Recent Articles
The Breastfeeding Laws of Supply and Demand
Breastfeeding is a supply-and-demand system. The more demand on the system through breastfeeding the baby, the more milk the body makes. Occasionally, nature’s system is imperfect. Sometimes the body takes a day or two to catch up to a baby’s increased breastfeeding demand during a growth spurt. A
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Living under (cyber) cover: How technology is shaping our relationships
It all started with an “aha” moment of insight, between ordering a baby gift on potterybarnkids.com and downloading Taylor Swift on iTunes. The thinking went like this: Moms, endlessly in front of their laptops, smart phones or iPads, must be experiencing some sort of existential crisis. They’ve got
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Too tired to make love?
Experts tell us (and you probably know it’s true): Stress ruins sex. And ruined sex ruins marriages. The recent, much-lamented economic debacle has caused exquisite pain for many, including (and perhaps especially) middle-class, two-income parents. Many couples are working longer hours to make ends
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Midwives: Giving women a different option
Corey Colwell-Lipson, an Issaquah resident, opted for a midwife over an obstetrician-gynecologist for the birth of her two children. “Childbirth is a normal and natural experience,” says Colwell-Lipson. “It is not a medical emergency.” Stephanie Flath of Preston, Wash., switched to a midwife in t
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Mind + Body, April 2011
Staying alive The ranks of cancer survivors in the U.S. are growing fast, nearly quadrupling since 1971, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). There are more than 11.7 million cancer survivors alive today. Some reasons for this include earlier detectio
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Beauty-bonding: Girly-girl rituals for moms and their daughters
“Mommy, you look like a princess!” Stacey Gregory is getting ready for a night out on the town — putting on make-up, fixing her hair — and she’s got a rapt audience: her 3-year-old daughter, Daelyn. Like many little girls, Daelyn loves all things girly. “She is fascinated by the different colors of
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‘Butt out, Grandma!’ Keeping the peace when your mother knows best
Soon after my first grandchild was born, I couldn’t help but gloat, “How cool is this? A brand-new baby who comes with two awesome baby-sitters!” It wasn’t long before I realized the ball (the baby?) was not really in my court. Those baby-sitters — most people call them “parents” — had every inte
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Mind + Body, March 2011
Dye young? Feeling old? It could be all in your head, according to a new study by researchers at Harvard and MIT who found that we often get cues from our environment that make us feel older than we really are. Scientists identified five different circumstances that affect our perceptions of age —
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