Thank you to Acts Retirement-Life Communities for sponsoring the following post. All opinions are my own. My mom and I are quite close. Not only does she live just blocks away from my family and me, but she also spends a lot of time with my kids and me. No matter how old I get, […] More
Children born to older fathers have an increased risk of psychiatric problems including attention deficits, bipolar disorder, autism, and schizophrenia compared to children born to younger fathers, suggests a new comprehensive study of paternal age and offspring mental health from researchers at Indiana University in Bloomington as published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry. Previous studies […] More
Although there has been considerable focus on maternal weight before and during pregnancy, paternal obesity may cause altered gene expression in the pancreas and fat of children, suggests new research published online in The FASEB Journal. Using a rodent model, researchers at the Pharmacology School of Medical Sciences at the University of New South Wales […] More
After a child is born, it is often the mom who wakes up in the middle of the night to care for that child. Consequently it is also often the mother who is lacking the most sleep. Now a study from scientists at Duke University claims that moms, and women in general, need more sleep […] More
In addition to mama, daddy or dada is another common first word among babies. Until your baby can talk, however, you can teach your baby the sign for the words father, dad, daddy, and papa in baby sign language with the following description and video. The sign is identical in American Sign Language for all four […] More
We have known for a long time that a female’s body is hard wired to take care of a baby, and now a new study has revealed that fathers, especially those who are “hands-on,” also have certain chemical changes that make them better parents. The study found that men who spend a significant amount of […] More
