Wooden Infant Toys Recalled by Habermaass Corp. Due to Choking Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: Wooden Puzzles, Infant Rattles, Pacifier Holders, and [...]
Tags: choking hazard, dangerous toys, Germany, Habermaass Corp toys
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One of the more exciting aspects of pregnancy, aside from decorating the nursery, is getting to feel your baby move inside your womb. The first flutters that begin to appear anywhere from Week 16 to 25 make the pregnancy suddenly feel more ‘real.’ There’s life growing inside you, and now you can feel it! For [...]
Tags: Fetal movement, flutters, kick-counting, naps, Pregnancy
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This is not to scare parents out there. This is for your awareness.
The American Heart Association (AHA) issued a scientific statement on the management of stroke in infants and children last month. According to AHA, the risk of children and adolescents from age zero to 18 years to have a stroke is 10.7 per 100,000 [...]
Tags: childhood, management, prevention, stroke
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For many English-speaking children, the words “mama” and “dada” are two of the first words they learn to say consistently. Traditional logic dictates that the reason for this is because a baby is drawn to their parents, and (in most cases) their parents are the predominant people in their young lives. However, scientists [...]
Tags: Baby, development, language
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Researchers at the Medical College of Georgia Schools of Medicine and Graduate Studies have been studying the mechanism by which alcohol damages unborn babies.
Pregnant women who drink alcohol put their babies at risk of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, FAS. Babies born with FAS have liver abnormalities, facial deformities, and brain and spine problems.
As a fertilized cell [...]
Tags: alcohol, birth defects, drinking while pregnant, FAS, fetal alcohol syndrome
Posted in: Pregnancy
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