Archive for September, 2006

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Sep
2006

Car Seats Safety

There are a lot of things you have to put together when you have a baby. You will spend hours assembling the high chair, swing, and crib. By far the most important thing you will install will be the car seat. Some people do not take this seriously and they should. [...]

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Sep
2006

Toys "R" Us To Carry A Guide for Differently-Abled Kids

Starting today Toys “R” Us will carry a catalog of toys for Differently-Abled Kids. Compiled by experts at the nonprofit National Lekotek Center, the guide will help parents find developmental toys for their children.
Each toy in the 52-page guide includes a detailed description of how it can be used, along with icons indicating [...]

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Sep
2006

Chic Furniture Or A Place To Feed The Baby?

This high chair is really chic looking. It is new from fleurville, the diaper bag designers. They have hired designer Yves Behar to help create an iconic design that would engage emotion and intellect.
You could almost use it more as a great piece of furniture rather than a high chair.

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Sep
2006

Cloth Diaper Trials Pt.4

So it has been a week since we switched over to cloth diapers. We do not use them exclusively because I only have 5. I really wasn’t sure whether or not I liked the brand (Kushies all-in-one) I chose so I only bought enough for a day.

Since starting with the cloth diapers I [...]

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Sep
2006

RECALL: Playskool Recalls Tool Benches After Two Toddlers Die

Playskool is voluntarily recalling about 255,000 Team Talkin? Tool Bench toys following the deaths of two young children.
Playskool received reports that a 19-month-old boy from Martinsburg, W.V., and a 2-year-old boy from League City, Texas, suffocated when oversized, plastic toy nails sold with the tool bench toys became forcefully lodged in their throats.
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Sep
2006

Organics Don’t Increase Milks Benefits

For years now, many environmental groups have been listing the benefits of organics, mainly dairy. While organics are very important for vegetables, meat, and cottons, the Foods Standard Association in the U.K. has done a study that challenges what we have been told for years.
The FSA have rejected calls from a group of [...]

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Sep
2006

I’m Getting Bigger

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Sep
2006

Baby Halloween Costumes

Halloween is just over a month away, but all of the costumes are already out in stores. I am having a terrible time finding something cute and unique for my son. He is still pretty small so I am looking at sizes for 3-6 monthers. I have to say..there is not much out there for [...]

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Sep
2006

Bumper Anyone?

When you are shopping for your new baby the best part is decorating the nursery. Most moms start with a theme and then build from there. Quite often the theme comes from the bedding.
We are all under the impression that we have to buy a big beautiful comforter to cover the [...]

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Sep
2006

RECALL: LEGO Toy Trucks Due to Puncture Hazard

LEGO is recalling about 358,000 “Explore Super Trucks.” The plastic wheels on the truck can detach, exposing a metal axle. This poses a puncture hazard to young children.
LEGO Systems, Inc. has received 10 reports of a wheel detaching. Two children received serious puncture injuries resulting from the exposed metal axle once the wheel detached. Another [...]

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Sep
2006

Update: Kidnapped Baby Found!

Good News in Missouri this morning. The 10 day old baby that was kidnapped last Friday has been returned to her parents, unharmed.

Shannon Torrez came to 21-year-old Stephanie Ochsenbine’s home in the small town of Lonedell on Friday, attacked her with a knife and left with her week-old infant, Abigale [...]

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Sep
2006

Lead Exposure and Children

Lead exposure is a serious problem for children under 6. Large amounts of lead in a child’s blood can cause brain damage, mental retardation, behavior problems, anemia, liver and kidney damage, hearing loss, hyperactivity, developmental delays, other physical and mental problems, and in extreme cases, death.
There are many ways in which humans are exposed [...]

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