Attachment Parenting to Reduce SIDS The most plausible explanation for SIDS, in most babies, is a defect in cardiorespiratory control and arousability during sleep. Also, research suggests that some infants at risk for SIDS have less-organized physiological control mechanisms. So, any parenting style that can enhance the development of a baby’s physiological control systems and […]
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12 Signs Your Baby is High Need
“Why is my baby so different? She is not like any of my friends’ babies. They sleep through the night. They’re happy being held by anyone. My friends don’t seem as tired as I am. What am I doing wrong?” Sound familiar? Your baby acts the way she does because that’s the way she is. […]
8 Facts Every Parent Should Know About Infant Sleep
Important Infant Sleep Facts In order to better understand the how-to’s of getting you and your baby to enjoy going to sleep and staying asleep, here are some important principles of infant sleep that every new parent needs to understand. 1. How You Sleep. After dressing for bed, most adults help themselves relax for sleep […]
Common Rashes & Treatments for Babies, Toddlers & Children
Terminology and Types of Common Childhood Rashes You are dressing your 3-year-old child when you notice a rough, pimply red rash on her back and chest. You also find it on her arms and legs. What could it be? Should you call the doctor? You pick your 6-year-old up from school and notice his cheeks […]
How Breastfeeding Affects Gut Health
Does My Gut Health Affect My Breastfed Baby? Q: How does my gut health affect my breastfeed baby and breastfeeding affect my baby’s gut health? My baby has a lot of food sensitivities which I have now realized I am also having a reaction to these foods too. There’s not much info out there on […]
Tips to Lower the Risk of COVID
5 Tips to Lower Your Risk of Getting COVID A question we get every day in the Sears medical practice is “Doctor, what can I do to lessen my family’s chance of getting COVID?” Nearly every newscast promotes the scary term “vulnerable,” meaning those at the highest risk of getting the sickest from COVID. The […]
Building Healthy Learning Routines With Your Children
A Schedule or a Go with the Flow Approach “Martha, what is better for the kids’ learning environment, a schedule, or a more go with the flow approach? Routine Makes the Brain Happy To schedule…or not to schedule. That is a good question! We like “routine” rather than “schedule”. What works well in a school […]
Homeschooling Tips for Parents
Homeschooling Help for Stretched and Stressed Parents The only constant thing in life is change. Currently, as a collective earth, we are all united in the fact that we are enduring the biggest change that any of us have ever experienced in our lives. The economy, the environment, and all industrial and social constructs are […]
Brain Health Testimony: Anxiety and Depression
Brain Health: Freedom from Anxiety and Depression Kristen’s Story: Beauty from Ashes I have always been what others might call a “sensitive” person. I feel things deeply. I am passionate about people, truth, justice and causes I believe in. I love deeply, feel others’ pain and feel compelled to help, which makes me compassionate yet […]
Keeping Children Healthy
Five Tips to Keep Your Children Healthy During the School Year You might think that the school year brings sickness but there are ways to keep children healthy during the school year. Some children might be excited to get back to school but we all know that us parents dislike the germs, sickness and unhealthy […]
Learning and Good Study Habits
Nourishing Your Child’s Love for Learning and Promoting Good Study Habits How can we instill good study habits and make our kids interested in learning? Our daughter is ten and she loves reading. Answer: When I am asked, “What is the most important educational skill I can help plant into my children?” I answer, “Implant […]
Tandem Nursing and Nutrition
Nursing: Tandem Nursing and Nutrition Tips Question: “Martha, tell me everything about tandem nursing and nutrition!” Tandem Nursing Well, first we advise you to read our two-page section on tandem nursing in The Breastfeeding Book. There is really a whole lot more that can be said about tandem nursing than what we have room for […]