If you haven't heard of fenugreek, listen up -- this herb is more than just a spicy addition to curry, it's basically the wonder drug for women. This humble seed, which can be bought in a variety of forms -- tea, capsules, powder, paste -- has estrogen-like properties that combat pretty much every lady-ailment you can imagine: It magically pumps up milk production and makes menstrual cramps go away; plus, it helps to ease the symptoms of a bunch of gender-neutral maladies from high cholesterol to diabetes to eczema to low libido.

Photo by Jen_havin_funI've never been in danger of over-bathing my babies. If fact, I'm often stumped to remember when I last gave my daughter a bath.

People are shocked when I tell them I only give her a bath about once a week, as many people I know bathe their baby every night as part of a bedtime routine. We started the once-a-week bath because she had severe eczema, but now that it's cleared up, we really haven't really increased the frequency much (unless she's really messy).

I started to wonder if I should, so I caught up with Dr. Steven Chang, a family physician, to discuss this and some other baby-bathing basics.

Apparently, milk protein intolerance is pretty common in infants. Two of my girlfriends' babies had trouble tolerating dairy as infants — and both women had two children with the same issue .

When formula-fed babies have this type of intolerance, they are often put on a soy-based or other dairy-free formula. When breastfed babies have this allergy, it means mama has to give up eating dairy while breastfeeding. Ugh.

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I just read a health tip in HealthDay that said it was not necessary to wash your little one's clothes in a laundry detergent made especially for baby. Hmm.