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The Science of Mom: A Research-Based Guide to Your Baby's First Year
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The science behind the AAP’s safe sleep recommendations
The AAP’s updated policy statement on safe infant sleep was released this week (1). I wrote a brief article about the policy update for the Washington Post, but I wanted to dig into the science a bit more in a blog post.
As a side note, let me just say that the opportunity to write for larger media outlets is very exciting, but also very humbling. A typical blog post for me is 2000 words, but I wa
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“If you feel judged by others, remember that they don't live in your house at night, and they don't care for your child. You do, and you are capable of doing the right thing for your child.”
― The Science of Mom: A Research-Based Guide to Your Baby's First Year
― The Science of Mom: A Research-Based Guide to Your Baby's First Year
“Without science and critical thinking, we are easily led astray by common cognitive biases.62 For example, we tend to perceive something that is natural as safer than something that is made by humans, even though nature is full of toxins and brutal tragedies. We don’t like to take risks that may carry unknown side effects, even if very rare, but we’ll willingly take greater risks when we believe we understand and can control the potential for harm.”
― The Science of Mom: A Research-Based Guide to Your Baby's First Year
― The Science of Mom: A Research-Based Guide to Your Baby's First Year
“We do science because we want to understand the truth. It is a constant, ongoing pursuit to understand our own biology so that we can make smart choices at an individual and policy level. If the science of breastfeeding is used first and foremost as a tool for breastfeeding promotion, we compromise public trust in science. Biased information about breastfeeding also sets up infant feeding as a debate, which sometimes escalates to mommy war status, and it doesn't need to be either of these.”
― The Science of Mom: A Research-Based Guide to Your Baby's First Year
― The Science of Mom: A Research-Based Guide to Your Baby's First Year
