Kangaroo mother care (KMC) is a method of caring for and feeding newborns that involves skin-to-skin contact. Its primary purpose is to allow parent interaction and minimize the mother’s separation from her newborn. In kangaroo care, the mom or dad is used as an … Read more
Babies are born with an intriguing need to be close to their mothers all the time to regulate their body temperatures and stress levels, to feed on demand and fine-tune the milk supply, and just to feel safe and loved next to the heartbeat … Read more
Night terrors, also known as sleep terrors, affect between 1% and 6% of children and are more frightening for parents than they are for the child. In fact, children will not remember any details of a night terror, which is very different from a … Read more
Before your other foot passes through the doorway, you hear the most dreaded sound: a cry. It starts softly but continues on and gets louder and louder. You sigh for the fifth time and go back to your 7-month-old, who does not want you … Read more
I can tell you exactly how I ended up still co-sleeping with my now 4-year-old daughter. It is a fact that some kids are born good sleepers, and others, not so much. As far as I can go back, I don’t remember my daughter … Read more
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