Julinda Adams reflects on API's blog how a stranger's comment in a grocery store helped calm her, as a new mother, and get her in touch with both her baby's emotional needs and her own instincts.
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Today is Kangaroo Care Awareness Day, a day we at NuRoo are proud to celebrate, as it highlights the importance and benefits of the practice of Kangaroo Care. |
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Some of my favorite parts of the day are when my husband and I get down on the floor with our sons to wrestle and play, hearing them belly laugh. Or when I lie down for sleep with two tired, little boys snuggled tight under my arms. |
One day, when my son was a baby, I took him to the grocery store. He started to cry, and as I lifted him out of his car seat, a strange woman walked by. |
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I wanted to do something to prevent the crisis and not just offer crisis management. |
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Ever since the advice came out for babies to sleep on their backs to prevent sudden infant death syndrome, there have been more infants who have developed flat spots on their heads. The condition was once thought to be only cosmetic, but research... read more |
A study recently released by the Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics indicates that an estimated 46.6% of babies between the ages of 7 to 12 weeks in North America will suffer from positional plagiocephaly, or “flat... read more |
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“Babywearing” is the term used to describe wearing your child in a soft carrier. There are a wide variety of carriers available on the market today. |
Europe seems to host the most pediatricians who recommend that, in order to avoid pressure on their underdeveloped bodies, newborns and infants lie flat on their backs in a stroller and not be carried. |
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