Throw Out Your Baby’s Head-Shaping Pillow, FDA Says
Photo: LeManna (Shutterstock) Safe sleep for babies involves putting them on their backs in a crib without pillows, bumpers, or blankets. That’s still the case even if a pillow is…
How to Put Your Baby Down Without Waking Them Up
Photo: Halfpoint (Shutterstock) My three children were each difficult to get to sleep, for different reasons. One would never fall asleep in a crib, only with a parent. The others…
Epo does not help with neurological damage to newborns: The drug erythropoietin, when combined with cooling therapy, showed no added benefits, study finds
Adding erythropoietin to cooling therapy for term newborns with birth asphyxia has no benefit over cooling therapy alone, a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine. The…
Mouse study links changes in microbiome to prenatal opioid exposure
Prenatal exposure to opioids had been linked to a range of adverse outcomes in infants, including poor fetal growth, low birthweight, possible congenital defects and a higher risk of admission…
New safe-sleep guidelines aim to reduce infant deaths
The American Academy of Pediatrics has updated its safe-sleep guidelines for infants for the first time in more than five years, emphasizing that babies should sleep on their backs on…
Preventing adverse birth outcomes could boost education, income: The new modeling study showed that in low- and middle-income countries, adverse birth outcomes are associated with schooling and economic consequences
Reducing the excess prevalence of low birthweight, preterm birth or small-for-gestational-age birth in low- and middle-income countries may lead to substantial long-term human capital gains when it comes to both…
How mothers calm their distressed infants with soothing signals: How postpartum depression disrupts the process
Most parents know it even if they can’t prove it: When a baby becomes distressed, its mother has a unique power to soothe and calm the infant with little more…
New research challenges established ideas about infant crying: Research project at Aarhus University provides a new understanding of what can be defined as normal and excessive crying among infants, says associate professor.
If you are a new parent who, in a more or less sleep-deprived state, googles this question, then the answer could reassure you. Many top google hits will refer you…
Smart pacifier developed to monitor infant health in the hospital
A wireless, bioelectronic pacifier could eliminate the need for invasive, twice-daily blood draws to monitor babies’ electrolytes in Newborn Intensive Care Units or NICUs. This smart pacifier can also provide…
Complex human childbirth and cognitive abilities a result of walking upright
During human birth, the fetus typically navigates a tight, convoluted birth canal by flexing and rotating its head at various stages. This complex process comes with a high risk of…