Rates of autism spectrum disorder continue to rise. Currently 1 in 88 children will be diagnosed as falling somewhere on the autism spectrum scale. Despite the increased interest in the causes there has been no single factor alone that seems to be the cause nor will we ever likely find a single answer. The ultimate…
There can be no more important time to have good nutrition in a person’s life then when they are young, still growing and developing. The food habits developed early on last a lifetime and influence food choices well into adulthood. Children will primarily follow what their parents do, after all the average toddler can’t run…
The importance of children being allowed to engage in free unstructured play time is often overlooked in our busy and over-scheduled lives. In response to the obesity epidemic we are facing there is a push for exercise and increased activity in children but the authors of this research paper felt that changing the focus of…
Ok so this study told us what mom’s have always known. Singing lullabies to your baby will calm them down. What made this study interesting is that the researchers were looking specifically at babies that were born prematurely and had breathing problems due to underdevelopment of their lungs, an infection, or were small for their…
This study followed an 8 week old baby girl that had difficulty breastfeeding from the time she was born. As is well established breast feeding is the best source of nourishment for a developing infant and the inability to nurse easily can be very stressful on both the mother and child. The mother had been…
Marketing of the flu vaccine is at a fever (sorry couldn’t help myself) pitch across the country. It’s harder to not get a flu shot than it is to get one at this point. Just try walking into a pharmacy without bumping into someone eagerly trying to stick you with a life saving syringe full…
Does how you clean your child’s pacifier affect whether they develop allergies or asthma? That is what this study set out to find. The researchers asked parents which of the following options they used to clean their baby’s pacifier, did they rinse it off with water, boil it or clean it in their mouth, and…