Tag: exercise

• 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

• The Cost of Carrying

  

  This work is part of my project, The Evolution of Babywearing, which explores the evolutionary origins of the infant carrier and how it has shaped humanity as we know it. Many moons ago at a family gathering, a relative was complaining about her baby’s fussing, “He won’t let me put him down and he’s so […]

  Aradia Wyndham

  March 3, 2015

  Evolution of Babywearing

  africanus, altricial, baby, bipedalism, calories, carrying, energetic costs, evolution, exercise, foot morphology, health, in-arms, infant, Lucy, mothering, newborn, parenting, primates, sling, stone tool industry, tool use