The latest study to come from the journal Breastfeeding Medicine found that children with children who breastfeed for shorter durations may be more likely to have ADHD. Researchers at Schneider's Children Medical Center studied over 50 children (age 6-12) who had been diagnosed with ADHD between 2008 and 2009. These children were compared... read more

I don't condone lying. Honesty is always the best policy, right?  Weeeell, I may have been fudging a few things lately... um... to our pediatrician. I know, I know, I'm a terrible mom. Or so I thought -- until I talked to other moms who admitted to telling a few little white lies... read more

A recent study published in JAMA Psychiatry found that a link exists between the flu in pregnancy and the instance of Bipolar disorder found in infants.

Researchers at the Columbia University Medical Center studied 814 moms-to-be, and shows that infection made bipolar disorder four times more likely for baby. Though the overall risk for...

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A shocking new study completed by Swedish researchers and published in the journal Pediatrics found that parents who pick up a dropped pacifier and suck it clean may be helping their infants become better germ fighters. Crazy, right? We didn't believe it at first either! But you can't ignore the research. Here's what... read more

New research, published in The American Journal of Psychiatry, has found "the first clear link" between babies who grow to above average size and birth and the risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Following a study of more than 40,000 children's health records in Sweden, a team of researchers from The University of Manchester,... read more

The latest in research completed by the University of Adelaide, published in The FASEB Journal, suggests that moms-to-be who eat junk food during their pregnancies have already programmed their babies to be addicted to a high fat, high sugar diet by the time they are weaned. The research, led by Dr. Bev Mühlhäusler, is the first... read more

This is the fourth and final installment of Danica’s series on her son’s Autism diagnosis. In her first post, The Moment Autism Changed Everything, she shares how the autism diagnosis changed her family’s world. Her second post, Avoiding the Autism Diagnosis: Ignorance Is Not Bliss, takes us through coping with the... read more

This is the third installment of Danica’s four-part series on her son’s Autism diagnosis. In her first post, The Moment Autism Changed Everything, she shares how her son’s diagnosis changed her family’s world. Her second post, Avoiding the Autism Diagnosis: Ignorance Is Not Bliss, takes us through coping with her son's... read more

Surprising new research shows that babies display glimmers of consciousness and memory as soon as 5 months old! In adults, the pattern of activity is as follows: your senses detect something and then activate the vision center of your brain -- which causes a signal to travel from the back of the brain to the... read more

If pregnancy symptoms haven't kicked your butt yet, then maybe your caffeine withdrawals will! I know they have for me. Making that transition from one to two cups of coffee or latte to zero caffeine has taken its toll. My energy level is lacking and don't get me started on my mood. As if the... read more