by phdinparenting on May 14, 2009
There are a great many Web sites and studies out there that talk about the benefits of breastfeeding. Like much of the stuff on the Web, they have been written at different stages in time, may or may not have been updated, may be based on science or may be based on what someone heard [...]
by phdinparenting on July 9, 2008
My little girl has been a happy baby from Day 1. Always content and always smiling. It has always made my day when I look at her little face and see her beaming back at me. I thought that was just common sense, but science confirmed it. Apparently, when a mother sees her baby smile (and only her baby, not [...]
by phdinparenting on July 5, 2008
Intuitively and instinctively, the cry it out (CIO) method (also known as sleep training or ferberizing or controlled crying) of getting a baby to sleep is not something I ever felt comfortable with. And as I did research on infant sleep, I learned about what normal infant sleep is and I also learned more about the [...]