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With funding from the National Institutes of Health, My Baby U. (MBU) has produced "The Most Important Baby in the World"—an extensively researched, at-home program on infant development and parenting. The year-long MBU program consists of eight videos (total 7 hours) with accompanying books. Click here for a summary of NIH-sponsored research on the MBU program.

The MBU program follows seven families over the first year of their infants’ lives, and includes (1) interactive dialogue between infancy experts and parents, and (2) documentary examples of infant behavior and parental responses.

The program fulfills the need for comprehensive postnatal education, and is designed to teach parents to become good observers and responders at every stage of their infant’s growth. Click here for a summary of the program contents.

The MBU program is introduced by T. Berry Brazelton, MD, Professor Emeritus, Harvard Medical School, and features leading specialists in infant health and development, including:

	J. Kevin Nugent, Ph.D., Director, Brazelton Institute, Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
	Richard Ferber, MD, Director, Center for Pediatric Sleep Disorders, Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
	Tiffany Field, Ph.D., Director, Touch Research Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL
	Barry Lester, Ph.D., Director, Infant Development Unit, Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, RI
	Cynthia Garcia-Coll, Ph.D., Professor of Infant Development, Brown University, Providence, RI
	Eugene Emory, Ph.D., Professor of Infant Development, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

The program was produced by MBU's president, Melanie Brown, Ph.D. (University of California—Berkeley, Educational Psychology), who received a grant to develop and test it from the National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD) and the Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) program.

"This product is exceptional in its clarity and design and we are very grateful here at NICHD for the hard work [MBU has] committed to developing this critical product. No doubt, the multimedia course will make significant contributions to public health and most importantly to the well-being of mothers and children."

G. Reid Lyon, Ph.D.
Chief, Child Development and Behavior Branch
National Institute of Child Health and Development
National Institutes of Health