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·January 12, 2021·3 min read

Mothers, but Not Fathers, With Multiple Children Report More Fragmented Sleep

Mothers with more than one child reported more sleep disruptions that mothers with just one child. The number of children did not impact the quality, or quantity, of sleep for fathers.

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·December 8, 2020·4 min read

Mother’s Empathy Linked to ‘Epigenetic’ Changes to the Oxytocin Gene

Methylation of the oxytocin gene OXT was associated with maternal personal distress, resulting in harsher parenting. OXT methylation was also negatively correlated with gray matter in the right inferior temporal gyrus.

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·October 27, 2020·3 min read

Postpartum Depression May Persist Three Years After Giving Birth

Study reveals one in four women experience symptoms of depression up to three years after giving birth. The risks are greater for women with a history of mood disorders and gestational diabetes.

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·June 23, 2020·4 min read

Does ‘mommy brain’ last? Study shows motherhood does not diminish attention

Researchers scrutinize the long-held perception that new mothers are more forgetful and less attentive. Mothers, they found, have similar alerting and orienting attention, and better executive control attention compared to women without children.

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·May 17, 2020·5 min read

Presence of spouse alters how parents’ brains react to children stimuli

When parents are physically together, they have higher similar responses in prefrontal cortex activity to the sound of their infant crying than when they were physically separated.

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·March 4, 2020·4 min read

Mother nose best: Child body odor provides olfactory clues to developmental stages

Olfaction plays a role in signaling key dynamic changes in the mother-child relationship.

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·January 7, 2020·2 min read

New recommendations released on bedsharing to promote breastfeeding

Researchers release new evidence-based recommendations regarding the benefits and risks for breastfeeding mother and infant co-sleeping. The study reports safe bedsharing is possible, and existing evidence does not support the conclusion that co-sleeping in breastfed infants increases the risk for SIDS in the absence of known hazards.

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·December 18, 2019·4 min read

Mothers’ and babies’ brains ‘more in tune’ when mother is happy

Positive interaction with direct eye contact between mother and infant enhances the ability to synchronize brain waves.

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·October 24, 2019·3 min read

Young moms more likely to have kids with ADHD

While there is a clear genetic link between young mothers and ADHD in their children, the association is not necessarily causal.

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·October 17, 2019·3 min read

Mothers’ behavior influences bonding hormone oxytocin in babies

Greater maternal involvement upregulates the oxytocin system in their babies.

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·September 30, 2019·6 min read

Fish fathers exhibit signatures of ‘baby brain’ that may facilitate parental care behavior

Genomic analysis reveals some of the neurogenomic dynamics closely resemble changes associated with pregnancy and reproduction in mammalian mothers.

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·September 23, 2019·4 min read

Context may explain why dads are happier and less stressed than moms

The differences between each parents' stress and happiness may boil down to how, and when, childcare activities are split between the parties. Fathers tend to be less stressed and happier, especially if their childcare activities are more recreational. Maternal stress is higher, and happiness is lower, as they tend to provide more of the hands-on parenting.