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@jaenalyn I would personally consider a 3 point IQ difference to be sufficient reason to breastfeed. For a scale with a mean of 100, 3 points is a large shift. However I don’t think it’s that simple or that large when other variables are factored in. We already know that in most studies of...

@jesuslovesme527 It’s not that the studies aren’t well designed. It’s that the signal is already too weak to slice into even smaller pieces. Long term, there’s no confirmed difference at all. Short term it’s on the order of maybe one less illness, on average. So the outcome is statistical...

@jesuslovesme527 I don’t think you will find what you are looking for. Research studies need a clear signal to measure, but for healthy full term babies it has long been difficult to demonstrate a clear breastmilk benefit at all. There is very little measurable difference in outcome between...

@danmat777 I’m very much the type to not worry over every little thing. I’m not “granola”, and I don’t worry about environmental exposures much. I consider most such concerns overblown. This one is legit. I never accept receipts when offered the option, and haven’t for years. I don’t exactly...

@pulickalbrothers Yes, we did. However this was back in the ancient times when it was considered safe to turn them at 12 months. Longer was already being recommended and I was aware of that, but we weighed the pros and cons and turned him. That worked. He’s still alive. But then again so am I...

@damacri That isn’t in and of itself a design flaw. It’s very common to need to convert continuous variables into discrete - there’s often no way around it. Neurotypical vs autistic or ADHD, high fat vs low fat diet, authoritarian vs authoritative vs permissive parenting, etc etc. Sometimes you...

@mjkobe Tbh, you’re trying to begin using a “consequences” (punishment, as opposed to natural consequences) based approach right at the stage where many parents who have used it effectively in the past find that it stops working well. You don’t really have much of a foundation to build on as she...