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How Your Baby's Body is Adapted to Being Carried

How Your Baby's Body is Adapted to Being Carried

Some mammals leave their babies in hidden places. Other mammalian young, like sheep, are physically developed enough to follow their mothers by the...
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Infant Biomechanics and Babywearing

Infant Biomechanics and Babywearing

Elizabeth Antunovic Co-founder of Boba, Inc. and Dr. Erin Mannen from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Assistant Professor and Dir...
Benefits of Babywearing Research & Long Reads
The Importance of Dads

The Importance of Dads

A child’s relationship with her father is more important than we’ve ever realized. To become strong and confident, children need their father’s at...
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The Fourth Trimester and Babywearing - The Parent’s Body Is The Child’s First Habitat

The Fourth Trimester and Babywearing - The Parent’s Body Is The Child’s First Habitat

By Dr. Rosie Knowles May 23, 2018 Have you come across the concept of the “fourth trimester”? It’s a very simple idea; babies grow in utero du...
Benefits of Babywearing Research & Long Reads
An Interview with Dr. Charles Price from the International Hip Dysplasia Institute

An Interview with Dr. Charles Price from the International Hip Dysplasia Institute

by Elizabeth Antunovic June 05, 2018 Boba: Hip health is a big concern for parents, can you talk a little bit about hip dysplasia and babyweaing?...
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An Interview with Dr. Erin Mannen

An Interview with Dr. Erin Mannen

by Elizabeth Antunovic June 20, 2018 Erin Mannen, PhD, is currently conducting research at University of Arkansas in cooperation with Internationa...
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Co-sleeping: Sleeping Like a Baby with Your Baby

Co-sleeping: Sleeping Like a Baby with Your Baby

by Admin Post May 01, 2017 I’m laying here in bed with a six-year-old snoring in my ear on one side, a six-month-old nursing on the other side a...
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Breastfeeding When It Don't Come Easy, Our Story

Breastfeeding When It Don't Come Easy, Our Story

by Heather Philipp November 11, 2012 Note: I wrote and published a follow-up post to this one about our success! Feel free to check it out: Our Li...
From The Heart Research & Long Reads
Our Little Breastfeeding "Miracle"

Our Little Breastfeeding "Miracle"

by Heather Philipp June 18, 2013 A few months ago, in the thick of it, I wrote about the challenges my little and I were having breastfeeding. Lon...
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Reflections on a Challenging Breastfeeding Year

Reflections on a Challenging Breastfeeding Year

by Heather Phillip February 10, 2017 A post caught my eye on the Huff today. It’s titled Mom’s Passionate Post Is For Every Mother Who Has Struggl...
From The Heart Research & Long Reads
The Second Nine Months: Exterogestation and the Need to be Held

The Second Nine Months: Exterogestation and the Need to be Held

By Elizabeth Antunovic Click here to download a PDF of this article INTRODUCTION A joey stays in his pouch until his “exterior gestation” is comp...
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10 Reasons to Breastfeed in Public

10 Reasons to Breastfeed in Public

by Elizabeth Antunovic May 01, 2017   Breastfeeding in public is, sadly, still a controversial topic. Every day I read comments, blogs, and tweets ...
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