: ' oxytocin'
For the Love of Sleep
In many ways, sleep is a social activity and is hugely important to our social well-being. Though we sleep alone in our society, this is not how we have evolved, and we see this when [...]
My Baby Cries Too
My response to the ever popular CIO argument of: "My baby just gets overtired and needs to cry to get all that extra energy out before she sleeps." [...]
We Go Together Like… Breastfeeding and Co-Sleeping
There is an endless array of questions and judgments and ‘should’s associated with both infant sleep and feeding. But this hasn’t always been the case. It used to be a simple matter of mother [...]
Choices in Childbirth: ReBirth Newspaper
Starting today I will start sharing some pdfs of an old newspaper that was written and distributed in the 1980s in Ontario, Canada – Re: Birth. It was created by a group called Choices in [...]
Theseus’ Parenting
Every aspect of parenting can be broken down into individual components and studied to try and determine what part of it makes it work (or not work). It’s what science tries to do on a [...]
The Benefits of Baby Wearing
One of the simplest yet most effective aspects of Evolutionary Parenting is baby wearing. I’m also pleased to say it’s one of the ones making a rather large comeback after years of a stroller monopoly. [...]
To Drug or Not to Drug? The Epidural Debate
By Tracy G. Cassels Disclaimer: The following article involves topics of a medical nature. This commentary is not supposed to take the place of advice given by a medical professional (midwife or doctor). It simply provides [...]
Evolutionary Parenting
Here is a summary of what Evolutionary Parenting stands for. In short, it’s the idea that the way in which we as humans (and other mammals) have parented over hundreds of thousands of years (i.e., [...]
Co-Sleeping: Fostering Independence
Co-sleeping is seen as one of those things that makes kids dependent on mom and dad forever. Right? Well, if there were evidence that that were the case, I wouldn’t be writing this, now [...]
Five Reasons to Wear Your Baby
Lots of people argue this. Look at the rates of depression and other
Five Reasons to Wear Your Baby
Personal anecdotes are more appropriate for an opinion piece than clut
Five Reasons to Wear Your Baby
Personal anecdotes are no good as anecdote does not equal data. Howev
Five Reasons to Wear Your Baby
I'm a big fan of babywearing and wear both of mine, but statements lik
Press Release Re: Carpenter et al. Bedsharing Study
No it wasn't the Japan study, it is this one. It uses several Western