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Your baby: 10 milestones for the first 2 years
CNN.com “Every milestone — from when your baby first holds up her sweet little head to when she speaks her first word — is thrilling. These moments aren’t just exciting and fun; they’re also markers that can clue you in to your baby’s development. Most parents already know to look for the much-lauded ones, like [...]
450 Billion Disposable Diapers a Year
“The facts are staggering. Studies have shown an infant goes through between 7,000 and 8,000 diaper changes before entering potty training. World Watch estimates 450 billion disposable diapers are used each year and contribute nearly 77 million tons of waste to landfills. Even worse, a disposable diaper normally made out of plastics takes around 500 [...]
Study Shows Chlorella Boost Breastfeeding Immunity Properties
Image by PROYECTO AGUA** /** WATER PROJECT via Flickr Article Source: Bio-medicine.org; TORRANCE, Calif., June 18 /PRNewswire/ — A Japanese study found women who took Chlorella pyrenoidosa supplements during pregnancy had significantly higher IgA antibody concentrations in their breast milk(1). The higher levels of IgA resulted in a reduced risk of infection in nursing infants. [...]
Shocking Baby Throwing Video
Unfathomable and horrific to watch, devotees at a shrine at Solapur in western India’s Maharastra observe a bizarre ritual of throwing infants for good health from a height of 50 feet on to a cloth sheet held below. What is wrong with people?
Study Shows Today’s Kids Have More Autonomy But Inside More
Image by 4peterse via Flickr Source: MedicalNewsToday.com – “Parents are faced with a difficult task when they try to balance authority with children’s autonomy: they are trying to be the right kind of parents, while at the same time trying to form the right kind of kids. And there are many sources of information and [...]
ER Visits Due to PE Class Up 150%
Image via Wikipedia Source: WebMD.com Aug. 3, 2009 — The number of students who end up in emergency rooms because of physical education class injuries has increased significantly since the late 1990s, according a new study. For the study, published in Pediatrics, researchers analyzed data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance Study of the U.S. [...]
Hospitalization Rates 3 Times Higher For Kids Who Get Flu Vaccine
Image by alvi2047 via Flickr “ScienceDaily (May 20, 2009) — The inactivated flu vaccine does not appear to be effective in preventing influenza-related hospitalizations in children, especially the ones with asthma. In fact, children who get the flu vaccine are more at risk for hospitalization than their peers who do not get the vaccine, according [...]
Video: Infant Potty Training – Diaper free baby
Those that practice Elimination Communication to potty train babies from birth can either forgo diapers altogether or simply cut back dramatically on their use. Practitioners of EC are able to avoid cloth and disposable diapers altogether, form a closer bond with their infants by learning to communicate from birth, the babies never have to sit [...]
Natural Baby, Poisonous World
This is an excellent article which not only covers the basics of attachment parenting like cosleeping and infant potty training (elimination communication) but also provides information on how to minimize toxins and waste with organic cleaning products and making your own baby food. Many parents do not realize that these are options that benefit the [...]
BabyWearing 101
Visit our friends at Celebrity Baby Blog to check out the different ways to wear your baby in a very helpful and concise way! This is an excellent primer on the basics and how tos of slings, wraps, pouches, and mei-tais with photos and helpful links. We love wearing our babies! read full story | [...]
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