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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

    • Frozen Embryos Make Bigger Babies

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jul 9, 08 1:57 PM CDT

      Frozen Embryos Make Bigger Babies

      When it comes to in vitro fertilization, frozen might be better than fresh, a new study shows. Infants born after being implanted in mothers' wombs as frozen embryos were no more likely than those from fresh stock to be born with congenital defects, the BBC reports; but they were also significantly heavier, and less likely to be born prematurely. More »

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      pregnancy  • Denmark  • scientific study  • infant  • embryo  • in vitro fertilization  • human embryos

    • It's a Girl! Kidman Gives Birth

      newser  |  People  |  Jul 7, 08 2:26 PM CDT

      It's a Girl! Kidman Gives Birth

      Nicole Kidman gave birth to her first child with husband Keith Urban this morning, People reports. Sunday Rose Kidman Urban joins two siblings, Isabella, 15, and Connor, 13, from Kidman’s marriage to Tom Cruise. "Keith was by Nicole's side, and mother and baby are very well," a family friend said. "She's never been happier and healthier." More »

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      celebrity  • baby  • Nicole Kidman  • infant  • couples  • 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

    • Pregnancy Stress Ups Kid's Asthma Risk

      newser  |  Reuters  |  May 19, 08 4:12 PM CDT

      Pregnancy Stress Ups Kid's Asthma Risk

      Stress an expectant mother experiences can increase her child’s predisposition to allergies and asthma, Reuters reports. