Not only does eating healthy food provide your baby with valuable nutrients, it also helps the baby appreciate healthy foods like broccoli, ginger, garlic, cruciferous vegetables, and more.  Read the article about how babies experience their mother’s foods on npr.org or listen to the 4 minute clip.

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Means to Prevent Violence May Start In Utero

by Nicholas Hundley, MS, CNS on September 9, 2011

A lot happens in the womb.

So much, in fact, that good nutrition, wellness, and psychological care before birth can help prevent violent tendencies in future adolescents and adults.

A leading researcher in the field of prenatal psychological development, Jianghong Liu, has recently published research showing how violence and other psychosocial problems might be prevented by helping pregnant women make healthier lifestyle choices.

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The Happiest Baby On the Block

In preparation for our new baby due the end of May, my wife and I just watched the DVD version of the the popular book The Happiest Baby on the Block. I highly recommend it Soothing a crying baby is surprisingly difficult. With our first child, we spent many sleepless nights trying to calm him [...]

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Safe and Healthy Exercise During Pregnancy

Over the weekend I popped in a pregnancy exercise video and did some salsa moves with my pregnant wife. It’s not my usual exercise routine, but I was happy to support her in such an intimate way. She told me I was cute to do it with her. And I told her she was cute [...]

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It’s Never to Late to Have a Healthy Pregnancy and Baby

Just as it’s never too late in life to start eating a heart-healthy diet or begin an exercise routine, it’s also never too late in pregnancy to start living healthy and doing all you can to have a vibrant, healthy baby. The magic of mother nature can start correcting prior slip-ups and imperfections as soon [...]

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How the First Nine Months Shape the Rest of Your Baby’s Life

Time Magazine Article October 2010

You can click on the picture to read the highly condensed article.  The printed magazine has the full (and recommended) version of the article with many more details, exciting facts and research.

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Mother’s Love is the Most Powerful Force in the World

I just saw a video (see below) about how a premature newborn baby was brought back to life after two hours of cuddling skin to skin with his mommy.

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Prenatal Development Videos

I compiled the best prenatal development / fetal development videos I could find on Youtube. There are about 11 of them. In the bottom left corner of the video screen, you’ll see a box next to the play button that will allow you to scroll through the videos. Many of the videos are short clips [...]

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The Yoga of Eating

Yoga is the practice of paying attention, or of emptying the mind. An important aspect of yoga practice is the process of re-connecting with your body and feeling it, experiencing it, listening to it, nurturting it, and caring about it. It’s about no longer neglecting your body, and letting it know that you care deeply [...]

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How and Why to Avoid Carcinogenic Nitrites While Pregnant and Nursing

What are nitrites? Nitrites are an industrial food additive used to give deli meats and hot dogs a redder, fresher appearance. Why are nitrites harmful? Nitrites combine with the protein in meats to form carcinogenic S-Nitroso compounds. When eaten by a pregnant mother, hot dogs have been found to greatly increase a child’s chances of [...]

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