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The Hungry New Mom's Diet Plan (www.parenting.com)Oh, lasagna. Is there a mother alive who hasn't eaten it during her baby's first few weeks of life? And sometimes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner? The early days at home with a newborn are a blurry whirlwind, and those comfort-food casseroles brought by family and friends may be the only solid meals you get.
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2.Michelin Star Chefs...Making Baby Food? (blogs.abcnews.com)
For Britain’s celebrity Chef Jamie Oliver, taking on the schools in this country with his Feed Me Better campaign three years ago was no easy task. Not only was he trying to convince schools to ban the junk and cook healthier food using fresh ingredients, Oliver was also attempting what some thought was the impossible -- getting school kids to change their eating habits. But some did take a bite and so did the British government, which allocated a whopping $460 to tackle what Oliver called the school cafeteria food crisis.
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3.Playing Music To Premature Babies May Improve Feeding, Reduce Pain (www.medicalnewstoday.com)
As long as there have been babies, adults have crooned lullabies to soothe them. But research suggests music might also help premature infants learn to suckle better and reduce their pain.
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Baby Food Allergies, And What I Wish Pediatricians Would Explain (blogs.babiesonline.com)Genes can certainly play a part in allergies. But the most important messsage that pediatricians often try to drive home without explanation is, the longer you delay the introduction of food, the less likely your child will develop allergies.
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5.Newborns Have More Complications after Subsequent Cesareans (pregnancychildbirth.suite101.com)
Repeat cesareans are often encouraged today as providers argue they are safer for babies. However, evidence suggests that these babies tend to need help in the NICU.
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6.Babies Of Obese Moms Could Be More At Risk Of Asthma (www.vitabeat.com)
Babies born to obese mothers may have an increased risk of developing asthma later in their childhoods, according to Netherlands researchers.
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UK Growth Charts Adjusted for Breastfed Babies (ecochildsplay.com)New guidelines are being introduced that reflect the slower growth rates of breastfed babies. Using the new growth charts, more children will be classified as overweight.
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8.Frequent Feedings May Be Making Babies Fat (www.drugs.com)
Mothers who fail to notice signs that their babies are full tend to overfeed them, resulting in excess weight gain when the infants are between 6 months and a year old, a new study has found.
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Chicago Moves Toward Ban On BPA In Baby Bottles (www.suntimes.com)The city that blazed a consumer protection trail by banning phosphates would become the first in the nation to ban baby bottles and cups containing the potentially harmful chemical bisphenol A, under a proposal advanced by a Chicago City Council committee today.
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Morning sickness means baby will have high IQ (www.marieclaire.co.uk)If you're suffering from morning sickness here's some good news: feeling nauseous in early pregnancy could be a sign your baby is developing a high IQ, according to a new study.
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Babies Smarter Than Most Appreciate (psychcentral.com)Most people assume babies aren’t very aware of differences or subtleties in their environment. New research suggests differently — that, for instance, babies could differentiate water in a glass from solid blue material that looked very much like water in a similar glass.
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12.Sad Moms Equal Sleepless Babies (www.ivanhoe.com)
Women who suffer from depression before their babies are born are more likely to have infants who keep them up at night.
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Late motherhood boosts family lifespan (www.eurekalert.org)Women who have babies naturally in their 40s or 50s tend to live longer than other women. Now, a new study shows their brothers also live longer, but the brothers' wives do not, suggesting the same genes prolong lifespan and female fertility, and may be more important than social and environmental factors.
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14.Even Barely-Early Babies Face Respiratory Risks (www.drugs.com)
Babies born just a few weeks premature still have a much greater chance of developing a respiratory tract infection, a new study has found.
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15.Research Link Baby Car Seats to Breathing Problems in Very Small Babies (kids-safety-products.suite101.com)
Car seats are the safest way to transport infants but should be used with caution for young babies, especially those pre-term or low-birth weight.
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They Say: Work Stress Makes For Skinny Babies (www.babble.com)Researchers at the University College Dublin and a French health research organization found that a baby is five times more likely to be born premature if the mother worked at a job under two or more of the following conditions ...
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17.Not-So-Perfect Parent: "Baby Talk!" (www.beloblog.com)
Baby talk is important! We recommend parents follow these simple tips to help their babies develop the communication skills that will benefit them for years to come.
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18.Why Human Babies Do Not and Should Not Sleep Alone (www.naturalchild.org)
I write here to explain why the pediatric recommendations on forms of cosleeping such as bedsharing will and should remain mixed. I will also address why the majority of new parents practice intermittent bedsharing despite governmental and medical warnings against it.
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19.Bed sharing ‘risks babies’ lives’ (www.pak-times.com)
ISLAMABAD: Parents are being warned not to risk their babies’ lives by sharing a bed with them while sleeping. Latest evidence released by the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths (FSID) shows bed sharing is implicated in about half of cot deaths. The risk is greatest if either parent smokes, has been drinking, has taken sedative medication or is “very tired”.
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Does Failing to Breastfeed Present Health Risks to Mom? (blogs.babiesonline.com)A recent study of 139,681 women indicates that breastfeeding even just for six months in a lifetime decreases a woman’s risk for developing cardiovascular diseases.
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