Robotic crib automatically rocks crying babies back to sleep

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

The bot that rocks the cradle! Robotic crib will automatically rock crying babies back to sleep

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

Baboons cradle their babies in their left arms just like humans do

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

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: Love Islander Shaughna Phillips, 25, is asked, ‘who would you have babies with?’

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

Match Of The Day: Love Islander Shaughna Phillips, 25, is asked, ‘who would you have babies with?’

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

Triple the number of babies were born as usual during lockdown at Palenstinian zoo

Baby boom at Palestinian zoo after visitors disappeared: Triple the number of animals 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 help … Read more

Mothers slammed for putting face masks on babies

Mother slams parents who are putting face masks on their babies as she warns that their airways are smaller and they ‘risk suffocation’ Mother sent stark plea to parents, warning against putting face masks on babies Vanessa Madrid, from California, shared pictures of babies with masks she saw Mother-of-two explained their smaller airways put them … Read more

British couples must quarantine before meeting babies after arriving at Ukrainian surrogacy clinic

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

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