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baby stories: 193 news summaries

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'Obsessed' Octuplet Mom Wanted 'One More Girl'

Grandmom: 'Obviously she overdid herself'

Jan 31, 09 10:32 AM CST
(Newser) - The California mother of octuplets “is obsessed with children” and wanted “just one more girl” even though she already had six kids, her mother told the Los Angeles Times. The 33-year-old divorcee “is very good with children, but obviously she overdid herself,” said her mother, who... More »

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 Octuplets' Mom 
 Already Has 6 
 Kids at Home 

She lives with parents; babies' grandpa plans to return to work

Jan 30, 09 3:37 AM CST
(Newser) - The California woman who gave birth to octuplets last week already has six kids at home, and never expected that fertility treatment would leave her with a brood of 14, her mother tells the Los Angeles Times. The woman declined the option of having any of the embryos selectively removed... More »

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mothers • baby • infants • multiple births • octuplets • fertility drugs • Nadya Suleman

 Babies Ready 
 to Rock at Birth 

Infants can perceive rhythmic regularity

Jan 27, 09 8:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Babies are born ready to get in the groove, a new study suggests. Researchers played repetitive rock beats for infants, and when “metrically-unimportant” aspects of the music were absent, the babies’ auditory activity didn’t change much. But if there was a shift in the rhythm—for instance, if... More »

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music • study • brain • baby • perception • rhythm

Details Emerge on Belgian
Baby Killer

Thousands march to honor dead; worker praised as a hero

Jan 25, 09 5:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Details of a Belgian daycare stabbing spree emerged today as thousands marched to honor three dead and 12 wounded in the attack, the Telegraph and AP report. A photo has surfaced of suspect Kim de Gelder, a loner who sniggered during police questioning and refused to cooperate. Police believe he... More »

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Belgium • crime • baby • toddler • stabbing • daycare • killings • weapons

GLOSSIES

Breast May Be Best, But Pumps Get All the Attention

Companies praised for allowing women to pump ... but contact has no substitute

Jan 12, 09 3:54 PM CST
(Newser) - The push for regulations that give US moms a place and time to pump their breast milk overlooks a major part of the age-old breast-feeding debate, Jill Lepore writes in the New Yorker. “Is it the mother, or her milk, that matters more to the baby?” Lepore asks. High-tech... More »

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baby bottle • baby • breast feeding • breast milk • working mothers • maternity leave • breast pump

UK Mom Gives Birth 2 Days After Brain Dies

Docs kept ice skater's
heart beating after
hemorrhage

Jan 12, 09 10:29 AM CST
(Newser) - A woman in the UK gave birth 2 days after dying of a brain hemorrhage, the Daily Mail reports. Jayne Soliman was declared brain dead a few hours after collapsing, just 25 weeks into her pregnancy, but the hospital kept her heart beating until her daughter could be delivered by... More »

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(Newser) - Doctors and parents often schedule elective C-sections too early, raising the risk of health problems for the baby, USA Today reports. Nearly one in four such Caesarians occur before the recommended 39th week of pregnancy, a new study shows. It makes a difference: Babies delivered by elective C-section at 37... More »

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(Newser) - Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck have a new baby girl, E! reports. No details, but both mother and child are doing well, said a spokesman. The new addition is the second child for the celeb parents, both 36—little Violet came along three years ago. "She's probably the best... More »

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New Maternity Leave Means Bring Your
Kids to Work

Firms go ga-ga over not losing mom for months

Jan 4, 09 6:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Every day can be bring-your-child-to-work day, the New York Times reports, as more companies are allowing parents to bring their babies into the office. The move helps moms and dads dodge the financial hit of parental leave while simultaneously spending time with their kids. “I have not heard anyone... More »

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parenting • work • children • parents • baby • office • working mothers • maternity leave

 Baby Born on 
 Transatlantic Flight 

Passengers cheer as Boston-bound flight gets an extra passenger

Jan 1, 09 7:48 AM CST
(Newser) - Passengers on a Boston-bound plane from Amsterdam got a New Year's surprise when a woman on board went into labor, the Boston Herald reports. Two doctors on the flight informed the pilot that the baby would come before the aircraft could make an emergency landing. Passengers cheered after the woman... More »

