Parenting Science Gang has been running for 9 months now (!!), here’s what we’ve been up to. The first four groups We started by recruiting members from four existing Facebook groups for parents: Breastfeeding Older Babies & Beyond (BOBAB) UK Breastfeeding…
We were thrilled to talk to Dr Rosie Knowles this week. Rosie is a GP, founder of the Sheffield Sling Surgery, author of "Why Babywearing Matters" and experienced trainer of babywearing peer supporters. Photo by Katrina Shepherd Photography Q: Welcome…
The Science-Aware Natural Parenting - Parenting Science Gang are currently designing an experiment to investigate how a baby's temperature changes while in a sling. In this Q&A we quizzed Dr Davide Filingeri, an expert in environmental physiology from Loughborough University about methods for…
We were really excited to welcome Dr Helen Lees of Newman University to this week's Q&A on flexi-schooling. Helen is Reader in Alternative Education Studies, and her research touches on a variety of topics such as home education, democratic schooling, educational theory, …
Dr Meghan Azad joined us for an online Q&A. She is the co-Lead on the Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study (Manitoba site) and also a Research Scientist at the Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM). Q: Meghan we'd love…
How to reach hard-to-reach groups? We're recruiting more groups and we're especially keen to work with harder to reach groups such as young parents, black and ethnic minority parents and groups for people with disabilities. We’re also keen to find some fathers to…
Does the UK support breastfeeding? The World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi) is assessing and monitoring the progress of countries towards the recommendations of the WHO’s Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding. Guess how the UK is performing? Not…
“The first class I had on human milk I was blown away, It’s Harry Potter meets Willy Wonka. It’s a magical food.” Dr Maryanne Perrin Dr. Maryanne Perrin’s research on breastmilk composition has been groundbreaking. There is very little research…
Can you help us get bigger? We're growing! We're looking for more parenting groups to work with from October. Do you know any groups of parents who might like to get involved? Parenting Science Gang works best with groups of parents brought…
Photo permission kindly given by WRA Zimbabwe via Flickr Creative Commons license 2.0. We were delighted this week to host Dr Karleen Gribble for a breastfeeding Q&A. Karleen has been researching women’s infant feeding practice and beliefs for over a decade. Her research…