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  • July 2008

    • A Dad's Quest for Mind-Expanding Music

      newser  |  Boston Globe  |  Jul 14, 08 8:20 PM CDT

      A Dad's Quest for Mind-Expanding Music

      A father brings home his newborn and ponders the CD rack: How best to develop the baby's brain? Mozart? Bach? Toddler tunes? With the stakes so high, Jeremy Eichler takes his dilemma to the experts, he writes in the Boston Globe . One tells him that infants benefit from tricky rhythms, so Eichler tosses on Bulgarian wedding music at home. The boy's face lights up. Is he onto something? More »

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      music  • baby  • babies  • infant  • child development

    • Cruises Welcome Kidman's Kid

      newser  |  People  |  Jul 11, 08 11:34 AM CDT

      Cruises Welcome Kidman's Kid

      Tom Cruise’s clan sent a huge baby gift basket to his ex-wife Nicole Kidman in celebration of the birth of her daughter Sunday Rose, People reports. Contrary to reports that Cruise filled Kidman's Nashville hospital room with flowers, he and his brood—including their two kids together—sent the tot luxury chenille blankets and items from the Hermes baby line. More »

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      Tom Cruise  • celebrity parents  • babies  • Nicole Kidman  • Katie Holmes  • big gifts  • Keith Urban

    • Brangelina Twins Weeks Away

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 2, 08 12:39 PM CDT

      Brangelina Twins Weeks Away

      Angelina Jolie's doctor says her twins may take a few more weeks to arrive. Dr. Michael Sussmann says the 33-year-old actress, who is in a hospital on the French Riviera, is doing fine. Asked when Jolie is expected to have her twins, Sussmann replied, "I can't give you a date. Let's say the birth will happen in the weeks to come." More »

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      France  • Angelina Jolie  • Brad Pitt  • twins  • babies  • infant  • French Riviera  • Brangelina

  • June 2008

    • 45 Reasons to Have a Kid. ASAP

      newser  |  Babble  |  Jun 5, 08 2:38 PM CDT

      45 Reasons to Have a Kid. ASAP

      If you're planning on having a kid at some point then now's the perfect time, advises Babble , which lists 45 reasons to produce a curtain-climber without delay. Here are the top 5: Halvies: Unlike the old days, fathers are expected to do half the dirty work like changing diapers Your inner kid: Having a baby is a great excuse to throw on classic kids' shows on DVD, like Sesame Street and Schoolhouse Rock More »

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      children  • parenting  • babies  • infant

  • May 2008

    • Split Twin Sues Hospital After Fluke Meeting 28 Years Later

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  May 28, 08 7:15 AM CDT

      Split Twin Sues Hospital After Fluke Meeting 28 Years Later

      An identical twin separated at birth from her sister in a hospital mix-up and reunited by a fluke 28 years later is suing Spanish health authorities, reports the Times of London. The mistake didn't come to light until one of the sisters walked into a shop run by a friend of the other. The friend, startled when the woman snubbed her, realized she was a twin and arranged for the sisters to meet. More »

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      Spain  • twins  • babies  • siblings

    • Smaller Babies Become Hostile Adults: Study

      newser  |  Reuters  |  May 13, 08 6:16 AM CDT

      Smaller Babies Become Hostile Adults: Study

      New research has linked low birth weight and slow growth in childhood to increased levels of hostility in adults, Reuters reports. Researchers also discovered that the higher levels of aggression were linked to health trouble, including coronary problems, type 2 diabetes and earlier death. The levels of hostility appeared unconnected to any other factors like gender, number of siblings or educational level. More »

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      medical research  • babies  • weight  • infant  • prenatal care  • child development  • body mass index

    • Imprisoned Moms Are Keeping Kids

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 10, 08 7:23 PM CDT

      Imprisoned Moms Are Keeping Kids

      More states are imprisoning babies, and moms couldn't be happier: Prisons nationwide are allowing incarcerated mothers to keep their little ones, the AP reports. Opponents of the practice say the kids may be traumatized, but one researcher found that “the outcomes are promising, if the prison nursery programs have the appropriate resources.” More »

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      New York  • prison  • Ohio  • jail  • Indiana  • babies  • mothers  • newborn  • inmates

    • Celebrity-Mad Moms Shell Out for Designer Baby Duds

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  May 10, 08 1:24 PM CDT

      Celebrity-Mad Moms Shell Out for Designer Baby Duds

      Sales of designer baby clothes are booming as parents keep a close eye on what the offspring of the famous are wearing, the Wall Street Journal reports. Stores are getting cleaned out of outfits after pics appear of a celebrity tot like Suri Cruise wearing them. More »

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      celebrity  • fashion  • baby  • babies  • clothes  • Suri Cruise  • children's clothes

    • Breastfeeding May Boost IQs of Kids

      newser  |  WebMD  |  May 6, 08 2:03 PM CDT

      Breastfeeding May Boost IQs of Kids

      Kids who are breastfed tend to be smarter than their formula-fed peers, a major new study says. At age 6, children who were breastfed longer scored higher on IQ tests, though researchers couldn't say whether it was the breast milk itself or stronger interaction with mothers that caused the modest gains. The study in Belarus followed 14,000 children, WebMD reports. More »

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      parenting  • women's health  • babies  • breast feeding

  • April 2008
  • March 2008

    • J.Lo Names Her Twins: Max and Emme

      newser  |  E! Online  |  Mar 1, 08 1:43 PM CST

      J.Lo Names Her Twins: Max and Emme

      Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony have lifted the lid on their newborn twins' names: Max and Emme. The celebrity couple declined to make the names public after the boy and girl were born Feb. 22 at a Long Island hospital. The new arrivals are now home safe and sound, E! Online reports. They are J.Lo's first children, while Anthony has three from two previous relationships. More »

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      celebrity  • children  • celebrity pregnancy  • twins  • babies  • name  • Marc Anthony  • J.Lo

  • February 2008

    • And Baby Makes ... Too Many?

