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The power of nurturing touch on child behavior When we think of providing nurturing touch, what most often comes to mind may be skin-to-skin with our newborn, babywearing, or infant massage. Nurturing touch continues to be a critical need for children (and adults!) of all ages.	CDC Backs Breast-Feeding: A widely shared story that U.S. health officials are recommending a delay in breast-feeding to improve "CHICAGO (AP) — A widely shared story that U.S. health officials are recommending a delay in breast-feeding to improve vaccine effectiveness is false.
8 tips to getting in touch with your highest self Loving care, feeding with respect, positive discipline, soothing at night -- how can a parent do anything but these things if we are coming from that loving place inside ourselves?	CAPPA Conference 2017
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Organized Support Helps Keep Women Breastfeeding "All forms of extra organised support analysed together showed an increase in the length of time women continued to breastfeed, either with or without introducing any other types of liquids or foods, the authors wrote."	Parents should stress less and enjoy their children more "Caregivers that are sensitive, and have playful, positive interactions with their babies are helping to promote positive social-emotional development," Rogers told CafeMom.
8 Ways to Cope with the Stress of Parenting "Being a parent has so many positives. But with those positives comes a big dose of stress, chaos, and pressure. Parents have to sacrifice a lot more than they did pre-kid days; sleep, privacy, wants, and, a lot of times, needs.	Support programs help moms extend breastfeeding time "Breastfeeding is really important," said lead author Alison McFadden, who directs the Mother and Infant Research Unit at the University of Dundee in the UK.

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