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Breastfeeding and Bowel Movements
A poop-vestigation
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Parental Well-Being, Part One: Are Parents Happier Than Nonparents?
As always, the situation's a lot more nuanced than that
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What we talk about when we talk about "bad outcomes"
Parent expectations, developmental concerns, and why the way we talk about these things matter
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My New Piece in Scientific American!
And how I can't stop, won't stop talking about sleep training
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COVID-19 & parental mental health: Part two
Three recent studies detailing the pandemic's continued consequences on our mental and physical well-being
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"We will keep you safe by keeping you small"
A discussion of "Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture" by Virginia Sole-Smith
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Who needs sleep? Me! But maybe not you?
People prioritize their mental health in different ways, & that's okay
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Formula, the Pressure to Breastfeed, and the Myth of Infant Feeding "Choice"
Two new studies suggest the way we feel about how we feed our babies affects our mental health more than the feeding choices themselves
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Why I Am Not A Pronatalist
And a rant about think pieces on why we aren't having enough children
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And then there were two
A major life update!
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Our feelings are worthy of scientific scrutiny
Plato was wrong, and so was my doctor
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End of year ramblings
how is it almost 2022 what happened
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