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flight • Northwest Airlines • baby • birth • plane • Uganda • airplane

People Denies Buying
 Bristol Palin's Baby Pix

Magazine had conversations, no deal

Dec 31, 08 2:45 PM CST
(Newser) - People magazine has denied it paid Bristol Palin $300,000 for the first pictures of her newborn son, the AP reports. Contrary to an MSNBC report yesterday, People’s managing editor said that the magazine had been in talks with the Palins but that no deal had been made. "... More »

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MSNBC • baby • celebrity • People Magazine • Sarah Palin • Bristol Palin

 Bristol Baby Pics Score $300K 

Price went up when grandma got arrested

Dec 30, 08 7:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston are unwed teen parents—and about to make enough money to buy her mom’s campaign wardrobe twice over by selling the first pics of new son Tripp, MSNBC reports. Bidding among the celeb weeklies began at $100,000, with People winning out. The couple's... More »

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(Newser) - Sarah Palin's teenage daughter Bristol gave birth to a 7 lb., 4 oz. baby boy in Alaska yesterday, People reports. Bristol and baby daddy Levi Johnston named the child Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston, the sister of Bristol's grandmother said. "We think it's wonderful," she said. "The baby... More »

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 Facebook Moms 
 Protest Breast Ban 

Breast feeding not obscene, angry group declares

Dec 22, 08 6:56 AM CST
(Newser) - A 58,000-strong Facebook group plans to protest the site's ban on breast feeding photos through, er, Facebook. Cyber-organizers are asking users to temporarily swap their profile photos this weekend for breastfeeding pictures banned by the Facebook policy, reports the New York Daily News. The revolt started when the networking... More »

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Facebook • mothers • baby • obscenity • breast feeding • ban • Internet censorship

 Mom Gives Birth to Baby No. 18 

'I like to snuggle,' says Arkansas woman

Dec 19, 08 4:14 AM CST
(Newser) - And you thought Angelina Jolie had a lot of kids. An Arkansas mom has just given birth to her 18th. The baby, Jordyn-Grace Makiya, joins a crowd of sibs with names that start with the letter J and star in the TLC series 17 Kids & Counting. The spree began... More »

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pregnancy • families • parenting • mothers • baby • teen pregnancy • large families • TLC

(Newser) - Dennis Quaid and his wife have settled for $750,000 with a Los Angeles hospital that accidentally overdosed their newborns on a blood-thinning drug last year, People reports. The twins, who fought for their lives after receiving Heparin, are now in good health, giving the story what Quaid called a... More »

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Forget Paris: Baby Names
Go Traditional
in Glum '08

Except, of course,
for crazy celebs

Dec 7, 08 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - With doom and gloom dominating this year's headlines, new parents scratched Paris like a rotten Apple from the baby-name book in favor of more traditional monikers for their bundles of joy, Reuters reports. Individuality and moxie were shoved aside as classics like Jacob and Emma re-took the top of the... More »

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parents • baby • celebrity parents • Bronx Mowgli Wentz • baby name

(Newser) - Modern moms are more likely to sing their babies to sleep with pop songs than with classic lullabies, the BBC reports. For two-thirds of mothers, "Rock-a-Bye-Baby" and its ilk take a back seat to songs such as "Take That" by Patience or "I Kissed a Girl" by... More »

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Forward-Facing Strollers Have Backward Effect

Heart rates, stress levels rise in infants who can't see parents

Nov 21, 08 4:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Parents who place babies in forward-facing strollers could be harming their child’s development, a study suggests. Infants in carriages who were not turned toward their caregivers were less likely to sleep, laugh, or interact with them, the Telegraph reports. The study also found that babies in away-facing carriages have... More »

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study • parents • stress • baby • infants • strollers

 Ashlee Welcomes Baby Bronx 

Singer and son are doing well

Nov 21, 08 7:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Ashlee Simpson-Wentz gave birth to a baby boy last night, People reports, and the family is healthy and happy. Pete Wentz once said “you've gotta have a baby with a name that could be a rock star or a senator,” so what did the couple ultimately choose? Bronx... More »

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baby • celebrity • Pete Wentz • Fall Out Boy • Ashlee Simpson • celebrity baby • baby name

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