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baby stories: 193 news summaries

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 Miss. Baby OK After 
 Spin in Washing Machine 

7-month-old Valle Hernandez on the mend after mishap

Nov 16, 09 4:02 PM CST
(Newser) - A Mississippi infant is out of the hospital and on the mend after accidentally going for a terrifying ride in a washing machine. Seven-month-old Valle Hernandez wound up inside a front-loading machine—apparently with an assist from his 4-year-old brother—and his mother started the machine before noticing him, reports... More »

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baby • Mississippi • washing machine • laundry • baby washing machine • Valle Hernandez

OPINION



 Daughters 
 Are Great, 
 But ... 

Retro preference for sons is alive and well

Nov 16, 09 1:57 PM CST
(Newser) - Aaron Traister is thrilled to have a daughter—“I was just as excited about my daughter as I was about my son,” he writes. “And she's even better out of the belly.” But the nagging preference for male children in our society has him doubting his... More »

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gender • pregnancy • fatherhood • parenting • parents • baby • female • girls • daughter • gender bias • cultural preference for male children

Wah!

 Even Babies Are Airbrushed 

Babies subject to the tyranny of Photoshop, too

Nov 16, 09 8:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Even babies can't meet the media-industrial complex's exacting standards: Baby photos are airbrushed before making their way to magazines, to tweak skin tone, swap eye color, and airbrush fat lines and creases, reports the Daily Telegraph . While many are riled, to some, this is not news: "You kind... More »

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baby • Photoshop • digital retouching • babies • airbrush

 Today's Hot 
 Dieting Tool: 
 Breast Feeding 

Study shows breastfeeding women slim faster

Nov 12, 09 3:03 PM CST
(Newser) - It's not the most PC thing to admit, but more and more moms are jumping on the breast-feeding wagon for the love of their...waist, reports Catherine Saint Louis for the New York Times. "For those incredibly shrinking women, the time they nurse is precious not only for its... More »

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pregnancy • weight loss • mothers • baby • breast feeding • scientific study • medical study

Babies Cry in Their Parents' Language

Within 3 days, French, German infants wail differently

Nov 7, 09 5:04 AM CST
(Newser) - It’s apparently possible for a baby to cry in French. Within three days of birth, babies begin to pick up the accent of their parents, according to a study. Researchers analyzed 60 newborns—half French, half German—and discovered that soon the French babies took on a specific cry,... More »

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baby • accent • child development • babies

Missing Baby Found Alive Under Bed

Babysitter, parents to
be charged in Fla.
girl's disappearance

Nov 5, 09 4:06 AM CST
(Newser) - A 7-month old Florida baby reported missing 5 days ago has been found alive in a box under her babysitter's bed. Search teams spent days looking for Shannon Dedrick in the woodland around her family's trailer. Police plan to file charges against Dedrick's mother, her husband, and the babysitter, AP... More »

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Florida • baby • missing child • babysitter • Shannon Dedrick

 Mel Gibson's a Dad for 8th Time 

Actor, fiancée have a new daughter

Nov 1, 09 3:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Mel Gibson became a father for the eighth time on Friday, when fiancée Oksana Grigorieva had a baby girl. The child is the second for Grigorieva, who has a son with actor Timothy Dalton. The mother of Gibson's other children is his wife of 29 years, Robyn, who filed... More »

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entertainment • baby • Mel Gibson • celebrity divorces • celebrity engagements • celebrity parents • celebrity baby • Robyn Gibson • celebrity breakup • Oksana Grigorieva • Timothy Dalton

 Hasselbeck Returns to View, Talks Nipple

Elisabeth accidentally sent racy photo of baby, cleavage to family

Oct 19, 09 1:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Elisabeth Hasselbeck was back from maternity leave and in her old form this morning on The View, chatting amicably with Whoopi and company about Rush Limbaugh, David Letterman—and her nipple. That’s right, Hasselbeck showed off a photo of her baby, and told an anecdote of a far... More »

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The View • nipple slip • baby • Elisabeth Hasselbeck • nipples

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Baby in Stroller Survives Train Collision

Australia video is going viral

Oct 16, 09 5:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Step aside, balloon boy. Today's endangered child in the news involves a baby in a stroller who somehow escapes with only minor injuries after rolling in front of a train. The video from Australia is quickly going viral. It shows the baby's mom losing track for a second as the... More »

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baby • train • viral video • strollers

