How do you get your baby to give up his precious bottle. The March of Dimes has some answers for you.
Hope this helps.
http://newsmomsneed.marchofdimes.com/?p=7917
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PhD in Parenting
PhD in Parenting
This is an interesting perspective on promoting Breast Feeding! One of the ways to promote behavior is to provide information and help to actually practice the behavior.
See what you think!
Friday, July 16, 2010
Separation Anxiety – Your Child and Your’s
Separation Anxiety – Your Child and Your’s
This may direct you to some helpful comments about "separation anxiety". We all experience it but when our child is going through it is helpful to know that this is an important stage of development!
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Good parents...not so great kids!
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/health/13mind.html
Apparently according to this discussion you can be good parents and have children that are not so good.
I have a tendency to agree with many of the points in this article by a New York psychiatrist.
It has always been my approach as a Clinical Social Worker who works with parents to gather all the family information available and work from the point where the family currently finds itself.
There is many times no reason for parents to beat themselves up and blame themselves for behaviors that may actually be "hard wired"in their children!
What do you think???
Apparently according to this discussion you can be good parents and have children that are not so good.
I have a tendency to agree with many of the points in this article by a New York psychiatrist.
It has always been my approach as a Clinical Social Worker who works with parents to gather all the family information available and work from the point where the family currently finds itself.
There is many times no reason for parents to beat themselves up and blame themselves for behaviors that may actually be "hard wired"in their children!
What do you think???
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
"Parent's Medical Literacy"
According to "The Research Report" in the Wall Street Journal, printed materials that parents receive when they purchase common pediatric medications are written in language that is above most parents' reading levels.
This is according to a study in "Academic Pediatrics".
This is very important information and pharmaceutical companies should probably take this finding very seriously. They should endeavor to make their printed information more within the reading comprehension level of their users in order to protect our precious children.
Here is the full article:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111704575355412689162070.html?mod=rss_Health
This is according to a study in "Academic Pediatrics".
This is very important information and pharmaceutical companies should probably take this finding very seriously. They should endeavor to make their printed information more within the reading comprehension level of their users in order to protect our precious children.
Here is the full article:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111704575355412689162070.html?mod=rss_Health
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Car Seat Safety...
Infants are not necessarily safe when their car seat is used outside of the car.
Many injuries have been reported involving babies that are in their car seats propped in grocery carts or even on the bed in their homes.
Read what the March of Dimes has to say about this!
http://newsmomsneed.marchofdimes.com/?p=7782
Many injuries have been reported involving babies that are in their car seats propped in grocery carts or even on the bed in their homes.
Read what the March of Dimes has to say about this!
http://newsmomsneed.marchofdimes.com/?p=7782
Chocolate and Pre-eclampsia???
Yesterday I read an article which reviewed a small study done at Yale University.
It found a correlation between pregnant women who ate chocolate and pre-eclampsia. In the article it seemed that this was a newly published study when in fact the results of this study were published two years ago.
I then searched for the original study and the professional comments on the results.
What I found should be of interest.
Basically in a nutshell, further studies need to take place to confirm that chocolate consumption may help reduce the risk of pregnant women developing pre-eclampsia.
It is always risky to take announcements of this kind and "run with them" without investigating the original research and the quality of that research. One would also want to review the professional comments about research of this kind.
So... if I were pregnant I would not be running out to consume more chocolate...I would discuss anything that I read like this with my doctor and get a professional opinion.
Although it may be true that chocolate consumption might in fact have some of the protecting qualities, I am sure more will be revealed about this in future research.
In conclusion what I have learned is to beware of statements like this and reviews of scientific research by "freelance" writers who are not necessarily equipped to review such material.
It found a correlation between pregnant women who ate chocolate and pre-eclampsia. In the article it seemed that this was a newly published study when in fact the results of this study were published two years ago.
I then searched for the original study and the professional comments on the results.
What I found should be of interest.
Basically in a nutshell, further studies need to take place to confirm that chocolate consumption may help reduce the risk of pregnant women developing pre-eclampsia.
It is always risky to take announcements of this kind and "run with them" without investigating the original research and the quality of that research. One would also want to review the professional comments about research of this kind.
So... if I were pregnant I would not be running out to consume more chocolate...I would discuss anything that I read like this with my doctor and get a professional opinion.
Although it may be true that chocolate consumption might in fact have some of the protecting qualities, I am sure more will be revealed about this in future research.
In conclusion what I have learned is to beware of statements like this and reviews of scientific research by "freelance" writers who are not necessarily equipped to review such material.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
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