The American Academy of Pediatrics subtly turns the tables on the breast-feeding conversation with its updated guidelines. No longer is infant nutrition simply a lifestyle choice; it’s now a public health issue.
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Family MattersChildhood
A History of Kids and Sleep: Why They Never Get Enough
Even a century ago, children were getting less sleep than experts recommended.
Family MattersChildhood
Study: Child Abuse Affects More U.S. Kids than SIDS
Parents are usually the perpetrators of abuse, largely because they are unprepared to deal with kids’ crying. How a little education could help reverse the trend.
Family MattersDiet
Are We Training Babies to Crave Salt?
Even before they can speak, some babies are essentially saying, “Please pass the salt,” new research suggests.
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Baby Name Game: How a Name Can Affect Your Child’s Future
All parents like to think that their baby is unique — the cutest, brightest, most engaging infant ever born. And one way parents seek to reflect their child’s uniqueness is by bestowing them with equally distinctive, sometimes …
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Down Syndrome: With Breakthroughs in Testing, a Choice Becomes Tougher
Perhaps the most important thing you need to know about Melanie Perkins McLaughlin is that she’s not pro-life or pro-choice or pro anything — other than pro-information.
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Do Babies with Flat Heads Need Helmets?
Anyone who’s surmised that putting babies to sleep on their backs has contributed to the increase in babies’ flat-headed noggins can’t be blamed for making the connection: the spike in plagiocephaly has largely coincided with the …
Family MattersParenting
Grandparenting 101: Teaching Grandma and Grandpa About Modern Parenting
“Tummy time” and “Back to Sleep” weren’t part of the playbook when Ginny Fountain gave birth a generation ago. This expectant grandma’s got a lot to learn about newborns, which is how Fountain, 64, wound up in a grandparenting …
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Baby Boom? Moms Eager to Deliver on 11/11/11, the Coolest of Due Dates
Expectant mom Julie Madayag first learned of her daughter’s auspicious potential birth date from an online due-date calculator: 11/11/11, the computer predicted.
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‘Educational TV’ for Babies? It Doesn’t Exist
If there was any doubt that television is not a good use of toddlers’ time, consider the findings of one study that drilled down into babies’ understanding of what they were watching on TV. When groups of 6-, 12- and …
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Patience, Mom: More Hospitals Say No to Scheduled Delivery Before 39 Weeks
With a 3-year-old and a 6-year-old at home, Jaclyn McClymonds had at least two good reasons — Joel and Jayla — to want to schedule the delivery of her third child. A charter-school teacher, she was also nervous about juggling …
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Do Sippy Cups Deserve a Warning Label?
Beware the perils of the sippy cup. In New York state, at least, cigarettes and alcohol may not be the only items to warrant warning labels. The legislature wants sippies — those handy-dandy drinking vessels that purport to …
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Flu Season Prep: Pregnant Women Should Get Vaccinated
It’s summertime, which seems like a bit of an odd time to be publishing research about influenza. Who’s thinking about fever, chills and achiness when skies are sunny? Well, if you’re pregnant come fall when flu …