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Breastfeeding, besides being an act of love, is a job that requires time and dedication. Many mothers must do their best to combine it with other responsibilities and activities, as in the case of some athletes who express milk during sports competitions, or working mothers who do so in their workplaces.

When our children are young, they depend on us for everything, so we strive to take them to school, to all their extracurricular activities, to birthdays and to their particular pajama parties. Because if they come out as outgoing and independent as mine, they will love to enjoy their friends at home too.

Update 10/28: When performing the second test 48 hours after birth, the result for Covid has been negative, which indicates that he is not infected, but has tested positive for IgG, revealing that he has antibodies. The mother probably transferred them to the baby through the placenta.

The place and time in which we live condition our lives and our infections. This is why it is essential to include this information in impact studies of, for example, vaccination.

The normality and life that we knew completely disappeared with the arrival of the coronavirus, which not only affected us in routines, but also emotionally and physically. For those of us who have children, it was even more so, since it affected the whole family and it is not only about taking care of ourselves, but also of them.

Positional or postural plagiocephaly is the deformity of the baby's head, quite common, caused by resting with the head always supported in the same posture, which acts by modifying the shape of the baby's head.

The most widespread view of viruses is that of mere disease-causing agents. But viruses are much more than that: they have accompanied life from its origins and have helped shape it.

We spoke with virologist Margarita del Val, from the Severo Ochoa Molecular Biology Center, about what we can expect from the pandemic in the coming months.