API Links is a monthly e-newsletter to help keep parents, professionals, and others abreast of the latest news and research in Attachment Parenting and updates of API programs.
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September 1, 2022
Nurturings (Attachment Parenting Internationals) is pleased to sign on to the PUMP Act! The Break Time for Nursing Mothers law, passed in 2010, requires employers to provide break time and a private, non-bathroom space for lactating employees to pump during the workday. The PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act would close the coverage gap that leaves 1 in 4 women of childbearing age unprotected by this important legislation. You can read all about the PUMP Act here. |
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August 3, 2022
As we celebrate World Breastfeeding Week, learn how Nurturings is committed to supporting breastfeeding!
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May 20, 2022
According to reporting from CBS News, 43% of top-selling infant formula products were out of stock the first week in May. In some states, more than 50% of these products were out of stock. |
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April 20, 2022
"While the USBC team submitted funding requests and met with the offices of Senators and Representatives serving on Appropriations Committees, our mighty coalition came together with a joint letter signed by more than 190 organizations! Meanwhile, supporters sent thousands of messages to their Senators and Representative asking them to support this important funding. Thanks to our collective efforts, the Fiscal Year 2022 budget includes $9.75M for the CDC Hospitals Promoting Breastfeeding program, an increase of $250K from the Fiscal Year 2021 enacted level! |
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August 2, 2022
Do you have a story to tell? We want to help you share your story with the hope that your story can help other families! We are currently seeking submissions that fall in these areas...
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July 10, 2022
A few words from you now helps families! When you share your story about your experience with API and Nurturings you help us make an even bigger impact in our community. We invite you to read the stories of others and help us raise visibility for our work by posting a brief story of your experience with us. All content will be visible to potential donors and volunteers and can help us grow and serve more families. |
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June 29, 2022
"As the world continues its love affair with technology, we human beings seem to become more disconnected and isolated from each other. Yet we are connected in unseen ways, part of a larger design and consciousness. Most of us have likely experienced being around people or being in an environment that gave us good or bad feelings, or "vibes." At the same time, being around others who are positive and calm when we are feeling overwhelmed or out of control can influence us to become more positive and calm ourselves. Described in scientific terms, we become more "coherent." |
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May 23, 2022
"Nurturing babies and children is not just about mothers—it is a community responsibility our species evolved. Our species’ evolved nest for young children includes soothing perinatal experience, extensive breastfeeding and touch, responsiveness from the primary caregiver and a small group of other caregivers (allomothers), social support for mother and child, positive social climate and self-directed free play in the natural world with multi-aged playmates. |
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April 20, 2022
Playful Parenting author Larry Cohen is collecting memories about play! "What are your deepest memories of play from childhood?"...."One person captured the flow state of play: "Time disappeared." Another captured the importance of children's self-direction in play: "I was in control, this was my world." And a third captured the sense of abundance in play: "There was unlimited fun."" |
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March 15, 2022
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December 17, 2021
"New research confirms that when it comes to family mental health dynamics, everything usually comes full circle. Researchers from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston report a two-way relationship between a mother’s and their children’s mental health. Mom’s mental health symptoms influence her child’s mental state, but the reverse holds true as well. The child’s mental health symptoms have an impact on the mother." |
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July 24, 2022
"Raising kids is a long game. We are parenting not only for what is happening in this moment but also for what happens in the years and decades to come." "That's a heavy weight to carry." "I hope to lighten it by reminding you that this awesome responsibility of parenting comes down to..." |
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July 24, 2022
"Is your baby sleeping through the night yet?" "Don't hold him too much!" "Just let her cry." "There's no benefit to breastfeed him past 1 year old." We hear comments like these from our family members, our pediatricians, our childcare providers, ..." Join us at our blog, #normalizenurturing, to read editor Rita Brhel's latest post. |
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July 2, 2022
"We live in a quick-fix society. We see a lot of problems with how our society treats parents and families, particularly in Western society. In the United States, where I live, parents have been struggling through an unprecedented shortage of infant formula and have endured the trauma of yet another mass school shooting at the hands of an adolescent. I have watched the headlines as the nation has progressed through the stages of grief. Americans are grappling for some way to fix these very serious problems affecting families." |
