New Delhi:&nbsp;A new parent understands how their sleeping schedule is disrupted by the arrival of their newborn. For a new parent, the struggle to get enough sleep is very real.Frequent feedings, 3 a.m. diaper changes, and running after the newborn all night make sound sleep nearly impossible. The clock adventure is a newborn. According to a recent National Sleep Foundation survey, nearly 76 per cent of parents have frequent sleep problems.Taking care of oneself after the arrival of a newborn can be extremely difficult. New mothers get four hours of sleep on average per night during the first year of their baby's life, which is less than the recommended eight hours.Sleep deprivation can have an emotional impact on the mother and make her irritable. The change in sleeping habits has a significant impact on mothers' daily functioning.On the occasion of International Mother's Day, celebrated on May 8, Beddy by Centuary Mattress, a brand for baby and child mattresses dedicated to supporting the growing needs of infants and children, conducted a survey with the leading moms' community, Momspresso, to learn about the changes in new moms' sleeping patterns and the impact it has on their daily lives.The poll was carried out in four major cities: Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, and Hyderabad.The survey's intended audience was working mothers and housewives with children aged 0 to 5 years.According to the findings, 64 per cent of new mothers are sleep deprived, meaning they get less than the recommended amount of sleep.Ninety-one per cent of moms agreed that having a separate mattress for their baby can help them sleep better.Bangalore mothers were discovered to be the most sleep deprived following the birth of their newborn.Thirty-one percent of mothers in Mumbai and Hyderabad report being unable to perform their daily duties due to a lack of sleep.Sleep deprivation can increase the risk of postpartum mood swings and drowsiness throughout the day. Based on the survey results, Beddy by Century Mattress, a mattress industry specialist, is working to create comfortable mattresses for new moms and their newborns. Beddy Nest by Centuary Mattress also manufactures mattresses for newborns.Natural Rubberised Coir and Natural Latex Foam are used to make the mattresses, which are certified as "Free from Harmful Chemicals" and suitable for use with babies. Sleeping on a comfortable mattress is critical for new mothers. A good night's sleep will allow them to complete their tasks more efficiently and will make them feel happier throughout the day.

A new parent understands how their sleeping schedule is disrupted by the arrival of their newborn. For a new parent, the struggle to get enough sleep is very real.  Frequent feedings, 3 a.m. diaper changes, and running after the newborn all night make sound sleep nearly impossible. The clock adventure is a newborn.

Why are 85% of new-age moms cranky?

A new parent understands how their sleeping schedule is disrupted by the arrival of their newborn. For a new parent, the struggle to get enough sleep is very real.

Frequent feedings, 3 a.m. diaper changes, and running after the newborn all night make sound sleep nearly impossible. The clock adventure is a newborn.



Washington: Spending time outside in nature, even just a 20-minute walk, together can help mothers and daughters get along even better, a study has found. The research, published in the journal&nbsp;Children, Youth and Environments, is based on the attention restoration theory which describes how interaction with natural environment can reduce mental fatigue and restore attentional functioning. Researchers tested their theory by looking at sets of moms and daughters (aged between 10 and 12 years) who were asked to take a walk together in nature and a walk in a mall.They then tested both the mothers' and daughters' attention and observed their family interactions after each walk.The results were clear; a walk in nature increased positive interactions, helping the mothers and daughters get along better.It also restored attention, a significant effect for mothers in the study."In nature, you can relax and restore your attention which is needed to help you concentrate better. It helps your working memory," said Dina Izenstark, from the University of Illinois in the US.To test the mothers' and daughters' cohesiveness and whether attention was restored, 27 mom/daughter dads met at a homelike research lab on campus before each walk.For 10 minutes they engaged in attention-fatiguing activities (i.e. solving math problems, word searches) while a recording of loud construction music played in the background.The researchers gave them a "pre-attention" test, and then set them out on a walk -- one day to a nature arboretum, and then on another day to a local indoor mall. Each walk was 20 minutes long.After returning from each walk, the moms and daughters were interviewed separately.They were given a "post- attention" test, and were surveyed about which location they found the most fun, boring, or interesting.They were then videotaped playing a game that required them to work together. For moms, attention was restored significantly after the nature walk.Interestingly, for daughters, attention was restored after both walks, which Izenstark says may be a result of spending family leisure time with their mother. "It was unique that for the daughters walking with moms improved their attention. But for the moms, they benefited from being in a nature setting," Izenstark said."It was interesting to find that difference between the family members. But when we looked at their subjective reports of what they felt about the two settings, there was no question, moms and daughters both said the nature setting was more fun, relaxing, and interesting," Izenstark added.—ANI

Spending time outside in nature, even just a 20-minute walk, together can help mothers and daughters get along even better, a study has found.

