Car safety seats are one of the most effective ways to protect children from injury and death in the first years of life. For the best protection in a crash, car seats require infants to be placed in an upright position. However, this posture can…
GENERATIONS of psychologists and philosophers have believed that babies and young children were basically defective adults — irrational, egocentric and unable to think logically. The philosopher John Locke saw a baby’s mind as a blank slate, and th…
For women who are trying to conceive, skipping out on your eight hours of sleep could have a major impact on whether or not you can conceive. Although most people need seven to nine hours of sleep each night to function well the next day, the…
For decades, the rate at which women were having babies in many of the world’s most highly developed countries slowly declined. Now, however, new research has produced the first glimmer of hope that economic prosperity may not be linked to an…
Postpartum Fitness Made Easy. Especially during the sleep-deprived first weeks after delivery, exercising may be the furthest thing from your mind. However, there are some simple moves you can start making as soon as your body feels up to it that…
