A recent survey found that 9 percent of new mothers suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, and Strollerderby has an emotional post today on the issue. The writer links to a...
I've been reading a lot about childhood obesity this week, thanks in part to Michelle Obama's announcement of her "Let's Move" campaign aimed at reducing the prevalence of overweight and...
In a first-of-its-kind study, the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants during pregnancy is being linked to a delay in lactation in new moms. During the study, University...
During research for a story on preventing teen depression to come out in the spring edition of Stanford Medicine, I interviewed a mother of two young children who helped start...
Last month, my colleague Erin Digitale blogged about Down syndrome research being done here and some parents' concerns over the notion that people with the disorder need to be "fixed."...
I used to think that flying was the difficult part of traveling with children. Now I know better: the most challenging thing (at least for our family) is dealing with...
My infant daughter was treated to rice cereal for the first time the other night. Like with my first child, I fretted over when exactly to introduce solids (many guidelines...
I tend to pop out of bed when my baby daughter makes even the slightest of whimpers in the middle of the night. I'm not at all surprised, then, to...
My five-month-old baby has very little hair - and virtually none on a small patch on the back of her head. The reason for this rather unstylish bald spot is...
More news about the benefits of breastfeeding for moms. A Kaiser Permanente study shows that breastfeeding significantly lowers a woman's risk for metabolic syndrome, a condition that can lead to...
The Wall Street Journal's Health Blog highlights this morning an interesting detail in the U.S. Senate's health-reform bill. The legislation contains a provision that would require employers with more than...
I literally yelped when I came across an article in the New York Times this morning. The piece tackles an issue that my mom-friends and I have been talking about...
My oldest daughter is a thumb-sucker. It never really bothered me or my husband, and neither her physician or dentist (surprisingly) have expressed great concern about it. The issue flared...
Between my job here and all the pregnancy/parenting books I've consumed over the past three years, I thought I knew all the pros and cons associated with breastfeeding. But here's...
Big news this week for pregnant women, moms, babies and kids who receive food vouchers from the federal Women, Infants and Children program. For years, nutritionists have complained WIC subsidizes...
The back-to-school rush and impending flu season have many parents worried about a possible resurgence of H1N1 flu, a.k.a. swine flu. In a new video, Yvonne Maldonado, MD, chief of...
