Baby Ecology book is here! Learn more
Baby Ecology book is here!
Caring for your baby can be all-consuming, but sifting through conflicting parenting advice shouldn't be. KidEcology will help you find research-based answers, so you can create the most nurturing spaces and experiences for your baby, in your home and out in the world.
Are you finding most of baby advice too prescriptive and, at the same time, conflicting and confusing?
Does it feel like you have to stick to a specific parenting philosophy or a set of techniques, and yet none of them feel quite right?
Did you hope to rely on your instincts but discover that you don't 'naturally' know what to do?
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YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
And you're smart to question the one-size-fits-all, "one right way" advice.
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When I was a new mom 14 years ago, I found myself in a sea of opinions.
Many came with a sense of pressure:
"Do this or your baby won't thrive".
It was overwhelming and unhelpful.
So I set out to do something very different.
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My name is Anya Dunham. I am a scientist with a PhD in Biology studying ecology: the ways living things relate to one another and interact with their environment. More specifically, I study habitats: spaces and environments that support life.
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When I became a parent, I began to think about what babies need from an ecological perspective.
Despite technological progress, baby ecology — what babies need from the physical spaces they live in, the care they receive, and their interactions with people in their life — has remained largely constant and universal.
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What babies need is simple, although not always easy to create in our fast-paced, busy world.
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Here and in my award-winning book, Baby Ecology, I look at scientific studies on baby sleep, feeding, care, and play through the lens of ecology, to answer the following questions:
After carefully analyzing hundreds of studies through this lens, what I found is not one "best", one-size-fits all approach, but a range: a range of good options. And within this (often, fairly wide) range of good, each family can find what is best for their unique baby.
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I analyze scientific research on baby sleep, feeding, care, and play through the ecological lens and add my lived experience as a mom of three to help you create the nurturing spaces and experiences that work best for YOU and YOUR BABY.
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I write about everything that forms yours and your baby’s day-to-day experiences: getting ready for baby; sleep, feeding, playing and being cared for.
Here's what you'll find in this space:
I began working on this space in 2022 after I wrote Baby Ecology . See what Baby Ecology is about, browse through reader reviews, or check out multiple awards Baby Ecology received.
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