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"Like it or not, we are slightly fat, furless, bipedal primates who crave sugar, salt, fat, and starch," he writes, "but we are still adapted to eating a diverse diet of fibrous fruits and vegetables, nuts, seeds, tubers, and lean meat.We enjoy rest and relaxation, but our bodies are still those of endurance athletes evolved to walk many miles a day, often run, as well as dig, climb, and carry."

"Like it or not, we are slightly fat, furless, bipedal primates who crave sugar, salt, fat, and starch," he writes, "but we are still adapted to eating a diverse diet of fibrous fruits and vegetables, nuts, seeds, tubers, and lean meat.We enjoy rest and relaxation, but our bodies are still those of endurance athletes evolved to walk many miles a day, often run, as well as dig, climb, and carry."

Dr. Heidi Blume, a pediatric neurologist at Seattle Children's Hospital, invoked a "SMART" mnemonic for helping children deal with their headaches. S is for sleep, she said, and getting enough of it. M is for not skipping meals, including breakfast and drinking enough to be properly hydrated. A is for activity, because either too much or too little can lead to headaches, and R is for relaxation. T is for triggers to avoid, from cigarette smoke to particular foods to traveling in the car. Dr. Stephen Ashwal, chief of pediatric neurology at Loma Linda University School of Medicine, sees many adolescents with chronic daily headaches. Some have ended up on multiple medications. "I think massage therapy or acupunture can be very helpful," he said. "I don't think it's a good idea for kids to be on more than one or maybe two medications." "Many many kids will outgrow their bad headaches," said Dr. Daniel Bonthius, professor of pediatrics and neurology at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. "Exactly why they got the headaches and exactly why they go away, modern medicine doesn't really understand."

Since solid objects have fixed characteristics, it's relatively easy for a toddler to figure out what makes a cup, ball or chair. [...]children sitting in highchairs did learn better in the study

"The parents get to know its value and carry it round when traveling," Dr. [Donald Woods Winnicott] wrote. "The mother lets it get dirty and even smelly, knowing that by washing it she introduces a break in continuity in the infant's experience." In Dr. Winnicott's view, the object, together with what he called a "good enough mother," helps the young child navigate the essential problem of separation. The transitional object "has to be created by the baby," Dr. [Steve Tuber] said. "A child has to pick the one that really becomes theirs." "Parents get upset because they think they're going to lose the transitional object, they think it collects germs, they think it looks babyish, which is a problem in American culture," said Barbara Howard, a developmental-behavioral pediatrician at Johns Hopkins. "The biggest problem is stigmatization. There is no ultimate age where it's bad, but you can get teased for it."

With regard to infant feeding, the most notable recent turnabout involves allergies. [...]five years ago, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology told parents to manage the introduction of foods most likely to cause allergic reactions with particular care: to avoid cow's milk until a child was a year old, eggs until age 2, anything containing peanut until age 3

A study published this month in the journal Pediatrics looked at a huge group of children who each saw a doctor at least twice with headaches but had no head injury or trauma. Dr. Heidi Blume, a pediatric neurologist at Seattle Children's Hospital and lead author of the study, invoked a "SMART" mnemonic for helping children deal with their recurrent headaches