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Does your toddler have a drinking problem?

Family & Pets
By Sandra Gordon on June 25, 2012 in

Baby girl holding a bottle with her mouth

Drinking and walking are a toddler's recipe for disaster. If she's sipping from a bottle or a sippy cup and learning to walk simultaneously, your little one could end up in the emergency room. According to a recent Pediatrics study, which analyzed emergency department data from 1991 to 2010, 45,398 children under age 3 were treated in emergency departments for injuries related to these seemingly harmless products.

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The (baby) formula for savings

Family & Pets
By Sandra Gordon on February 27, 2012 in

Baby bottle with formula

Breast is best may be the infant feeding song but lifestyle and milk production sometimes stands in a nursing mother's way. If that's the case, formula works but it can be costly. What's a new mom on a budget to do?

Buy the store brand. Not only is store-brand infant formula nutritionally equivalent to name-brand formula, it costs about 50 percent less, which can add up to a cost savings of $600 or more a year. Read more

Hello, Honeysuckle: 2011 Pantone color of the year

Home & Garden
By Christine Frietchen on January 24, 2011 in

Pink flower

For what it's worth, the Pantone color of the year for 2011 is Pantone 18-2021 -- aka "Honeysuckle." It's a sort of reddish-pink color that Pantone says "elevates our psyche beyond escape, instilling the confidence, courage and spirit to meet the exhaustive challenges that have become part of everyday life." We're not sure that a pinky color will help us meet our "exhaustive challenges," but if the last couple of years are any example, you will start seeing more pinky-red clothing, home decor and paint colors. Read more

Family Affairs: Should parents be able to bring their kids to work?

Family & Pets
By Sarah Burns on February 6, 2010 in

Kid at the office

Anyone who's ever juggled the work and family circus knows balance isn't easy to achieve. However, many offices have begun offering an interesting option. An increasing number of US companies are now allowing parents to take their children to work.

A crying baby in the next cubicle? Cute...or distracting? You be the judge, but know that this trend is growing.

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Toxic shock: Study finds household chemicals can have disturbing side affects

Health & Beauty
By Sarah Burns on December 14, 2009 in

Baby

A new study commissioned by the non-profit organization, The Environmental Working Group, has revealed that babies can be exposed to toxic chemicals in-utero. Scientists at the EWG tested the cord blood of 10 newborns. (Cord blood is the blood remaining in the placenta and umbilical cord after birth.) In the study, nine out of 10 of the babies' blood contained moderate amounts of BPA, also known as Bisphenol A. This common chemical, used in many plastic products today, has recently been labeled a concern to human reproductive health and development, according to experts at the American Medical Association and National Institutes of Health.

 

A new study commissioned by the non-profit organization, The Environmental Working Group, has revealed that babies can be exposed to toxic chemicals in-utero. Scientists at the EWG tested the cord blood of 10 newborns. (Cord blood is the blood remaining in the placenta and umbilical cord after birth.) In the study, nine out of 10 of the babies' blood contained moderate amounts of BPA, also known as Bisphenol A. This common chemical, used in many plastic products today, has recently been labeled a concern to human reproductive health and development, according to experts at the American Medical Association and National Institutes of Health.

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