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From breastmilk to brain development, researchers are making huge strides in understanding the science of motherhood. Get the scoop at Motherly.
3. Because skipping sleep doesn't make more time.
Achievement is driven by both cognitive ability and non-cognitive characteristics, like emotion regulation.
Scientists now believe that maternal exposure to pathogens prior to pregnancy can influence infant health and permanently alter offspring immunity by programming their immune system.
Giving unsolicited advice is just one parent's attempt to help another parent avoid the challenges they went through.
A team of amazing doctors made it happen.
In an evolutionary sense, that amazing baby smell helps keep babies alive, and in a physiological sense, it can even help mothers relax.
Can everybody just give her some room, please?
But she says that looking back, she wouldn't do a thing differently.
It's nice to be reminded that men's lifestyles have a significant impact on fertility too
Did you sleep on your left or right side, mama? 🤰🏽
Who is always changing the thermostat in your house, mama?
Corporal punishment doesn't work. Here's what does.
Back in the day, one shot was the standard protocol, but one shot of the MMR vaccine isn't as effective as two.
I realized I was scared of all the wrong things when I insisted my kids leave their shoes on at the park.
We break it all down for you, mama.
Is human facial hair really harboring more bacteria than pet fur or a toilet?
Your brain is hardwired to do it.
It's called the Goldilocks effect.
But parents don't need to panic—because letting our kids get dirty is actually good for their health.
"When parents label people or characters with names, infants learn quite a bit," says Lisa Scott, co-author of the study.
