"Babies can pass motion, they can pass motion as frequent as 10 to 15 times in a day, it can be once in a week also both the conditions are normal and the variation in terms of color is also normal. Babies can have yellow stools, green stools or brown stools when to worry is when they are passing white, pale, chalky , grayish colour stools or there is blood in stools. So these are the scenarios where you have to meet the pediatrician but other than this any other colour is normal. It is not necessary that the baby will have the same colour everyday. There can be slight variations"

"So the WHO mandates masks for age 12 years and above and they are supposed to follow the same guidelines as adults follow. Between 5 to 11 years above 5 years is what the WHO says children can start wearing masks but it depends because there are some kids who might not cooperate on wearing masks. So it depends on child to child basis. It depends on the infectivity around that area, depends on the people in the family who are affected or not. If at all a child is between 5 to 11 years and the child is wearing a mask it is advisable that you teach the children a little bit about the mask and how to wear it and hygiene following around it like for example the mask should be the appropriate size. It should cover the nose, the mouth, the chin you have to make sure that you tell the child that the baby or child should not touch the mask again and again should not keep pulling down the mask again and again and before wearing the mask you're supposed to either use a sanitizer or use soap and water to clean your hands and correctly store the mask also. You can't just keep it lying. So to answer the question, age five and above children are allowed to wear masks"

"As a new parent, it's common to feel overjoyed and excited as your little one starts to hit new milestones. However, as the baby reaches the 3 month mark, drooling may increase, leading to a rash on the face and neck. Dr. Spoorti Kapate, consultant Pediatrician and neonatologist at Cloudnine Hospital, Electronic City has an informative video on Drool Rash in Babies that can provide you with all the information you need to treat this condition"

"The right way to burp a baby is to hold the baby on your shoulder and gently pat or rub the back and keep the baby upright position for 10 to 15 minutes and help the baby burp or you can make the baby sit on your lap, hold the neck of the baby and the head of the baby. With the free hand just gently pat the back of the baby. That will also help the baby burp. So we recommend to try burping the babies for atleast 10 minutes because it I not necessary that the babies will burp immediately. There are times where the baby will not burp at all. So keep the baby upright for atleast 10 to 15 minutes. After that the baby will not burp you can keep the baby down"

"So meconium aspiration means that intrauterine or when the baby was inside the mother's womb due to any kind of stress the baby has passed meconium or the first stool and it gets mixed up with the amniotic fluid and sometimes the babies can aspirate it which means that the meconium can go into the lungs of the baby. Once the meconium goes inside the lungs there is no way to take it out if it is this slight mechanism in the nose or the mouth you can just suction it out . But apart from that if the meconium has gone into the lungs there is no way to take it out. So this condition leads to a medical we call it chemical pneumonitis. So meconium aspiration actually leads to chemical pneumonitis which means that the baby has pneumonia because of it. The baby will have breathing difficulty. The difficulty could be from mild to severe where in mild you might just have to give a little bit of oxygen, moderate maybe you'll have to give put the baby on a respiratory support called HFNC and if it is very severe may also need ventilation, which means that we put a tube inside the baby's throat and put the baby on the ventilator and help the baby breathe better. So again depending on the severity of the condition the baby can stay in the ICU for like I said depending on the condition from one day to a few weeks. The treatment is basically oxygen you give antibiotics to control the infection and you give whatever breathing support that the baby needs and you wait it out there is no way to fasten the process of healing. In a chemical pneumonitis the body automatically absorbs this meconium that has been aspirated and the baby eventually gets better. So it is very hard to say how long the baby is going to be in the ICU it depends on the condition of the baby"

"WHO recommends exclusive breast feeding upto 6 months of age, which means you are not supposed to give water, digestive enzymes, honey, gripe water, animal milk, anything apart from breast milk to your baby upto the age of 6 months"