A recent study examined first-time mothers’ breastfeeding concerns in the first weeks postpartum. What they found from these interviews is that many mothers, about 40%, believed that they did not have enough breast milk.  So, why do so many women think that they don’t produce enough breast

    Did you hear this great NPR story about babies sensitivity level and their later resilience? Scientists are learning to understand the difference between babies with varying degrees of nervous system sensitivity. Knowing this can help them understand how some kids are able to be more resilient

        While each of us has benefited from other parents' pearls of wisdom, there have been other times when we have been given some very bad or strange advice. In this post, we describe the worst advice we have ever received.Give your baby beef jerky when she’s teething – Jen BOne day, my family

  Last year we wrote about a study showing that allowing babies to feed themselves resulted in less obesity compared to babies being spoon-fed by the parent.  Now a related study contributes more evidence about the role of weaning style and how it influences a child’s responsiveness to satiety

  Last time, we shared some basics about separation anxiety, a common behavior in infants and toddlers. In a nutshell, after the first few months babies will seek to be close to those they know best and will let their parents know (the best way they know how) that they are not happy when they go