September 23, 2011 | in Uncategorized | by Kate
They say “you are what you eat” and recent research reveals that so is your baby. In fact, the foods that you eat during pregnancy not only reach the baby through your interconnected bloodstream, but they also change the flavor of the amniotic fluid that your baby swallows. New findings of how babies develop a sense of taste in the womb provide pregnant women with more motivation to eat healthy foods.
Scientists h...
September 23, 2011 | in Uncategorized | by Kate
Using an ultrasound, a technician can sometimes see whether a baby is a boy or a girl around 11 weeks, but not with any guaranteed accuracy. Most expectant parents wait until weeks 18-22 to have an ultrasound where they find out the sex of their unborn child and at this point the results are usually very accurate. Scientists have discovered that the baby’s sex could be discovered as early as seven weeks with accuracy using a...
September 23, 2011 | in Uncategorized | by Kate
Your child’s ability to think and problem-solve is a complex structure of small genetic components, scientists have discovered. Researchers recently learned that intelligence is approximately 50% genetic and the intricacy of its makeup is not controlled by just one or two genes.
Despite the feeling that you are building your child’s intelligence from scratch, a person’s intelligence is largely based on their parents...
September 23, 2011 | in Uncategorized | by Kate
If one of your children is out-of-control and the other is almost completely self-sufficient, you might find that changing your parenting approach for each child will yield better results. A new study challenges the way kids with different personalities are guided through childhood and suggests that parenting should match a child’s personality.
Over 200 moms in Seattle took part in a study that lasted three years, in wh...
September 23, 2011 | in Uncategorized | by Kate
This week is World Breastfeeding Week, which is celebrated annually through the first week of August in 120 countries. The week is meant to bring more awareness to the benefits of breastfeeding for infants, mothers and society as a whole. This year’s theme is: “Talk to Me! Breastfeeding – a 3D Experience,” intended to focus on the need for more communication about breastfeeding between medical professio...
