3 Surprising Benefits of Infant Massage
Massage is a simple yet powerful practice that supports your baby’s whole self, including their digestion, growth and development, cognitive function, and emotional connectedness and wellbeing.
Why you should throw away every baby sleep book! And 3 things you need to know about infant sleep.
Baby sleep has become a huge industry. Supposed experts stand to profit if they can sell you the idea that your baby's biologically normal sleep patterns are really sleep "problems" and that their method is the only right (or healthy or effective) way to get your baby to sleep.
Prenatal Nutrition: What your Doc Didn’t Tell You
How can fish oil supplements impact when you will go into labor? A deficiency in which nutrient can lead to stretch marks? How can your prenatal nutrition influence the likelihood that you will be given intravenous antibiotics in labor?
The Oral Microbiome, Pregnancy, & Childhood Cavities (+ kids herbal toothpaste recipe)
During pregnancy, poor dental health and gum disease has been associated with preterm labor and low birth weight babies. Early childhood cavities are a chronic infectious disease that can be passed from parent to child.
The Science Behind Massage during Childbirth
Studies show that birthing parents who receive massage while they are in labor have shorter, less painful labors, less anxiety during labor, less likelihood of using pain medication, as well as shorter hospital stays and better mood following birth.