Every child deserves to grow up healthy and safe

At Baylor Scott & White McLane Children’s in Temple, we are dedicated daily to helping your kids grow healthy and thrive in everything they do. Keeping children healthy and safe is a priority we share with your family.

Baby wearing a helmet to treat plagiocephaly or flat head syndrome

Safe sleep for your baby

Not all Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) deaths can be prevented. However, the risk of this family tragedy can be reduced by following safe sleep practices.

Discover tips for safe sleeping

Shaken baby syndrome

​​​​​​​​​​​​​While persistent crying can try your patience, you and your baby's other caregivers must never respond by shaking the child. Shaking can cause blindness, permanent brain damage or death.

Crying is normal

Studies show that all babies start to cry around two weeks old. This crying will increase with a peak at around two-three months of age and usually declines around five months.

Each baby has a unique crying pattern. Some will cry as long as five hours a day or more; this high crying level is sometimes called “colic” and is considered normal. Some infants cry for less than 20 minutes daily, which is normal. If your baby is healthy, then crying is just part of being an infant.

Remember that crying is normal and does not reflect on your parenting. Your baby is not angry with you or punishing you. Your baby is not bad and you are not a deficient parent.