Kura · the evidence on raising a baby · reviewed September 2026
What actually helps a baby grow.
This is my attempt at a plain reading of the evidence on the newborn months and the first few years - what holds up, what has been oversold, what seems to carry forward into school and adolescence - with the source sitting next to every claim so that you can check the work (and me) rather than take either on faith.
How this works
- 01Guess first
- 02Read, and react as you go
- 03Compare together
Guess first, read and react as you go, then compare together.
For what it's worth, guessing before you read helps it stick, even when the guess is wrong.
How this works
Three steps, at whatever pace the baby allows.
- 01Guess first.
- Twelve claims, three verdicts. Being asked before you read improves what you remember, even when the guess is wrong, which is why the quiz comes first.
- 02Read, and react as you go.
- Each card takes one tap: Knew it, New to me, Not so sure, or Pass. Add a note where you have one. Everything saves on any device you have signed in on, so a read-through can take as many nights as it takes.
- 03Then compare.
- Notes stay private to their author until you are both done, so that each read is your own. Once both of you have finished, the Together page shows where you landed the same, where you landed differently, and what either of you flagged to talk about.
Dani and Moses: open your personal link once on each device you read from, and the reaction and notes layer appears. Anyone else can read everything here; only the notes are private.