Best Baby Beginnings

11/14/2025

The first thousand days of life appear to be a window when the gut microbiome leaves an imprint that lasts decades – Archita Mishra
https://bbc.com/future/article/20251103-what-a-babys-first-poo-can-tell-you-about-their-future-health?ocid=fbfut&fbclid=IwY2xjawOATuFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFCTmNCV3pJMUZDc2NIUVBic3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHkHlt6g9Ie9YAl2iQlMkq7K3981BGkK4GHBlLxcWHyQKTQtdqJRw3X2MkVJC_aem_C6kXpXfaNZkam3llxTKJqQ

Research is unveiling the surprising, lifelong impact of what enters a baby's gut in the days after birth.

11/13/2025

A lower risk of breast cancer has long been recognized among the benefits of breastfeeding for mothers. Now, researchers are closer to understanding why.

A new study found that:
✅ Having babies and breastfeeding causes CD8+ T cells—a special type of immune cell—to accumulate in normal breast tissue.
✅ These protective cells remain in the tissue for decades after childbirth.
✅ They act as long-term guards, helping prevent breast cancer—especially the aggressive triple-negative type.
✅ However, this protective T-cell response was observed ONLY after a full cycle of lactation and breast recovery.

Lifelong health benefits for babies AND mothers—that’s why BFUSA partners with facilities to support every family in meeting their breastfeeding goals.🤱🏽

11/12/2025

11/06/2025

What do you think?

“Having a newborn is a very sloppy, ugly, disheveled time of life. I felt out of the picture. I felt very taxed and very needed, but also very invisible,” photographer Tabitha Soren wrote in 2021. “The images get at that ethereal quality of not feeling like a whole person. I’m not really in focus, because my brain isn’t in focus either.”
https://theatln.tc/B2IUHEHw

📸: Tabitha Soren

11/04/2025

What happens when male statues become fathers for a day? A creative campaign in Sweden is challenging traditional norms about parenting roles.

Imagine a bronze statue of a stoic leader, now wearing a bright pink baby sling with a doll nestled inside. On International Men’s Day...

11/02/2025

10/23/2025

The 2025 Cochrane review on immediate and early skin-to-skin contact after birth highlights that further randomized controlled trials comparing skin-to-skin contact with ‘usual care’ are no longer ethical.

The findings show there is now enough evidence to make immediate skin-to-skin contact after birth the global standard of care, and as WHO already recommends skin-to-skin the standard of care, the authors argue that randomizing the separation of mother and newborn may no longer be justifiable.

Read more:
https://centerforbreastfeeding.org/cochrane-review-2025

10/11/2025