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The Fourth Trimester – Why Newborns Hate Being Put Down

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/sarah-ockwellsmith/fourth-trimester-newborns_b_9607642.html “Why will my baby only sleep in my arms, what am I doing wrong?”. A question so frequently asked by exhausted new parents. The first three months of parenting are often the hardest. A quarter of all babies in this age group are diagnosed as suffering from colic, a diagnosis given when doctors don’tContinue reading “The Fourth Trimester – Why Newborns Hate Being Put Down”

Study shows babies who cry it out remain stressed

http://www.examiner.com/article/study-shows-babies-who-cry-it-out-remain-stressed A new study offers more reason not to practice “crying it out” with babies. Researchers at the University of North Texas monitored the cortisol levels of crying babies and their mothers over five nights when the infants were undergoing sleep training in order to learn to “self-settle.” The researchers found high levels of cortisol, aContinue reading “Study shows babies who cry it out remain stressed”