The book interweaves research and data with personal stories from new parents.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Companies, Congress should step up to support breastfeeding moms
For Black women like me, the rates of breastfeeding initiation and duration still lag those of our counterparts.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Maine Authors
New children’s books by Maine writers, illustrators tackle disabilities, with uneven success
Each takes a different approach to stories about, in part, children with disabilities going to school.
Posted inNation & World
How to help kids get through the horror of Texas school shooting
The first thing a parent should do is make sure their children know adults are available to talk to them.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
FDA chief under fire for slow response to baby formula shortage
The shortage mostly stems from Abbott Nutrition’s Michigan plant, which the Food and Drug Administration shut down in February due to contamination issues.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Theories emerge for mysterious liver illnesses in children
The illnesses are considered rare, and the best available evidence points to a fairly common stomach bug that isn’t known to cause liver problems in otherwise healthy kids.
Posted inNation & World
House Democrats propose $28 million to address formula shortage
The shortage stems from a February recall by Abbott Nutrition that exacerbated ongoing supply chain disruptions among formula makers.
Posted inLocal & State
Oliver, Charlotte top 2021 list of Maine’s most popular baby names
While those also were high on the national list, some names – like Owen and Willow – were much more popular in Maine than in the rest of the country.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Maine Authors
Review: Biographies of a musician and a painter succeed admirably in conveying the arts to young children
‘Look!’ and learn from two compelling new picture books, one about Scott Joplin, the other Winslow Homer.
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Cumberland County Children’s Theatre presents Beauty and the Beast Jr. at Schoolhouse Arts Center
Cumberland County Children’s Theatre proudly presents “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Jr.,” live on stage at Schoolhouse Arts Center in Standish. Performances are scheduled on April 30, May 1, and May 7–8, 2022. “Beauty and the Beast Jr.” tells the story of Belle, an adventurous young girl, and the Beast, her hideous captor who is […]