The bot that rocks the cradle! Robotic smart crib will automatically coax crying babies back to sleep without parents needing to wake up in the middle of the night A San Francisco tech firm will release a new smart crib in September It will automatically detect when a baby wakes or cries in the night … Read more
Monkeys, just like humans, prefer to cradle their babies in their left arm and not their right, scientists have discovered. It is believed this preference evolved because the child is closest to the mother’s left eye, which is controlled by the brain’s emotion-processing right hemisphere. This half of the brain, in both monkeys and humans, … Read more
Babies who have trouble sleeping are more likely to have mental health problems as adolescents, a new study suggests. Children who frequently awoke in the middle of the night at 18 months old and 30 months old were more likely to suffer from psychosis at ages 11 and 12. Additionally, youngsters who had irregular sleep … Read more
Match Of The Day is at the centre of a sexism storm after asking a former Love Island star and life-long Arsenal fan which player she would ‘most like to have babies with’. Reality star Shaughna Phillips, 26, found fame on Love Island last summer, and appeared on the BBC show to talk about her … Read more
Animal baby boom at Palestinian zoo after visitors disappeared: Triple the number of babies were born during lockdown as usual Fifteen animals were born at Qalqilya Zoo in the Israeli-occupied West Bank An ostrich produced 11 eggs ‘because there weren’t people around her’ The zoo reopened in late May as COVID-19 restrictions eased Here’s how to … Read more
British couples will have to quarantine for two weeks before they can hold their babies after arriving at a Ukrainian clinic where 97 newborns are marooned due to coronavirus lockdown. Four desperate British couples have flown to Kyiv and are now on a fortnight’s quarantine before meeting their infants at the BioTexCom human reproduction centre. … Read more
Putting folic acid in flour in Britain will save 400 babies each year, scientists say after move was introduced in 80 other countries If woman lacks folic acid when she conceives it increases risk of brain deformity The deficiency also hugely raises the risk of a baby being born with spina bifida Leading experts have … Read more
She is the proud mom to sons Ryder Robinson, 16, and Bingham Bellamy, eight, as well as daughter, Rani Rose Fujikawa, one. And Kate Hudson shared a sweet photo of her youngest children bonding together via social media on Wednesday. The 41-year-old beauty’s post had Bingham and Rani spend some time together outdoors in the sun … Read more
The coronavirus currently sweeping the world may injure the placentas of pregnant women and cut off blood supply to their unborn babies, a small study has found. Scientists found visible damage to the placentas of all 15 mothers who were involved in the research. Lesions and blood clots were discovered in the vital organ, responsible … Read more
CDC advises all babies born to COVID-19 positive or suspected mothers be tested for the infection The CDC is advising that newborns be separated from mothers who have confirmed or suspected cases of coronavirus Babies should be tested within the first 24 hours and can be reunited with their mothers if the women test negative Infants are … Read more