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Breastfeeding a Toddler? Should You Be Concerned About Iron Deficiency?
You may have heard about a study published in Pediatrics last week (Maguire et al. 2013) showing an association between iron deficiency and breastfeeding beyond a year. If you’re breastfeeding a...
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6 Tips for Sweet Newborn Sleep
Nothing can prepare you for the changes in your sleep when you welcome a newborn baby into your family. Experienced parents will issue dire warnings and tell you to sleep while you can during the last...
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Breastfeeding, Gluten Introduction, and Risk of Celiac Disease
A study published yesterday in the journal Pediatrics suggests that later introduction of gluten and breastfeeding beyond 12 months both increase the risk of a child developing celiac disease. These...
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Caffeine and Breastfeeding
If anyone needs a little caffeine, it’s a new mom. My labor with Cee took me through two mostly sleepless nights, and when she finally arrived, we took a little time to nurse and get to know one...
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New Research on Gluten Introduction to Infants and Risk of Celiac Disease
If you’re worried about your child’s risk of celiac disease and wondering when to introduce gluten-containing foods, then you’ll want to know about two new studies published in the New England Journal...
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The Whole Truth About Infant Cereals: 7 Science-Based Tips
I recently received an email from a reader with a question about baby cereals: “My wife and I are expecting a baby this October. We are planning to breastfeed but have lots of questions about...
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Starting Solids: 4 Months, 6 Months, or Somewhere In Between?
Science of Mom reader Roxanne left a comment on my post about the recent peanut allergy study. She wondered about starting solid foods with her 4-month-old baby boy: “Do you have an opinion on starting...
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Should Your Baby Sleep in Your Room? For How Long? Balancing Sleep, Safety,...
There is no doubt that having a new baby changes everything about sleep. Between fussing, feeding, diapering, and soothing, it is broken into fragments, and the sum of all of those pieces doesn’t...
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What’s Up With the Virgin Gut? Do Babies Really Have an “Open Gut” Until 6...
There is a persistent myth about infant gut development that comes up in nearly every online discussion of starting solid foods. It’s the myth that infants have a “virgin” or “open” gut until around 6...
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The EAT Study: More food for thought on earlier introduction of solids to...
Would you offer your 3-month-old baby a taste of peanut butter? Hard-boiled egg? How about a little tilapia with tahini sauce? That’s exactly what parents did in a study published in May in The New...
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