Holistic parenting looks at the effects our choices have on the mental and physical health for the entire life of a child, not just the immediate reactions. The research supports natural parenting choices.
Articles
on
Infant Nutrition and Healthy
Parenting
Articles
by Dr. Linda Folden Palmer
Author of The BABY BOND
The New Science Beahind
What's Really Important When
Caring for Your Baby
Attachment Parenting What is It?
Bonding Matters... The Chemistry of Attachment How parenting behaviors
affect hormonal bonding.
Nursing: It’s More than Breastfeeding – And Every Mother Can Do It! While seldom recognized, there’s a whole
lot more to breastfeeding than nutrition and immunity. And you can nurse
while bottle-feeding too!!
Crying and Caring
Stress in Infancy: What Damage Can it Cause? Allowing baby to frequently cry unattended
or depriving baby of frequent physical contact causes stress in baby.
Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding Crime Two children are torn from a family.
Will Breastfeeding
Give Your Child Cavities? Breastfed
children have far fewer dental cavities than those who are bottle-fed.
Insufficient Milk Syndrome: A Fallacy Becomes a Reality
Beyond Breastmilk
SLIDE SHOW Beyond Breastmilk
Starting Solids, Delaying Solids, What Does Breastmilk Lack?
SLIDE SHOW
In Search of the
Natural Weaning Age of Humans
Archeological and other evidence of historical and prehistorical weaning ages
When
It Has to be Formula:
Optimizing the Health of Your Formula-Fed Baby Adoption, breast reduction surgery, prolonged NICU difficulties...
there are times when formula supplements are just needed. What are the
healthiest options?
Cosleeping
Cosleeping
&SIDS -- Review2005 Review of the Latest and Most-Authoritative Studies
Cosleeping & SIDS Fact Sheet The Facts Against CPSC & JPMA
Announcements
Cosleeping It's Natural and Safe
Cosleeping in the Media: Media Perpetuating Dis-information
Infant Sleep and Industry Dollars
A Letter
to Doctors
Letter on Bed Deaths Safety in Parental Beds
Child Health & Nutrition
Learn Before it
Happens:
What
You Need to Know Now
About Feeding A Premature Baby
Colic and Reflux Understanding and Eliminating Colic and GER
The
Deadly Influence of Formula Read
how formula feeding doubles the US infant death rate.
Coming
of Age in America (Much too Soon) Diet and Parenting Affect Early Puberty
Iron
Supplements for Breastfed Baby? Iron Supplements in the Absence of
Anemia May Be Harmful
Vitamin
K at Birth: To Inject or Not
Will Breastfeeding
Give Your Child Cavities? Breastfed
children have far fewer dental cavities than those who are bottle-fed.
The Benefits of Natural Labor For mom and baby
What's Up with Honey and Babies? Is it safe?
The perfect kid drink: Herbal teas... Everything you ever wanted to know about tots & teas
The
Dangers of Cow's Milk Overview of chapter from The BABY BOND
"Milking
Your Bones" Calcium & Osteoporosis: Milk does not make strong bones.
101
Reasons Not to Feed Dairy Products (or Milk Formula) to Your Children On the VegFamily Website
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