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It doesn't take "guts" to "sleep-train" an 8-week-old In her recent New York Times blog post “Sleep Training at 8 weeks: ‘Do You Have the Guts?” Aimee Molloy describes a routine pediatric visit that took an ugly turn.	Listen to your baby! The seeds for my organization, Parenting for a Caring World, were sown back in 1981 when I learned from La Leche League International about the parenting approach that many now refer to as Attachment Parenting (AP), though there was no name for... read more
5 things dads can do to raise emotionally healthy children As men are now being called upon to spend more time and participate in the direct care of their kids, they often find themselves emotionally overwhelmed trying to balance work, relationship and family demands. In a recent U.S.	Extended breastfeeding linked to higher IQ and income in study Not only does breastfeeding have clear short-term benefits, such as protection from infectious diseases and a reduction in mortality, it's also been shown to be associated with an increase in intelligence.
Bed sharing with babies – is it safe? More than half of all parents will find themselves sharing a sleep space with their babies at some point in the first six months, and advice “for” or “against” bed sharing can be an emotive and divisive topic.	Babies can follow complex social situations Infants can make sense of complex social situations, taking into account who knows what about whom, according to research at the University of Missouri.
The slow burning bond: When birth and bonding do not happen concurrently When many of us think about bonding with a baby, the image that is evoked is that of holding your baby just after birth, falling immediately in love as they gaze up at you.	Maternal inflammation impacts offspring A mom’s stress could lead to changes in her offspring’s brains that can affect the physiology and behavior of the young, researchers report at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting.
Mother's soothing presence makes pain go away -- and changes gene activity in infant brain A mother's "TLC" not only can help soothe pain in infants, but it may also impact early brain development by altering gene activity in a part of the brain involved in emotions, according to new study from NYU Langone Medical Center.	A two-minute delay in cutting the umbilical cord leads to better newborn development A study conducted by University of Granada scientists and from the San Cecilio Clinical Hospital in Granada has demonstrated that delaying the cutting of the umbilical cord in newborns by 2 minutes leads to a better development of the baby during... read more

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