Tag: featured
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Measles in the Tudor Era
What was measles like for people before vaccination? Watch or read about measles in the Tudor era.
Aradia Wyndham
16th century, book history, contagion, England, featured, herbology, history of measles, history of medicine, humoral, illness, immunity, immunization, King Edward VI, measles, medicine, medieval, mmr, pediatrics, smallpox, The Boke of Chyldren, Thomas Phaer, tuberculosis, Tudor, vaccination, vaccine -
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
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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
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 -
Crawling is Cultural
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
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 -
Media Literacy and a Short History of the C-Section
What?! An unnamed group invented modern c-sections CENTURIES before anyone else? Wow! Thank gawd for an unverified Facebook post or no one would know the TRUTH!
Aradia Wyndham
19th century, Africa, Birth, British Empire, burden of proof, c-section, Cesarean Section, citations, collaboration, critical thinking, Edinburgh Medical Journal, episiotomy, ether, featured, FGM, historical research, infibulation, James Miranda Stuart Barry, Jane Elliot Sewell, labor, liars, media literacy, misinformation, NIH, primary source, Queen Victoria, R. W. Felkin, secondary source, The National Library of Medicine, Uganda -
Why Are Newborn Humans Useless? |Squished Pt3|
Okay, so newborns are effectively needy hot water bottles. But instead of looking at their helplessness at birth as a negative thing, we should consider the benefits.
Aradia Wyndham
advancement factor, altricity, ardipithecine, Australopithecus afarensis, bipedalism, Birth, brain size, coypu, dear hank and john, desilva, dunsworth, evolution, extrauterine spring, featured, fetal constraints, IMMR, Lucy, maternal, metabolism, natural selection, neonataes, newborns, nine banded armadillo, obstetrical dilemma, oxygen, pelvic width, podcast, Portmann, precocious, sambar deer, secondary altricity, social learning, useless, wild boar -
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.
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Infant Care in Taira, Okinawa | 1950-60’s
A lot has been said about Okinawan culture in the Attachment Parenting community, let’s set the record straight: from the moms who return to work after a few months maternity leave, to the siblings and grandmothers who strap the baby to their backs as they go about their days, and the hard-knocks school of weaning.
Aradia Wyndham
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