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Baby-Proofing: Did You Think About Everything?

As a mother of a 6 month old baby, I was a little daunted at the sheer volume of work I thought was involved in baby-proofing my home. With the number of variables involved and the risk of a baby proofing product actually doing the opposite rather than helping my cause, I admit I thought it was a [...]

Video: G-Diapers – a Cloth/Disposable Hybrid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bml7j34oSJU&feature=player_embedded This is a great video about the new G-Diaper which is the only eco-friendly disposable/cloth hybrid on the market today. While I am a very vocal advocate for elimination communication (aka diaper free baby), I also know that going totally diaperless is fairly difficult if you ever shop or travel or pretty much do [...]

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 [...]

Is Infant Bonding Really an Issue?

Author: Jenna Haynie Bonding is essential for any baby. Whether adopted or biological, babies have needs that are critical for proper development of mind and body. Newborns come ready to start this bonding process. Parents are the ones who don’t know where to start, especially if their baby is adopted or been placed in the [...]

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. [...]

Video: Mercury and Vaccines

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKuznYVn40s Many childhood diseases are preventable through proper hygiene. Even if your child were to contract one of these diseases in modern times the odds that it would be deadly are minuscule for most diseases and even slimmer in modern day United States where the vast majority of children receive more than adequate nutrition. Some [...]

Shocking Baby Throwing Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYzCcxF2IzE 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?

Today’s Kids Have More Autonomy But Spend More Time Indoors

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%

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. Consumer Product Safety [...]

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