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15 Mothers Reveal What Mom Burnout Really Looks Like

10.10.2019 Kids Health

In the 1970s, psychologist Herbert Freudenberger coined the word “burnout” to mean “a state of mental and physical exhaustion caused by one’s professional life.” According to Freudenberger, burnout isn’t a mental illness; rather, it’s a stress state characterized by symptoms such as fatigue, irritability and insomnia. And recent research suggests that parents can succumb to burnout. In fact, low to moderate correlations […]

J.Crew's Latest Collaboration Is An Expectant Mother's Dream

16.08.2019 Kids Health

Long gone are the days where pregnant women have to hide themselves from the public eye as their due date approaches. But even as maternity wear continues to improve, office clothing has remained a bit behind the times, especially if you need business professional clothes. Enter (naturally) J.Crew, whose office attire already so often can be adapted from “board meeting […]

Breastfeeding reduces long-term risk of heart disease in mothers

20.05.2019 Kids Health

Women who breastfed their babies are less likely to develop heart disease later in life, according to findings to be presented in Lyon, at the European Society of Endocrinology annual meeting, ECE 2019. The study also suggests that the protective effect on heart health is increased in women who breastfed for longer periods of time. These findings provide further evidence […]

Chrissy Teigen Showed John Legend Nude Pic Before Posting on Mother's Day

14.05.2019 Kids Health

Getting a second opinion! Chrissy Teigen showed her husband, John Legend, her nude pregnancy pic before posting it on Instagram on Mother’s Day. “I asked him with that one because I’m like, ‘Am I gonna get crap for this?’” the Bring the Funny judge, 33, told Us Weekly exclusively at the NBC Upfront red carpet on Monday, May 13. “I don’t […]

‘Baby Bliss!’ How Meghan, Prince Harry Are Celebrating First Mother’s Day

12.05.2019 Kids Health

A royally low-key day! Duchess Meghan is spending her first Mother’s Day with Prince Harry, their newborn son, Archie, and her mother, Doria Ragland at their home in Windsor, England, on Sunday, May 12, an insider tells Us Weekly. “It will be a very quiet day full of spending time with family.” As for their new Frogmore Cottage home, the […]

Mothers of fussy babies at higher risk of depressive symptoms

25.03.2019 Kids Health

It’s no secret that fussy newborns can be especially challenging for parents already facing physical and mental exhaustion from caring for a new baby. But now science backs up the impact on parents: The less soothable the infant, the more distressed the mother. Mothers of highly irritable infants experience greater depressive symptoms, according to new University of Michigan-led research. The […]

Sugars and microbiome in mother’s milk influence neonatal rotavirus infection

28.11.2018 Health Problems

Using a multidisciplinary approach, an international team of researchers from several institutions, including Baylor College of Medicine, reveals that complex interactions between sugars and the microbiome in human milk influence neonatal rotavirus infection. Reported in the journal Nature Communications, this study provides new understanding of rotavirus infections in newborns and identifies maternal components that could improve the performance of live, […]

Do mothers’ parenting attitudes and behaviors change with their first- and second-born?

08.08.2018 Health Problems

New research reveals that mothers hold similar views and attitudes when parenting their first and second children, but their parenting behaviors with their two children differ. In the study, published in Social Development, 55 mothers were observed interacting with their first child at the age of 20 months and again, using the same procedures, when their second child was 20 […]

How I Found Myself After My Mother's & Son's Suicide Attempts

06.07.2018 Kids Health

There are no words to describe the feelings that washed over my body when the phone rang and I heard, “Your mom’s in the hospital; she took a lot of pills and her organs are close to shutting down.” Or when I walked into the laundry room in my house and found my 16-year-old son standing with a chair in […]

Children from older mothers more likely to have heart risks

08.06.2018 Health Problems

New research published in The Journal of Physiology demonstrates that adult offspring born to older mothers are more susceptible to heart risks in later life. These results could be crucial in developing preventative treatments for children born to older women. Older motherhood is associated with an increased risk of complications during pregnancy with a greater likelihood of delivering a child […]

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