: ' research'

Fighting For Homebirth (Again)

I've done it once, and it's time to do it again: Taking apart shitty research trying to claim home birth is inherently dangerous. [...]

Circumcision and STIs: Should We Care?

One of the main arguments now for RIC is that it can reduce STIs. Despite the research being mixed at best and ignoring the complications and known problems with circumcision. [...]

The Effects of Parental Stress: SRCD Research

This second piece covering some of the newest research out there in child development will focus on what I have encountered to date on the effects of parental stress on a variety of outcomes. [...]

Quick Sleep Links

A quick links guide to common sleep topics asked about on EP. Included are toddler sleep, infant sleep, co-sleeping, and sleep training. All links are articles already published on EP! [...]

Apparently Babies Being Babies Are Killing Marriages… Really?

Recently an article came out in the Daily Mail in the UK with the headline “Sleepless nights caused by crying babies ends one in three marriages, research claims”. Okay, first, it’s the Daily Mail so [...]

Is Breastfeeding Advocacy Hurting Women?

Despite one US researcher on gender studies claiming so, I'm going to say she's really part of the problem with her arguments. [...]

Do C-Sections Impair Maternal Responsiveness?

. Herein I’d like to talk about a piece from 2008 that looked at elective c-sections and later maternal responsiveness. Not because I want to cause a stink for those who had a c-section, [...]

Sleep Research and Parenting: What’s Relevant?

New research suggests that poor sleep leads us to be selfish and less grateful to others. What does this mean for parents? Should it mean anything? [...]

Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.

Oh, really? I call bullshit. [...]

Does a new study really support leaving your child to cry?

So, what is this new research? It’s an article by Masha Weinraub and colleagues on sleep patterns, notably night wakenings, in children aged six months to three years . Now, let’s ignore what the [...]