Mind, Body, Babies

Event at D.C.’s Shepherd Elementary School is one of hundreds around the world during Global Road Safety Week Washington D.C. (May 5, 2015) – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx (pictured left with student Laterra Dakka), D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Safe Kids Worldwide CEO Kate Carr joined students, parents and faculty today at D.C.’s […]

I had an opportunity to attend a screening of the documentary The Milky Way last night. I already knew a lot of the information presented in the film from my own education, but it was nice to see it all put together in a easy to watch format. It did a great job of exploring […]

I was really excited to see that the Today Show did a segment today on family centered cesareans. It is such an important topic to be discussed, especially in mainstream media. As I began to read the article and got to the first picture of the family interviewed, it wasn’t the beautiful image of the […]

Too many babies are dying in the U.S. CBS News reported today that the United States is now ranked as 25th in the world for infant mortality. This applies to babies who die within the first year of their birth, not including stillborns. This is due to a number of reasons, including babies being born […]

HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today released $65 million in grants to help 87 organizations in 33 states reduce high infant mortality rates and other health problems related to pregnancy and mothers’ health. Healthy Start is targeted to the needs of vulnerable mothers and infants in areas of the country with disproportionately high rates of […]

I happened to notice today that the US government released figures that say it now costs of $240,00 to raise a child from birth to age 18. How does a parent cope with these astronomical costs? I don’t know about you, but I am not spending anywhere near the amount that it says I “should” […]