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Tags: baby bottles, baby formula, bisphenol A, BPA, US FDA
Posted in: Current Events, Health
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When I read an article by a fellow writer on Babies Online Blog on inducing labor, I immediately recalled my experience with the birth of my baby. She was 7 days overdue, was tired of being pregnant, and was getting increasingly bigger. She wasn’t that big at 8 lbs., but weighing all the factors I’ve [...]
Tags: C-section, Caesarian, child birth, induced labor, induction, VBAC
Posted in: Health, Pregnancy
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Unless engaged in the medical profession and the health care industry, we parents normally do not pay too much attention to the squabbles of scientists and medical experts.
The Claim That a Vaccine Can Cause Autism
But in 1998, Dr. Andrew Wakefield and colleagues at the Royal Free Hospital and School of Medicine in London published a [...]
Tags: autism, immunity, vaccine
Posted in: Health, News
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Injections hurt. Needles can be scary. Even for adults. How much more for a little child? I remember stories about the bigger the man, the faster he crashes down when he sees a needle. My mom who was a health worker loved to tell stories about how she reduced the toughest of guys to unconsciousness [...]
Tags: baby injection, fear of the needle, injections, needles, shots
Posted in: Health, Parenting
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Like many people, I have been wary of flu vaccines. My kids got the minimum shots they need against childhood diseases but I always draw the line when it came to seasonal flu shots. My skepticism is due to the varying and sometimes contradictory scientific reports about the effectiveness and safety of flu shots.
Then came [...]
Tags: flu shot, H1N1, H1N1 flu, vaccine
Posted in: Health, Parenting
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