Editorial Policy

FirstYearMom publishes educational content and printable planning tools for parents and caregivers. We do not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment instructions.

FirstYearMom provides educational printables and planning resources, not medical advice. Always talk with your pediatrician, OB-GYN, lactation consultant, or another qualified professional about your family's specific needs.

Parenting information can be high-stakes. We aim to avoid giving individualized medical guidance and instead encourage readers to use our resources to prepare questions for qualified professionals.

If you believe you or your baby may be experiencing an emergency, contact local emergency services right away.

Unless a page names a specific qualified reviewer, our content should not be treated as clinician reviewed, pediatrician reviewed, lactation consultant reviewed, or legal reviewed. We do not invent reviewer credentials, certifications, testing programs, or professional endorsements.

If a future expert review process is added, the relevant pages should name the reviewer, describe the scope of review, and distinguish that review from general editorial editing.

When we discuss health, safety, feeding, sleep, postpartum recovery, or baby-development topics, we aim to keep claims conservative and point readers toward qualified professionals or recognized public health resources for decisions that affect their family.

Source links are used to support general education. They do not make a printable, article, or checklist a medical device, treatment plan, or replacement for care from a qualified professional.

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