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Feb 19, 08 12:01 PM CST

      And Baby Makes ... Too Many?

      Fertility doctors are beginning to wonder whether they're too successful. With in vitro fertilization prompting a 70% increase in the rate of multiple births since 1980, some are espousing a switch to single-embryo transfer. The procedure lowers the success rate but also lowers the rate of multiple births, with their attendant health risks, the New York Times reports. More »

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      pregnancy  • twins  • babies  • fertility  • embryo  • in vitro fertilization  • fertility treatment

    • No Booze for You, Baby

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Feb 12, 08 7:07 PM CST

      No Booze for You, Baby

      A mellow Brooklyn watering hole has recently banned an unlikely irritant: babies. Gen-X parents in New York, Philly, and DC are rolling their strollers into bars, the New York Times reports, and response has been vocal, with thirsty young moms and their childless counterparts waging a spirited Web war over babies in bars. More »

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      New York City  • babies  • smoking ban  • Generation X  • bars  • strollers  • new parents

    • Baby Products Expose Infants to Chemicals

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Feb 4, 08 4:29 PM CST

      Baby Products Expose Infants to Chemicals

      Common baby products may be exposing infants to dangerous chemicals called phthalates, a new study shows. The presence of the substances in infants' urine was linked with the use of baby lotions, powder, and shampoo. Experts don't know the long-term health consequences, but "there is a large body of animal studies to suggest developmental and reproductive toxicity" from phthalates, a doctor tells Reuters. More »

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      health  • health study  • babies  • infants  • phthalates

  • January 2008

    • Ditch Cold Meds for Tots: FDA

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jan 17, 08 6:04 AM CST

      Ditch Cold Meds for Tots: FDA

      Although cold and cough medicine manufacturers pulled their baby and toddler lines off the shelves in October, the FDA is issuing an official advisory today to warn parents of the risk of giving any such remedies to children under 2. The government worries that uninformed parents are simply dosing their sniffly little ones with old medicines still in their home or products aimed at older kids, AP reports. More »

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      FDA  • babies  • overdose  • cold medicine  • infants  • cough medicine

    • Nicole Richie Gives Birth to Baby Girl

      newser  |  People  |  Jan 12, 08 3:38 PM CST

      Nicole Richie Gives Birth to Baby Girl

      Wild child Nicole Richie gave birth to a child of her own yesterday, People reports, as she and Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden welcomed a baby girl into the world in a Los Angeles hospital. Just down the hall, Christina Aguilera, Courtney Thorne-Smith, and David Allen Grier’s wife were all having babies of their own in a day of celebrity births. More »

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      celebrity  • pregnancy  • Paris Hilton  • gossip  • babies  • Nicole Richie  • Christina Aguilera

  • December 2007

    • Laughing Tots Make TV Debut

      newser  |  Slate  |  Dec 31, 07 5:34 PM CST

      Laughing Tots Make TV Debut

      Babies with belly-laughs are the darlings of YouTube—one video has been seen by more than 35 million viewers—and now AIG is deploying them to sell financial instruments. Slate finds the AIG giggling-baby campaign instructive of what works and what doesn't in adapting YouTube videos to TV. For one thing, the ad co-opts a whole genre, not a single beloved video—which risks backlash. More »

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      YouTube  • advertising  • babies  • AIG  • BMW

    • South Korea Bounces Reign of Baby Boys

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Dec 23, 07 10:10 AM CST

      South Korea Bounces Reign of Baby Boys

      Shedding an age-old preference for sons, South Korea has in the last two decades become the first Asian country to reverse a large sex imbalance at birth. A radical shift in Koreans' attitude toward female babies—and toward working women—has brought down the rate of sex-selection abortion, the New York Times reports. More »

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      China  • India  • South Korea  • abortion  • babies  • gender discrimination  • birth rate

    • US Fertility Rate Bounces to Boom Levels

      newser  |  USA Today  |  Dec 20, 07 4:41 AM CST

      US Fertility Rate Bounces to Boom Levels

      Americans are having more babies than at any time since 1971, USA Today reports. The fertility rate hit an average of 2.1 babies for every woman in 2006, the highest since just before the Baby Boom ended. The rise in fertility puts America apart from other developed countries, many of which are trying to cajole their people into having more babies to replace aging populations. More »

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      America  • babies  • fertility  • population  • demographics  • baby boom

    • Bigger Babies Become Happier Adults

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Dec 4, 07 5:46 AM CST

      Bigger Babies Become Happier Adults

      A new study links the size of a baby at birth with its happiness later in life, Reuters reports. Researchers found that adults suffering depression or anxiety were more likely to have weighed less at birth, according to a study in the journal Biological Psychiatry. "As birth weight progressively decreases, it's more likely that an individual will suffer from mood disorders," said the lead researcher. More »

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      pregnancy  • medical research  • mental health  • babies

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