Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
October 29, 2019 | by: Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD/BDT(DONA), CLE
This month’s Brilliant Activities for Birth Educators is all about using “weighted” babies in childbirth classes. In this post, we look at three easy ways to incorporate a life-size baby whose weight of 7 ½ or 8 pounds approximates the average weight of a newborn in the USA. Using a doll with a the same weight as a newborn really helps new families to have some practice with something that will be similar to their own newborn in just a few weeks.
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May 10, 2012 | by: Kathy Morelli
this is a guest post by Jessica Zucker, Ph.D.Part Two: Fortifying Parenthood: Know YourselfPart Two is about the importance of knowing yourself as a step towards developing healthy parenting practices.Q: How can I prepare to become a parent who offers my child(ren) a different experience than I had
May 08, 2012 | by: Kathy Morelli
This is a guest post by Jessica Zucker, Ph.D.Part One: Fortifying Parenthood: Infant AttachmentPart One is about managing expectations about infant attachment and how to foster the infant bondInfant attachment: Easier than we thinkParents are often burdened by internalized expectations surrounding a
August 02, 2010 | by: Kimmelin Hull, PA, LCCE
A couple of weeks ago, at the Hyatt Regency in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, some intriguing (but not really startling) data were presented at the annual Brain Development and Learning Conference: mothers who touch their babies more often can alter their offsprings genetic expression and
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