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Article: The top 10 health worries: babies don't break, but some symptoms are cause for real alarm.(Cover Story)
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- Newsweek
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- March 22, 1997
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Babies don't break, but some symptoms are cause for real alarm
YOU'VE JUST BEEN HANDED your seven-pound bundle of joy and your first reaction is: Help! How do I keep from breaking it? Take heart. Babies may not bounce, but neither do they get a fatal infection if they suck a dirty thumb. Here are the top 10 conditions that parents of 0-to-3s should look out for:
1. It isn't called the common cold for nothing. In their first two years, most children will have eight to 10 colds, complete with runny nose, sneezing, decreased appetite, cough and sore throat. Most toddler colds aren't serious. But in infants under 6 months, colds can develop into ...