Moms, this is how you can bond with your daughters

Mumbai:&nbsp;Veteran actress Bhagyashree went down memory lane and remembered her 'Maine Pyar Kiya' days on the sets of reality show 'DID Super Moms'.The performance by contestant Anila and Shweta on the title track of 'Dangal' left everyone stunned. In fact, the act somehow even reminded Bhagyashree of her co-star Salman Khan and made her reminisce about her shoot days with the Bollywood Superstar.As Bhagyashree mentions, "I believe the concept that you depicted today is an issue that various women in our country go through every now and then. Women are generally told to take care of just their household chores after marriage and they are not encouraged to follow their dreams. But women like you prove that one can achieve anything one wants, with their hard work and determination. Anila, I must add that whenever I watch your performance, I always wonder how you do it? You must teach this to me!"She added: "I noticed one more thing in your performance today, that you flawlessly imitated Salman Khan in the act."Released in 1989, 'Maine Pyar Kiya' is a romantic musical film directed by Sooraj Barjatya. 'Maine Pyar Kiya' is considered one of the most iconic romantic films ever made and became a cult favourite from its songs, dialogues and chemistry of Salman and Bhagyashree.She added: "In fact, there was one jump that I found really interesting because that move was exactly like the scene from our film 'Maine Pyar Kiya', where Salman is exercising, and with him being upset with me during the sequence, he jumps right back up.""You did a similar move and that one movement reminded me of that scene from the film and made me nostalgic."'DID Super Moms' airs on Zee TV.—IANS

Veteran actress Bhagyashree went down memory lane and remembered her 'Maine Pyar Kiya' days on the sets of reality show 'DID Super Moms'.

 Bhagyashree gets reminded of Salman from 'Maine Pyar Kiya' on reality show

Washington: In some monarchs, hereditary power serves as a stepping stone to absolute control, whether through diplomacy, cruelty, or the passage of time. In hyena monarchies, however, the inherited rule is a downward slope. Over three decades, the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour (MPI-AB) studied hyena societies. They discovered that the method by which hyenas inherit rank from their mothers, known as maternal inheritance, corrodes individuals' social position. According to the study, every member of a hyena clan, except the highest-ranking queen, suffers downward mobility across their lifetime. The work appears today in a special issue on inequality in human and animal societies in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, B. "It paints a pretty bleak picture of hyena societies," says Eli Strauss, a scientist at MPI-AB and sole author on the paper. "No matter what position you inherit, the only way is down." Fair or not, hyenas haven't earned a reputation for regality, yet their societies bear a striking resemblance to human monarchies. Hyena clans are arranged in a linear dominance hierarchy, and offspring inherit their rank below their mother through a monarchy-like process. At the top of the hierarchy is the highest-ranked female--the queen--followed by her young, and then all other females with their young. A hyena's place in the hierarchy matters a lot. "A lower rank means you have less access to food, you have to travel more to hunt, you are harassed more, you even have less time nursing your babies," says Strauss, who also holds a position at Michigan State University. For Strauss, the raised stakes in turn raised a fascinating question. If hyenas inherit their positions from their mothers, can they break rank and change status? Or, is the quality of a hyena's life pre-destined from birth? To find out, Strauss tapped a remarkable database from the Mara Hyena Project, which has been studying spotted hyenas in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya since the late 1980s. Analyzing three decades of data on hyena behavior from four social groups, Strauss discovered that hyenas could indeed move up and down in the hierarchy over time, but they slid down much more often than jumping up. "You wouldn't think this downward mobility was happening if you were just observing the animals in the wild, because the process happens over many years," he says. "It's only by taking an intergenerational view that you realize that a daughter born to the alpha queen has suffered a significant downturn in status throughout the course of her life." But what was causing the persistent downward trajectory? By digging into the life histories of all individuals, Strauss found that hyenas descended in rank most often because another hyena had joined or left the group. In other words, through simple demographic turnover. "It's tempting to imagine the intrigue and machinations of Game of Thrones, where animals are plotting to overthrow each other," he says. "But in hyena societies, an individual's power is passively eroded as other clan members are born or die." Drawing on methods used to study social mobility in human societies, Strauss then created computer simulated hyena societies, where he could turn off various aspects of their biology. This allowed him to pinpoint the specific societal rules that were driving the unusual pattern. The simulation pointed to two sources: the monarchy-like inheritance of hyena societies and the fact that higher-ranking females also give birth to more offspring. These combined traits mean that new group members are not being added randomly. "They are constantly being added to the top of the hierarchy, under the dominant females, which pushes all other individuals down over time," says Strauss. Of note, only the queen escaped this fate of slow decline in status over time, because it's not possible for anyone to inherit a position above her. The work demonstrates how societal features can have an outsize influence on individuals, sometimes usurping an animal's own agency in altering the course of its life. Says Strauss: "It seems that no matter what a hyena does, they are going to experience a decline in rank over time. It's hard to fathom that they navigate lives in which everybody, but the queen, suffers a loss in quality. Clearly, they do succeed, so the next question is how." —ANI

In some monarchs, hereditary power serves as a stepping stone to absolute control, whether through diplomacy, cruelty

