The American Academy of Pediatrics highly recommends placing newborns and infants on their back for naps and when sleeping at night (more in AAP statement). It says that back sleeping for babies reduces the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) by between 1.7 and 12.9 times. However, these health experts also advise placing infants […]
There’s always a first for everything – and since you are here, you’ll likely be flying with a baby for the first time soon. It’s also very likely that you are already feeling quite nervous and wondering how everything will turn out to be. Now, being totally forthright with you, babies can be so unpredictable. That’s […]
After giving birth, your body enters another very busy phase known as the postpartum period. This stage is characterized by physical, physiological, mental, and behavioral changes as the body tries to recuperate from the 9 difficult months of supporting the growth of the baby and bringing it to the world. It’s also associated with complications […]
There are over a hundred studies that collectively prove that reading aloud to the baby has profound benefits. Sure, your cutie is most likely going to treat the book just like another chew toy. Still, the American Academy of Pediatrics says that reading to babies not only promotes their natural ability to learn in the future. But […]
Living in a small house has several big benefits. It saves you money (especially if you don’t have it), it’s easier to customize, and it also has lower maintenance costs. Adding a baby to the mix, however, can easily lead you to the brink of losing your sanity. Although babies naturally don’t occupy lots of […]
Hip dysplasia in newborns and infants is not a condition that most new and experienced parents generally talk or worry about. Reason being, dysplasia of the hip is thought to be an abnormality for adults only. It might also go unnoticed during infancy and early childhood since it neither causes pain nor prevents the child […]
Pregnancy and everything about it tend to rotate more around the mother. In any case, she bears all the ‘weight-lifting’ before ushering the baby to its new world. But what’s the role of the father in all these? Is he just a partner-in-production? Well, for long, lots of individual, community, and policy factors have barred […]
Before the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) was revised to its current 5th edition in 2013, Asperger’s and autism were considered as 2 different developmental disorders. Today, these 2 conditions are classified under a general term- Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). This newer classification has sparked a debate in the […]
The effects of smoking during pregnancy is a widely researched topic with one common finding: pregnancy and cigarette smoke don’t mix. Even if you are not a smoker, inhaling cigarette smoke exposes you and your unborn child to all sorts of scary things that any expectant mom fears during her pregnancy including miscarriage, stillbirth, preterm […]
It’s natural for anyone who holds a baby to start singing as a way of soothing them. And in all likelihood, most kids will stop crying almost instantly and listen to the music. But why is that so? Do babies love music that much really? Put in another way, do they even know what a […]