All Entries in the "Newborn" Category
Importance Of The “Kangaroo Care Method” For Newborns
Many of us have probably heard about the miraculous story of Kate Ogg and her baby in Australia, who witnessed a miracle that saw a newborn baby come back to life 2 hours after being declared dead by use of the “Kangaroo Care Method”.
It is a story that could bring tears to the eyes of [...]
Parenting Can Be Messy – Relax
Parenting can be overwhelming for so many different reasons and it is necessary for parents to just relax a bit. Becoming a parent is supposed to offer untold joy, happiness and fulfillment but parenting can also be messy and really grim.
Parenthood can swamp you in feelings of responsibility and you may well want to escape.
You [...]
Benefits And Risks Of Neonatal Circumcision
Male circumcision has been a customary practice in ancient history depicting cleanliness of a group of people and as part of rituals and ceremonies, religious affiliations and culture.
Most circumcisions are commonly performed during adolescence to take part of the rituals of manhood, but doing it right after birth became popular in practice.
There is however, a [...]
Men Too Produce The Cuddle Hormone
Men are having pregnancy blues, they are having post partum depression, and they are even having sympathetic pregnancies! And here’s another one: new fathers are also producing some of the same hormones that new mothers do.
New fathers produce oxytocin or the ‘cuddle hormone’ according to new research, which is the same hormone that women produce [...]
The Benefits Of Newborn Screening
A marked increase in congenital conditions like autism, ADHD (attention deficit hyperactive disorder), ADD (attention deficit disorder) and many other mental disorders have been a growing concern for parents and those yet planning to raise their own children.
This growing concern marked the need for newborn screening tests to become a mandatory procedure after an infant [...]
Bizarre Case Of Dominique Cottrez Raises Issue Of Baby Denial Syndrome
Chances are many of us have read of the horrific and utterly unbelievable story of Dominique Cottrez, the French woman who confessed to killing 8 of her newborn babies over a period of 17 years. This has now come to light when the remains of the buried babies were found. Cottrez confessed to killing 8 [...]
Newborns Shown Affection Cope Better As Adults
Here is one more reason to cuddle, hug, hold and show affection on your little new arrival. Researchers claim that those showered with affection as babies, cope with stress better as adults.
A new study has found that warmth and nurturing received in infancy has a long reaching impact that extends to adulthood, positive effects on [...]
Tips To Get Sleep With Newborn Baby Around
If you are that sleep deprived, ravaged looking creature just getting used to being at the mercy of a tyrannical newborn baby, you have probably tried every suggestion possible to get baby to sleep better, do you need more tips to get sleep with a new born baby around? Well you know what they say, [...]
