Formula Helps Breastfeeding?
If you’ve looked at almost any news source recently, you’ve probably seen the headlines proclaiming that formula actually helps moms breastfeed. And if you’re like me or many others, you probably said, “What the…?”
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.
Do No Harm?
The system we have adhered to as a society puts the onus of do no harm on those who are acting. If you want to act against what we know to be what infants need and are asking for, namely responsiveness, should it not be you who has to prove no harm?
Review: Gentle Goodnight
My review of a new book aimed to help get your baby to sleep - Gentle Goodnight.
Consent
Consent doesn't begin and end with sex only. It permeates everything that has to do with their bodies and despite our best intentions, as parents we can make mistakes that undermine their sense of bodily rights.
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.