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May 14, 2022
API in Hungary! Thank you, Anna Tamas! Visit: www.mediaklikk.hu/video/ridikul-kotodo-neveles. See Anna and her mention of API in English at 07:55 minutes. |
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April 9, 2022
"We evolved big social brains that develop mostly after birth. Because newborns have only 25% or less of adult brain volume, they need a supportive environment to maintain a growth-encouraging biochemistry during the first years of life when their brain more than triples in size. Frequent breastfeeding provides a wash of appropriate hormones, immunoglobulins and other elements that build healthy brain and bodies. |
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April 5, 2022
Every Mother Counts invites: "Conception, pregnancy, birth, matching with your baby through adoption, or the time after birth can be surprisingly challenging, even traumatic. It can also be joyful and empowering. And yet, all too often, we keep quiet about our experiences. Ahead of Mother’s Day, let’s reclaim our stories together." |
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March 15, 2022
This Black History Month, the National Museum of African American History and Culture recognizes the importance of Black Health and Wellness. In this blog, we celebrate the unsung work of birth workers like midwives and doulas by exploring their historical and cultural legacy. In our follow-up blog, we’ll explore the challenges faced today by contemporary Doulas and Midwives. |
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December 30, 2021
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December 29, 2021
Editor's Pick"Being pregnant in the time of the coronavirus means facing an enormous conflation of socioeconomic, medical, racial, cultural, mental and physical challenges that place an unreasonable burden of stress on any expecting mother. As pregnant people face deadly risks with the delta variant, experience heightened levels of stress and are less able to lean on child care and community resources than ever before, health inequities will invariably rise — and further feed the burden of stress placed on new moms. |
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May 29, 2022
"This advice came from Kyle D. Pruett, clinical professor of child psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, as interviewed by Jamie Davis Smith." |
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May 16, 2022
ScreenStrong Families Podcast “When You Know Better, You Do Better” with Brandie Hadfield (#76) "Today Melanie is joined by Brandie Hadfield, a Certified Attachment Parenting Educator and Certified Family Health Coach. She is a mother to two boys and a new ScreenStrong Ambassador who shares her story of how she changed her family’s lifestyle and began parenting without screens." |
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April 16, 2022
"A popular trend in child rearing now is "gentle" or "respectful" parenting. Instead of punishing or correcting a behavior, gentle parenting focuses on acknowledging a child's feelings and understanding how those feelings affect their behavior." This NPR listen includes API's Attached at the Heart Parenting Educator Mercedes Samudioz. |
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January 30, 2022
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May 23, 2022
"Infant sleep Is misunderstood by most Americans. For example, like all social mammals, humans evolved to co-sleep with others. Most of humanity today, and throughout our six-million-year history, co-sleeps with others throughout life, including during infancy. During infancy it accompanies extensive, on-request breastfeeding." |
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January 29, 2022
Written by the founder of the only mother-infant sleep laboratory in the United States, James McKenna, Sueño infantil seguro: Respuestas de los expertos a tus preguntas sobre el colecho brings the |
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May 22, 2022
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April 5, 2022
“More recently, in April of 2021, Proceedings for the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) published a study that looked at the long term effects of Kangaroo Care. For two decades, they followed preterm and full-term babies; some had received Kangaroo Care (skin to skin contact), others didn’t. (source) The children were assessed at ages 4 months, 3 years, 12 years, and 20 years. |
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January 24, 2022
What’s in This Issue 1. Don’t miss the first No Hit Zone conference! 2. The 2nd #HitNoMore Social Media Contest winners announced 3. FEATURE: Ongoing work to reduce CP in Sierra Leone – Meet Anty Tenneh 4. A look back at the progress made toward ending CP in 2021 5. No Hit Zones – updates and resources 6. Become an Ambassador for children 7. How to have Amazon.com donate to the U.S. Alliance on your behalf 8. Letters to the Editor/Share News |
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January 24, 2022
first No Hit Zone Conference WHEN: March 2-3, 2022 WHERE: University of Texas at Austin, Texas No Hit Zones are quickly emerging as an effective, low-cost, and easy-to-implement strategy for the prevention of child abuse. While creating “safe spaces” for both children and adults, they promote healthy interpersonal relationships and behaviors that support positive and completely non-violent interactions. Are you wanting to implement No Hit Zones in your agency or business but are not sure where to begin? Have you implemented No Hit Zones in your workplace and now are asking “what next”? |
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