{"id":271,"date":"2015-01-23T09:57:56","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T21:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/?p=271"},"modified":"2015-09-04T15:34:05","modified_gmt":"2015-09-04T03:34:05","slug":"more-linking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/?p=271","title":{"rendered":"more linking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Photo-on-2015-01-23-at-10.38.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-272\" alt=\"Photo on 2015-01-23 at 10.38\" src=\"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Photo-on-2015-01-23-at-10.38-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Photo-on-2015-01-23-at-10.38-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Photo-on-2015-01-23-at-10.38-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Photo-on-2015-01-23-at-10.38.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0morning. \u00a0Quick array of links before this Geek gets stuck into some writing. \u00a0And reading.<\/p>\n<p>First up, the coolest thing I&#8217;ve seen in AGES &#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/life-style\/beauty\/65273760\/Artist-gives-sexy-Bratz-dolls-make-unders\">coverage of an art project from Australia<\/a> in which ghastly Bratz dolls are given makeunders, and with their natural beauty on show they are posed in age-appropriate clothes in natural, outdoor settings. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/treechangedolls.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here&#8217;s the artist&#8217;s actual website. \u00a0<\/a>I\u00a0LOVE THIS SO MUCH!<\/p>\n<p>And <a href=\"http:\/\/www.janetlansbury.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">now to a lovely blog<\/a> written by a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rie.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">RIE educator<\/a>, Janet Landsbury. \u00a0My buddy sent this to me. \u00a0And then made up crazy new translations for what RIE might stand for. \u00a0It is actually the abbreviation for the organisation founded by the late, great <a href=\"http:\/\/www.magdagerber.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Magda Gerber<\/a>, called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rie.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Resources for Infant Educarers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Slightly depressing research is written about\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.naturalchild.org\/research\/sweets.html\" target=\"_blank\">here confirming that children will eat junky snacks<\/a> whether they&#8217;re hungry or not, and a write up <a href=\"http:\/\/communications.med.nyu.edu\/media-relations\/news\/mothers-soothing-presence-makes-pain-go-away-and-changes-gene-activity-infant-b\" target=\"_blank\">here about the power of maternal soothing<\/a> to mitigate the effects of pain. \u00a0Interesting, cos I was aware about research suggesting that infants on the laps of their mamas had less cortisol production when receiving injections, and I&#8217;ve heard Bruce Perry talk about injured soldiers who talked with their mums on the phone needing less pain relief &#8230; and this kinda seems to marry those stories.<\/p>\n<p>INNNNNNNNNNNNTERESTING.<\/p>\n<p>OK. \u00a0That&#8217;s gonna have to be enough for now.<\/p>\n<p>Arohanui xx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0morning. \u00a0Quick array of links before this Geek gets stuck into some writing. \u00a0And reading. First up, the coolest thing I&#8217;ve seen in AGES &#8230; coverage of an art project from Australia in which ghastly Bratz dolls are given makeunders, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/?p=271\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[25,22,7,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=271"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":338,"href":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271\/revisions\/338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}