 'Obese' 4-Month-Old 
 Denied Insurance 

Nursing infant outside norms for age; 'absurd,' cry parents

Oct 12, 09 2:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Colorado couple is baffled that their baby has been denied health insurance coverage because of a preexisting condition: obesity. “I could understand if we could control what he's eating,” says the boy’s father. “But he's 4 months old. He's breast-feeding. We can't put him on... More »

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obesity • childhood obesity • obesity epidemic • baby • infant • breast feeding • health care reform • health insurance industry • policy • underwriting • Alex Lange

 Conn. Ad Aims 
 to Curb Underage 
 Drinking Early 

Billboard featuring baby, beer bottle draws some attention

Oct 6, 09 7:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Connecticut health authorities are using a tried-and-true advertising technique to get their point across: use a baby. What’s got people talking, though, is that the baby is in an anti-underage-drinking billboard, and is being given a sip from a beer bottle. The photo of the baby is paired with... More »

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advertising • beer • Connecticut • baby • underage drinking • NBC Local

 Infant Killed 
 in LA Gang 
 Shooting 

Baby boy killed as he's fed in a parked car

Sep 28, 09 3:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 4-month-old baby boy was fatally wounded in a gang confrontation as he was being fed in a parked car in Los Angeles, police said. Andrew Garcia was rushed to a local hospital where he died. A pregnant family friend who was feeding Andrew was wounded. A teen with criminal... More »

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crime • murder • gangs • Los Angeles • baby • infant • shooting

(AP) - The biological parents of a baby boy born to a woman implanted with the wrong embryo say they will remain "eternally grateful" for her decision to turn the baby over to them. The Toledo woman gave birth to a health baby boy this week after a fertility clinic mistakenly... More »

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baby • embryo • birth • fertility clinic

(Newser) - Ellen Pompeo and Sarah Michelle Prinze (neé Geller) have each popped out their respective bundles of joy. Pompeo and hubby Chris Ivery actually welcomed their girl, the unfortunately named Stella Luna Pompeo Ivery, into the world last Tuesday, but managed to keep it secret, Perez Hilton reports. Sarah Michelle and... More »

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baby • celebrity pregnancy • Sarah Michelle Gellar • celebrity baby • Ellen Pompeo • Chris Ivery • Freddie Prinze Jr.

(Newser) - If you’ve had a few kids, you know that you don’t need half of the baby products littering the shelves of Babies “R” Us, but new parents are easy prey for marketers. Brad Tuttle offers a list of the silliest, most useless crap in Time:
... More »

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parenting • shopping • list • baby • babies

Yemeni Child Bride, 12,
Dies in Childbirth

Girl forced to marry 24-year-old dies after three days in labor

Sep 15, 09 3:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - A pregnant 12-year-old Yemeni girl has died after three days of excruciating labor that also claimed her baby, a human rights group tells CNN. Fawziya Ammodi's poverty-stricken family forced her to drop out of school last year to marry a 24-year-old man. More than half of Yemeni girls are married... More »

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human rights • children • baby • childbirth • Yemen • human rights abuse • child rape • child brides

 Demi, 46, Wants 
 Baby With Ashton 

Mom of three is almost 47

Sep 4, 09 9:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Demi Moore is almost 47, but that doesn't mean her baby-making days are over. The actress and mom of three says she wants to have a child with 31-year-old hubby Ashton Kutcher, the Sun reports. "Why not? Everything is possible," she says. "We have so much to... More »

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entertainment • baby • Ashton Kutcher • Demi Moore • celebrity marriage

Swedish Dad Aims to Make His Own Breast Milk

Man hopes to be able to suckle future kids; plans to pump his breasts for months

Sep 3, 09 9:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Swedish father is attempting to defy convention—and millions of years of mammalian evolution—by producing his own breast milk, the Local reports. Ragnar Bengtsson, whose 2-year-old son won't be taking part in the experiment, plans to stimulate his breasts with a pump at 3-hour intervals every day... More »

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baby • Sweden • breast feeding • breast milk • father • breast pump

COMMENTARY

 Why Facebook Booted My Baby 


Aug 21, 09 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Joel Stein’s 3-month-old son Laszlo wasn’t a model Facebook citizen—“he threatened to pee on some, cut others,” and would routinely comment “I’d hit that” on other babies’ photos—but that’s no reason to kick him off the site, right? Turns out Baby... More »

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social networking • Internet • Facebook • humor • baby • Joel Stein • terms of service • underage

(Newser) - In what was either a miracle or a grievous hospital error, a Paraguayan man found his baby son alive inside his coffin hours after he was pronounced dead, the Daily Telegraph reports. Jose Alvarenga was told that his prematurely born son had died shortly after birth, and the coffin... More »

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Paraguay • baby • miracle

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