Author: Aradia Wyndham

• Syrian Baby Carriers in Ancient Egypt

  

  An Egyptologist from 1904 considers the infant carriers found on a 3,500 year old tomb wall.

  Aradia Wyndham

  September 24, 2019

  Babies, Video

  18 dynasty, Ancient Egypt, anthropology, art history, asiatics, babywearing, back carry, Egyptian, Egyptology, featured, linen bag, Max W Muller, Middle Kingdom, mothers, rosetta stone, slavery, syria, syrian, Theban Necropolis, Thebes, tribute

• How to Breastfeed in 1913 | Dr Tuley

  

  In 1913, breastfeeding was highly recommended by medical professionals due to the high infant mortality associated with cow milk substitutes. But how were new mothers educated about breastfeeding? The recommendations might surprise you. Boracic acid, anyone?

  Aradia Wyndham

  September 17, 2019

  Babies, Blog, Video

  1913, artifical feeding, baby, bad mothers, book history, boracic acid, bottle feeding, breastfeeding, breastfeeding position, Breastmilk, breastmilk composition, colic, colostrum, contraindications for breastfeeding, corset, cosleeping, cracked nipples, diet, Diseases of Children, Dr. Tuley, exercise, featured, feeding schedule, flat nipples, food intolerance, good mothers, holt, hygiene, inverted nipples, low supply, malabsorbtion, medications in breastmilk, neonatal weight loss, nipple shield, nutrition, premature infant, social life, starvation temperature, supplementation, tight clothing, wetnurse

• American Postpartum Menu from 1913 | Dr Tuley

  

  While ideas about what constitutes a healthy menu plan have certainly changed; cocoa being delicious and nutritious is eternal.

  Aradia Wyndham

  September 1, 2019

  Birth, Blog, Video

  1913, 20th century, America, Dr. Tuley, food, nutrition, postpartum, postpartum help

• Crawling is Cultural… and Unnecessary

  

  What if crawling is unnecessary? There are cultures in which babies are not allowed to crawl and are never given floor time. What effect does that have on their development?

  Aradia Wyndham

  July 24, 2019

  Babies, Blog, Video

  A world of babies, Aboriginal, alma gottlieb, ancient, animalistic, Australia, baby proofing, babywearing, back to sleep, Bali, Barbara Rogoff, behavorial problems, Beng, bugaboo, carrying, Central America, central anatolia, Central Desert, child sacrifice, childrens bureau, Coolamon, Cornell India Project, Cornell University, corporeal punishment, crawling positions, crawling robot, culture, danger, delay, depth perception, developmental milestones, dirt cough, disability, featured, fireplaces, grandmothers, Hatsumi Maretzki, Hogbin, hypotonia, independence, India, Indonesia, infant carriers, infant development, James Doyle, Japan, John T. Hitchcock, Judy Deloache, learning disabilities, Leigh Minturn, Met Museum, neurological development, New Guinea, Nyabutan, Okinawa, Old Law, Olmec, Parraja, pulling up, put baby on the ground, Rajput, roomba, siblings, Six Cultures, socioeconomics, Sophia Peirroutsakos, stroller, Sunil Agrawak, superivison, superstitions, Taira, teaching, tete, The afterlife is where we come from, The Cultural Nature of Human Development, Thomas Maretzki, toys, tummy time, Turkey, walking, Warlpiri, Wogeo, work

• The Boke of Chyldren | Tudor Pediatrics

  

  Imagine a world where there are no books about keeping your baby healthy in your language, even in your country: that was the case in England until Thomas Phaer published “The Boke of Chyldren” in 1544.

  Aradia Wyndham

  May 10, 2019

  Babies, Blog, Video

  16th century, art history, bedwetting, book history, breastfeeding, colic, cradle cap, domestic manual, early modern, England, epilepsy, history, humoral, infant care, infant sleep, literacy, magic, medicine, medieval, metaphysical, nightmares, religion, teething, The Boke of Chyldren, Thomas Phaer, Tudor

• The Aymara People of the Andes

  

  Learn how the Aymara tradition of carrying their babies is reflected in their concept of time and language– and how infant carriers built empires.

  Aradia Wyndham

  March 16, 2019

  Babies, Blog

  aguayo, alpaca, ancient, Andes, archaeology, Aymara, baby, babywearing, back carry, Bolivia, children, Chile, civilization, columbian exchange, custom, Empire, ethnic group, fashion, First Nations, Inca, infant care, infant carrier, language, linguistics, megoliths, mothers, native americas, Peru, polleras, quepina, shawl, south america, stone peoples, time, titicaca, Tiwanaku, tools

• The Inuit Amauti

  

  It’s difficult to make sure baby stays warm in the winter but imagine living in the arctic full time. Learn how the Inuit have combined baby carrier and coat to keep themselves and their babies warm.

  Aradia Wyndham

  November 14, 2018

  Babies, Blog

  airways, amauti, arctic, babywearing, Baffin Island, body heat, breastfeeding, Canada, climate, cold, cooperation, culture, EC, eskimo, First Nations, history, infant carrier, Inuit, naked, nanook, newborn, nomadic, Nunavut, parka, positional asphyxiation, preschooler, Project Naming, proximal care, resources, seal, skin-to-skin, skins, swaddling, toddler, toileting, tradition, University of Alaska, wood

• The Racist Origins of the Obstetrical Dilemma | Squished Pt 1

  

  So you’re an obstetrician in the early 20th century. You want to expand your practice to include all pregnancies and births, not just the high risk ones (but not those of black women, oh no!) So you gather up some sexist and racist drivel and viola! The Obstetrical Dilemma is born… and it’s killing women…

  Aradia Wyndham

  September 24, 2018

  Birth, Blog, Pregnancy

  cesarean, childbirth, fetopelvic disproportion, Jim Crow, maternal mortality, newborn, obstetrical dilemma, racism, Schultz, Scientific American, sexism, Washburn, WHO

• Does Babywearing Really Reduce Crying?

  

  Can an infant carrier stop your baby’s cry hole? Science says… probably not. But it might make you feel better.

  Aradia Wyndham

  September 7, 2018

  Babies, Blog

  abuse, attachment, attachment parenting, baby, babywearing, biology, body language, Canada, carrying, colic, cry-it-out, crying, crying disorders, crying peak, culture, dicyclomine hydrochloride, education, excessive crying, experiment, Hunziker-Barr, Ian St. James-Roberts, infant, intervention, Italy, massage, McKenzie, media literacy, neglect, newborn, NHS, non-crying cue, parental perception, parenting, parenting styles, pharmacological interventions, proximal care, reduction in crying, reflux, research, responsiveness, science, scientific literacy, Sheridan, sleep deprivation, slings, stimulation, stress, supplemental carrying, Taubam, transport response, UK, vestibular proprioceptive stimulation, walking, Wolfe

• Babywearing in Hogarth’s London

  

  Let’s talk about the baby carriers in William Hogarth’s painting, “March of the Guards to Finchley” on display at the Foundling Museum in London.

  Aradia Wyndham

  November 12, 2017

  Babies, Blog

  18th century, art history, babywearing, featured, foster care, foster children, Foundling Museum, foundlings, illegitimate children, infant carriers, London, March of the Guards to Finchley, William Hogarth