Hyenas Inherit Power From Moms, But It's A Privilege They Pay Dearly For: Study

New Delhi: Lack of lactation rooms at the workplace present a key challenge for new mothers who resume work from office post their maternity, said experts on Monday as part of the breastfeeding week, calling for better provisions for women. World Breastfeeding Week is observed globally from August 1 to 7 every year to raise awareness about the importance of breastfeeding and to empower and support mothers who breastfeed.
<a href="https://www.thehawk.in/posts/research-reveals-how-people-feel-about-their-sleep-has-an-impact-on-their-overall-health" target="_blank">Health News: Research Reveals How People Feel About Their Sleep Has An Impact On Their Overall Health</a> 	 The theme this year is: 'Let's make breastfeeding and work, work!' "Most often, workplaces lack a designated area or nursing room where women can express milk in privacy. This is a big deterrent for women to rejoin work after their maternity leave. For new mothers who must choose between caring for their infant while nursing and concentrating on their professional development at work, a lack of flexibility, the inability to work from home, and long work hours can add to the troubles," Dr Deepa Mohan, Paediatrician, and Neonatologist, Motherhood Hospitals, told IANS. Mohan said: "Lack of facilities to continue breastfeeding, long intervals of not feeding/ pumping milk result in low milk output." In addition, "difficulties in expressing milk at workplaces timely, mothers also suffer with engorged breasts which can be painful for the mother. As a result, "unacceptably, only few women continue to breastfeed their babies after returning to work and many women cease breastfeeding quickly after returning to work," she said. Another issue that women face is the storage of milk at workplaces. "Most of the companies or workplaces don’t provide refrigerators for storage of expressed or pumped milk, making breast feeding a challenge to the mothers. Absence of lactation rooms and less number of feeding breaks results in inadequate sucking of the baby which slowly reduces the milk production due to decreased stimulation of the brain reflex," Dr Babita Maturi, Gynaecologist at Apollo Clinic, told IANS. In such cases, milk can be placed temporarily in an insulated cooler with ice packs or ice box, Mohan said. However, it is easier said than done. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations, infants have to be exclusively breastfed for the first six months and continue breastfeeding up to the age of two years or beyond.
<a href="https://www.thehawk.in/posts/india-extends-support-amounting-to-usd-246852.71-to-enhance-flood-resilience-in-suriname" target="_blank">World News: India extends support amounting to USD 246,852.71 to enhance flood resilience in Suriname</a> However, "the challenging combination of breastfeeding and work is one of the foremost reasons for early breastfeeding cessation," Dr Saravanan R, Consultant - Neonatology and Pediatrics, Rainbow Children's Hospital, told IANS. "Though numerous factors play a role in creating a breastfeeding-friendly work environment, paid breastfeeding breaks and the availability of a lactation room (private space designated for milk expression or breastfeeding) are important basic requirements," Dr Saravanan said. But the reality is that the provision of a lactation room is included in the legislation of only 31 per cent of countries, as per International Breastfeeding Journal. According to the Harvard Business Review, 43 per cent of highly-qualified women with children are leaving careers or taking a career break. However, 75 per cent of them would be back if they can have flexible work. "Breastfeeding is a right for both mother and child, yet working moms may find it difficult to balance breastfeeding with their professional obligations. This year’s focus is to raise awareness of the maternity benefits among Indian working parents," Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI) said in a tweet. Mohan said: "Offices can be more accommodating by incorporating breastfeeding-friendly policies, creating space for lactation rooms, offering hybrid options, reducing working hours for a couple of months post maternity leave, providing lactation breaks during work hours, or even allowing employees to go home and feed the baby if their homes are close to their places of employment." "These modest initiatives can help employers retain talent on board, cut down on new mothers' absences, and a solution for those who are having trouble finding a balance. By empowering women to continue breastfeeding while working many women will not quit their jobs post maternity leave." —IANS

Lack of lactation rooms at the workplace present a key challenge for new mothers who resume work from office

Missing Lactation Rooms At Workplace Key Challenge For New Moms: Experts

Jabalpur: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued a notice to Bollywood actor Kareena Kapoor on a petition seeking the removal of the word 'Bible' from the title of her book, Kareena Kapoor Khan's Pregnancy Bible: The Ultimate Manual for Moms-To-Be, as it hurt sentiments of the Christian community.
The single bench of Justice GS Ahluwalia on Thursday issued the notice on a petition filed by advocate Christopher Anthony.  The court also issued notices to co-author Aditi Shah Bhimjyani, Amazon Online Shopping, publisher Juggernaut Books, the state government, the superintendent of police Jabalpur and the in-charge of Omit police station.
The book, Kareena Kapoor Khan's Pregnancy Bible: The Ultimate Manual for Moms-To-Be, was released in August 2021.  Talking to PTI on Saturday, Anthony said he filed the petition in the high court against a lower court order of February 26, 2022, that dismissed his plea seeking a ban on the book and removal of the word 'Bible' from its title.  The lower court dismissed the petition after the police did not file an inquiry report relating to the complaint lodged at Omti police station to register a criminal case against the actor and others for allegedly hurting the sentiments of the Christian community, he said.
—PTI

Madhya Pradesh High Court issues notice to Kareena Kapoor over the title of her book 'Pregnancy Bible', claimed to hurt Christian sentiments.

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