Bugged about Baby Buggies

Rachel, in the comments to my last post, pointed out a new study claiming that
Parents who choose a stroller that seats their baby facing away from them could risk long-term development problems in their children, according to a study published Friday.
Parents are less likely to interact with children in forward-facing strollers.
The research found that [...]

You’ve already heard my $0.02, now…

Here’s Nancy’s take on the Motrin ad affair.
Something very important she’s pointed out that I neglected (emphasis mine):
The problem is not what we do or don’t do with our babies. The problem is that as a society we are becoming obsessed with the minutiae of what we do with our infants, as if it [...]

New addition to the mainstream parenting blog family

Angela is a commenter both here and at Dr. Amy’s blog. I was thrilled to find she’d started a blog of her own, Cerebral Parenting, as her comments were long, but always profound. I am happy to add her to my blogroll as yet another mainstream parenting resource, and read her wonderful essays.
Enjoy!

My obligatory 2 cents on the Motrin brouhaha

By now, I’m sure most of you have heard about the Motrin ad about babywearing that was pulled due to some mommies’ noses being put out of joint (my personal hat tip goes to Nancy ). In case you haven’t, here’s the ad:

Parents overlaying infants – fact or fiction?

Co-sleeping (in the sense of bedsharing) advocates tend to pooh-pooh the idea that overlaying is a realistic hazard while sharing a bed with the baby, especially if you do it “safely”. Here’s James McKenna, the anthropologist who researches the physiological effects of bedsharing (but has, so far, not managed to prove any conclusive SIDS risk [...]

Endocrine Reductionism

Lately, I’ve again been thinking about the corrosive effects of biological determinism on mother’s psyches.

Is Gardasil killing off young women?

In mid 2006, a new vaccine against 4 strains of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) was approved by the FDA for use in girls and women aged 9-26 years of age. Named Gardasil, it has been shown to effectively prevent acquisition of the strains of HPV that cause some 70% of cervical cancer cases and 90% [...]

Review of ‘Autism’s False Prophets’ by Paul Offit, MD

I only received the book in the mail last week, and thus, unfortunately, missed the chance to participate productively in the Scienceblogs book club about it. But I think that I can still add my own two cents on the matter. I am grateful to Columbia University press for sending me a copy to review. [...]