Baby

Overusing skincare products, overdressing, and improper heat exposure can harm newborn skin

The Israeli summer can be harsh on newborns' delicate skin. A pediatric dermatology expert explains how overdressing, excess skincare products, and heat exposure can cause irritation and rashes.

headline: Mother massages her baby’s feet with oil
MDA paramedic Yitzhaj Bendahan after delivering his onw baby in the back of an ambulance.

MDA paramedic delivers his own baby daughter in ambulance en route to hospital

Israeli daycare-aged children (illustrative). March 24, 2026.

Three Tel Aviv daycare workers indicted over alleged physical abuse of infants, toddlers

Newborn breastfed babies usually nurse 10 to 12 times a day, and generally about every two hours from the start of one breastfeeding session to the start of the next

Exclusively breastfeeding infants linked to higher allergy rates in young children, study finds


Vegan, plant-based diets don’t stunt infant growth, major Israeli study finds

A landmark study by researchers at BGU in Beersheba that included almost 1.2 million infants examined at well-baby clinics (tipat halav) suggests that they’ll be fine without meat, fish, or dairy.

 Vegan and vegetarian groceries and cook books.

The babies may not understand what is happening – but their brain absorbs everything

Every parent experiences the difficulty of going down with children to a shelter, and the stress at home. But if you thought your little ones do not feel anything – you are mistaken.

A father holding a crying baby

US babycare brand under fire for sexualising children in viral marketing campaign

Products marketed by Frida were advertised with lines such as “fancy a quickie?” and “I get turned on easily.”

(Illustrative) An infant crawling.

Baby dies at unlicensed Bnei Brak daycare, worker detained by police for further questioning

Israel Police launched an investigation at the location and collected evidence, while the daycare worker who was in charge of the baby was arrested for questioning.

Police officer establishing the administrative closure order of a daycare where a six-month old baby died.

One-week-old baby left outside Bituach Leumi office in Hadera

“A short time ago, a report was received about a one-week-old baby found in the stairwell of a public building in Hadera,” a police spokesperson said.

Magen David Adom paramedic holds baby abandoned in Hadera, January 26, 2026.

Nurture vs nature: Children with early ADHD risk are more sensitive to environment

Some traits of ADHD that are usually associated with difficulties may also be reflective of a heightened capability to thrive under appropriate conditions.

An illustration of ADHD and children's toys.

Baby food aid requests rose 25% in 2025, infant formula prices climb, Social Bank reports

Data from the National Insurance Institute found that 2.8 million Israelis currently live with food insecurity, including over a million children.

An illustration of a mother feeding a baby a bottle of formula.

MDA’s Raphael Herbst at JPost Miami Summit

‘Helping and saving lives begins with infants’

Raphael Herbst ,Deputy Director International Relations Department  Magen David Adom

Good news for parents: Materna for only NIS 35

Instead of paying NIS 59, two supermarket chains won a Ministry of Economy tender and will sell the state’s emergency stock – close to 600,000 cans – at a price lower by dozens of percent.

Baby formula

Endangered hope: Rare mountain gorilla twins born in war-ravaged Virunga National Park, Congo

The birth of the two male gorillas to a mother named Mafuko was discovered on January 3, and the twins "appeared to be in healthy condition at the time of the observation," Virunga Park reported.

Mafuko, a female mountain gorilla from the Bageni family holds her newly born twins at the Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo, in this undated handout picture released January 7, 2026.