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Baby, child, and parent news headlines Recent news headlines about safer school supplies, new parents and sleep deprivation, and more. Child health and wellness A new report from the Royal Horticultural Society has found that when children work in school gardens they develop increased life skills, greater literacy and numeracy and are more responsive to the challenges of adult life.— Treehugger A new study finds that girls are more likely today than in the past to start developing breasts by age 7 or 8. The issue is of concern for both medical and psychosocial reasons.— The New York Times (free registration required) According to a study from the Urban Institute…49% of American babies born into poor families will be poor for at least half their childhoods. Those poor at birth are more likely to be poor between ages 25 and 30, drop out of high school, have a teen nonmarital birth, and have patchy employment records than those not poor at birth.— Center for Media Research The Apps for Healthy Kids competition is part of First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! campaign. The competition calls on software developers, game designers, students, and other innovators to develop fun and engaging interactive tools and games that help communicate healthy lifestyle choices.— Supermarket Guru Back-to-school The Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ) has released a free Back-to-School Guide to PVC-Free School Supplies. In addition to phthalates, PVC can also contain lead, cadmium and organotins, all of which can have adverse health effects and have been linked to asthma, obesity and learning disabilities.— inhabitots Parent wellness Women who gain a lot of weight during pregnancy are more likely to have high-birth-weight babies, which may increase the children's risk of becoming obese later in life, a new study suggests.— USA Today A recent sleep survey in the UK found that parents lose an average of six months’ sleep during the first 24 months of their child’s life. According to the Silentnight survey, about 10 percent of parents only managed to get 2.5 hours of continuous sleep each night.— inhabitots The Good Men Project was launched in June and is one of a crop of new magazines…that cater to men with features about parenting, relationships, and mental health as opposed to articles about sex and sports common in some traditional men’s publications.— Boston Globe (via boston.com) Subscribe now! Subscribe to ConsumerReports.org for expert Ratings, buying advice and reliability on hundreds of products. Update your feed preferences
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Baby, child, and parent news headlines Recent news headlines about safer school supplies, new parents and sleep deprivation, and more. Child health and wellness A new report from the Royal Horticultural Society has found that when children work in school gardens they develop increased life skills, greater literacy and numeracy and are more responsive to the challenges of adult life.— Treehugger A new study finds that girls are more likely today than in the past to start developing breasts by age 7 or 8. The issue is of concern for both medical and psychosocial reasons.— The New York Times (free registration required) According to a study from the Urban Institute…49% of American babies born into poor families will be poor for at least half their childhoods. Those poor at birth are more likely to be poor between ages 25 and 30, drop out of high school, have a teen nonmarital birth, and have patchy employment records than those not poor at birth.— Center for Media Research The Apps for Healthy Kids competition is part of First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! campaign. The competition calls on software developers, game designers, students, and other innovators to develop fun and engaging interactive tools and games that help communicate healthy lifestyle choices.— Supermarket Guru Back-to-school The Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ) has released a free Back-to-School Guide to PVC-Free School Supplies. In addition to phthalates, PVC can also contain lead, cadmium and organotins, all of which can have adverse health effects and have been linked to asthma, obesity and learning disabilities.— inhabitots Parent wellness Women who gain a lot of weight during pregnancy are more likely to have high-birth-weight babies, which may increase the children's risk of becoming obese later in life, a new study suggests.— USA Today A recent sleep survey in the UK found that parents lose an average of six months’ sleep during the first 24 months of their child’s life. According to the Silentnight survey, about 10 percent of parents only managed to get 2.5 hours of continuous sleep each night.— inhabitots The Good Men Project was launched in June and is one of a crop of new magazines…that cater to men with features about parenting, relationships, and mental health as opposed to articles about sex and sports common in some traditional men’s publications.— Boston Globe (via boston.com) Subscribe now! Subscribe to ConsumerReports.org for expert Ratings, buying advice and reliability on hundreds of products. Update your feed preferences
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Latest baby and child news headlines Marketing to children and parents “Pressure on food companies to stop marketing sugary cereals, soft drinks, and ‘junk’ foods to children seems to have worked—somewhat—and kids are seeing far fewer ads for unhealthy foods on television, according to a new study.”— MedPage Today “It's not too early to begin thinking of Millennials as parents. Evenflo—maker of child car seats and other baby products—has already begun targeting them with a new Internet campaign, ‘The Savvy Parent's Guide.’”— Marketing Daily (MediaPost) “The founders of Diapers.com … formally launched Soap.com, a new e-commerce site that enables people to buy household necessities, skin and hair care products and whatnot at competitive prices.”— TechCrunch Gadgets for parents and children “Baby Genius pre-school laptops to hit stores in spring.”— Kids Today “Pregnant women can wear a special belt around their belly called the ‘Kickbee, the Twittering fetal activity monitor.’ When her baby rocks a roundhouse, she’ll feel the little (or big) movement and so with the Kickbee, which will send an update off to Twitter or Dad-to-Be’s iPhone, bragging, ‘I kicked Mommy!’”— inhabitots Child safety “The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission voted 5 to 0 to approve proposed new mandatory standards to address the hazards posed by full-size and non-full-size cribs.”— Kids Today “Playground fun is a must-have experience of summer. However, your child’s fun may be secretly affected if he’s playing on arsenic-treated playground equipment.”— inhabitots “Going for a swim is a great way to beat the summer heat. It's also a good way to pass the time during summer vacation. But parents need to be aware that floating pool toys can end up doing more harm to a child than good.”— nbc11news.com (Grand Junction, CO) Parent and child wellness “Most people assume that having children will make them happier. Yet a wide variety of academic research shows that parents are not happier than their childless peers, and in many cases are less so.”— New York Magazine “First Lady Michelle Obama hosted her first live Web chat with AOL Health, personalizing the issue of raising healthy children by noting during the chat that her interest in the matter was rooted in her own learning experiences.”— Business Wire (via MarketWatch) “First Lady Michelle Obama’s Apps for Healthy Kids competition website just posted 95 apps that aim to encourage kids (or encourage their parents) to make healthier decisions and help curb childhood obesity.”— mobi health news “A&P has a special deal for members of the grocery chain’s Live Better! Wellness Club: free refills on prescription prenatal and children’s vitamins.”— Progressive Grocer Subscribe now! Subscribe to ConsumerReports.org for expert Ratings, buying advice and reliability on hundreds of products. Update your feed preferences
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As your baby grows and begins to progress through stages of development, one of the hardest tasks as a parent and perhaps source of costliest mistakes is deciding which activity centers and playsets to purchase for your child.
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This recall involves Baby Necessities pacifiers with a blue heart-shaped mouth guard. The pacifiers were sold four to a pack. The words “Baby Necessities” is printed on the cardboard packaging.
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My wife (and I) had been looking for a stroller upgrade, something to walk aggressively now that our little girl is 5 months old and can sit up. We looked at less expensive models from BabysrUs. We are glad we bought the BOB Revolution. Quality construction throughout and well worth the money. Not a plastic me too product, but one with excellent attention to detail. OK, here’s an example. Not only does the front wheel lock pointing straight ahead, but there is also an adjustment screw to fine tune the angle so it really points straight instead of on a slight curve. Yes, the stroller is expensive and not for everybody. But if you can afford it, you will not be disappointed. BTW, the pink stroller looks great wrapped around a little girl.
