We’ve Never Been Good at Feeding Babies
Keeping an infant fed is a precarious task in the best of circumstances, and for many American parents, the circumstances have become quite bad. Nutritional formulas are currently in very…
Why Do Babies Have Such Chubby Cheeks?
It’s completely normal for a baby or toddler to gain fat in certain parts of their body, especially their cheeks. In addition to looking cute, chubby or rounded cheeks play…
‘Everywhere Babies,’ a picture book celebrating infants, just got banned
Placeholder while article actions load The inspiration for the popular children’s picture book “Everywhere Babies” came to author Susan Meyers more than 25 years ago, after the birth of her…
What really happens when babies are left to cry it out?
Many sleep training researchers firmly believe the former. “Don’t underestimate the abilities of children to self-regulate,” says Hall, the paediatric sleep researcher who used actigraphy in her study of 235…
How to calm a fussing child? Even babies need boundaries
My first baby cried vociferously and slept very little. Consequently, so did I. I was 37 years old, after what obstetricians call a “geriatric pregnancy,” and smugly assumed that age…