Archive for May 3rd, 2007

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What Is A Stay-at-home Mom Worth?

Lots of mom stay at home with no pay, performing many duties and wearing many hats.
Yahoo has calculated, with over time, that a stay at home mom would receive $138,095 if she were being paid for her services.

This reflected a 3 percent raise from last year’s $134,121, according to Salary.com Inc, Waltham, Massachusetts-based [...]

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RECALL: GRACO Activity Centers Due to Choking Hazard

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of product: Soft Blocks Tower Toys (on Graco® Baby Einstein® discover and play™ Activity Centers)
Units: About 40,000
Manufacturer: Graco Children’s Products Inc., [...]

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2007

RECALL: More Kids Lead Hazard’s

There were 3 new recalls yesterday for lead hazard warnings. I think it is safe to say that parents should pass on purchasing jewelry from dollar stores and vending machines.

1. Children’s Rings with Dice or Horseshoes are being recalled. The rings contain high levels of lead. Lead is toxic if ingested by [...]

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The Amazing Little and Large Identical Twins

Byron and Lincoln Ryman were born within a minute of each other, firstborn Byron – at 3lb 6oz a small baby himself – was precisely three times bigger than his sibling.
Eleven weeks premature, both boys were given a slim chance of survival – particularly Lincoln, weighing only 1lb 2oz at birth.
But yesterday the pair, now [...]

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2007

God Made Dirt And Dirt Don’t Hurt

It has been long believed that a clean house is a healthy house, now researchers are saying that a bit of dirt helps reduce kids’ risk of developing allergies and asthma.

According to the University of Cincinnati study, early life exposure to indoor fungal molecules – the kind commonly found in carpets and on floors – [...]

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