PMID: 28562300 http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2017/05/18/peds.2017-0967
  5. Paul IM, Hohman EE, Loken E et al. Mother-infant room-sharing and sleep outcomes in the INSIGHT Study. Pediatrics 2017 Jul; 140:e20170122. PMID: 28759407 http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2017/06/01/peds.2017-0122 - Moon RY, Hauck FR. Are there long-term consequences of room-sharing during infancy? Pediatrics 2017 Jul; 140:e20171323. PMID: 28759422 http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2017/06/01/peds.2017-1323