Jessica Nash, MD, IBCLC, shares strategies for assessing breastfeeding, identifying latch problems, and connecting families with lactation resources.

Natalie D. Muth, MD, MPH, RDN, MBA, discusses new dietary guidelines, dairy recommendations, processed foods, and nutrition access for children.

A proposed rule would revise iodine, manganese, and vitamin A and D levels in infant formula and reaffirm 4 other nutrient specifications.

FDA draft guidance proposes cadmium limits of 10 to 45 ppb for processed foods for children younger than 2, from purees to dry infant cereals.

Learn when your baby is ready for solids, choose safe purees or finger foods, prevent choking, prioritize iron, and introduce allergens confidently.

Review some of the top stories from the Contemporary Pediatrics website over the last week, and catch up on anything you may have missed.

Schools without stock epinephrine were over 4 times as likely to lack a device in an allergic emergency, a survey of 349 school nurses found.

In a matched cohort of children aged 6 and younger with EoE, dupilumab was linked to less incident asthma than swallowed budesonide (10.5% vs 16.2%).