BPA in baby bottles, phthalates in baby sunscreen, melamine in baby formula, lead in baby toys. What are parents supposed to keep their baby healthy? Move to a desert island and live like Swiss family Robinson? Buy your own organic farm? Unfortunately, these options are not feasible for most of us.
Matilda is a very lucky [...]
Tags: product reviews, review, review site, Squeaky Clean Tot
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Another high profile adoption case, another celebrity runs into adoption problems due to certain legislation. This time it’s the British rock singer songwriter Elton John who is having problems. John met 14-month old Lev during an AIDS charity foundation trip in the Ukraine. While visiting an orphanage specially set up for HIV- positive children John [...]
Tags: Adoption, advance paternal age, Elton John, marital status
Posted in: Adoption, Celebrities
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I used to be an office-based working mom. Currently I am a work at home mom (wahm), which unfortunately, many people don’t take seriously as work. But I am a working mom and my kids are at a childcare facility while I am typing this on my home computer.
It is with trepidation that I present [...]
Tags: exercise, healthy, healthy eating, obesity, SAHM, stay-at-home mom, WAHM, working mom
Posted in: Health, Parenting
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It used to be said that a mom is always sure it’s her child but a man’s paternity can always be questioned. Not anymore.
Every year, hundreds of thousands of embryos are implanted into women’s wombs during in vitro fertilization (IVF). What are the chances that an embryo is implanted in a womb where it isn’t [...]
Tags: embryo mix up, in-vitro fertilization, IVF, surrogacy, Surrogate mothers, unintended surrogacy
Posted in: Current Events, Pregnancy
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After a slow summer, autumn brings us lots of health-related events in the form of awareness campaigns, observances as well as podcasts and webchats. Once again, I’ve compiled a list which I think might be interesting to out BOL readers.
EVENTS ABOUT CHILDREN’S HEALTH
October is National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
National Down Syndrome Society
October is National Spina [...]
Tags: awareness, events, family health, health events, observances, october
Posted in: Current Events
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