Archive for December, 2007

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Dec
2007

Reverend Run and Wife Justine Introduce Us To Their New Daughter

US Magazine has the exclusive first shots of their newly adopted baby Miley Justine Simmons.

Reverend Run, 43, and wife Justine, 42, adopted the American-born girl (they do not know her birth mother) when she was a month old in September – exactly one year after Justine gave birth to a daughter who didn’t survive.

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Dec
2007

Yulia Volkova of t.A.T.u Welcomes Second Baby

Congratulations to Yulia Volkova, of the Russian duo t.A.T.u., on the safe arrival of her second baby.
The bands official site announced:

This morning at 6:35 AM (Moscow time) Yulia Volkova’s son was born. Weight – 3400 g,(7lbs 8oz) height – 52 cm. The birth went without any difficulties. Both mother and baby feel good.

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Dec
2007

UK Hospital Electronically Tags Newborn Babies

A maternity unit in Shropshire has found a way to monitor their babies 24-hours a day by introducing an electronic tagging system for newborns.The system was created to give parents piece of mind.

If a baby is moved from any of the unit’s “safe areas” then an alarm is sounded and the name and location of [...]

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Dec
2007

RECALL: Gap Outlet “Warmest Jacket” Boys’ Jackets Due To Entrapment Hazard

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Gap Outlet is recalling 16,200 “Warmest Jacket” Boys’ Jackets because the jackets have a waist drawstring with a toggle that could become snagged or caught in small spaces or doorways, which can pose an entrapment hazard to children.
The jackets are hooded, zip in front, and have a drawstring [...]

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Dec
2007

RECALL: Tot Tower Blocks Due To Choking Hazard

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with eeBoo Corp is recalling about 170,000 Tot Tower toy blocks because the plastic covering on the toy blocks can detach, posing a choking hazard to children.
The company has received two reports of the plastic covering detaching from the blocks and being mouthed by young children. No [...]

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Dec
2007

UK Couple Experiences Baby Joy After 8 Miscarriages

After 15 years of heartbreak and eight miscarriages, Sarah Whitman and her husband Martin have finally experienced baby joy.
Once she has miscarried 4 times, Sarah was diagnosed with antiphospholipid syndrome, where the body’s immune system thinks that the fetus is a foreign body and tries to expel it. Blood clots build up in [...]

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Dec
2007

23 Weeker Beats The Odds To be Home For Christmas

This holiday season is filled with many micro-preemies that have fought their way through the NICU in order to be home with their families this Christmas.One baby caught my attention so I thought I would share his exciting beginning.
Samuel Hugh Westcott was born at 23 weeks gestation weighing a meager 500 grams (just an ounce [...]

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Dec
2007

New Jersey To Test Moms and Babies For HIV

Last month Minnesota got mixed reviews over their newborn screening that would test infants for 54 treatable diseases. Now New Jersey are hoping make HIV testing routine for moms during their prenatal care and required for some newborns.
Once signed, this bill will put the state in the forefront of the national fight against HIV [...]

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Dec
2007

Angelina and Shiloh Out in New Orleans

Angelina Jolie and her daughter, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, were spotted walking in the French Quarter section of New Orleans, Louisiana where the family is spending the holidays.
I have got to say that I think Shiloh is one of the prettiest babies I have ever seen. Absolute cuteness!!
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Dec
2007

Dr. Phil Supports Lynn Spears

I have to admit that I think that the media has been really hard on Lynn Spears this week after OK Magazine revealed that her youngest daughter, Jamie Lynn, 16, was 12 weeks pregnant with her first child.
Being the stand up guy that he is, Dr. Phil has spoken out about his respect [...]

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Dec
2007

Baby Jesus Gets GPS

Due to a high amount of thefts, many churches, organizations and families are getting creative in their ways to keep their nativity scenes intact.
In Bal Harbour Florida the Baby Jesus will be equipped with a GPS device after a previous baby statue went missing, even though it had been bolted down.
Mary and Joseph will [...]

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Dec
2007

Surprise! Egyptian Mom Delivers Six Babies After Only Expecting ONE

Wholly Christmas surprise!! A 27-year-old Egyptian woman gave birth to sextuplets this morning after she was admitted to hospital at 32 weeks gestation.
The two boys and four girls arrived via Caesarean section at the Asiut Educational Hospital, south of Cairo. The procedure lasted two hours.
After examining her, doctors informed Zeinab Mansour she was carrying [...]

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