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Can Breast Milk Cure My Child’s Eye Infection?
Breast milk provides optimal nutrition for infants, and it gives them immune protection that no formula company has been able to replicate. How many other secrets does it contain? Many mothers claim...
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Breastfeed for your child’s future… as a long-jumper?
I try to stay abreast of the latest in breastfeeding research (hehe), and this paper, published last week, caught my eye: Exclusive breastfeeding duration and cardiorespiratory fitness in children and...
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10 Tips for Starting Your Baby on Solid Food
This post was originally published in September 2011 but is updated to reflect the American Academy of Pediatrics’ new policy statement on Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk, published online...
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Put down the phone, Mama!
We were getting settled for nap time. As I changed BabyC’s diaper, I talked with her in a quiet tone and told her that we were preparing to rest. We did one slow and whispered round of “Head,...
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Pump up the music: Improving breast milk production in the NICU
The breast pump is a fabulous invention. It is what gives modern moms the option to pursue a career and breastfeed. And for moms of babies born prematurely, it is everything. Their babies get a great...
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The Apparent Breastfeeding Paradox: What is optimal nutrition for a premature...
Last week, I wrote about some of the unique challenges (and one potential solution) to breastfeeding a baby born prematurely. Another study recently published in BMJ Open provides more food for thought...
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Bottle-feeding and Obesity Risk
Source: Wikimedia Commons A study published this month in Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine looks at the relationship between infant feeding practices and weight gain (1). Breast milk vs....
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Why Care About Breastfeeding Research?
Since becoming a mom, and especially since starting this blog, I have paid particular attention to new breastfeeding research. After all, my training is in nutrition, and breast milk is one of the most...
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Tummy Troubles, Colic, and Mama’s Diet
This question comes from a ScienceofMom reader, who wrote me to ask: I’m looking for good quality information on whether mom’s diet can really cause tummy trouble in babies, outside of perhaps a milk...
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Weaning My Toddler
So, I have some more big news to catch you up on. I weaned Cee a few weeks ago, soon after her second birthday. I took a few notes along the way, but I never pulled it together to post on the blog...
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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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Why Consider Delayed Cord Clamping?
I first heard about delayed cord clamping as a doctoral student in Nutrition at UC Davis. One of my professors, along with her graduate students, was conducting research on delayed cord clamping in...
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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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