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…
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…
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…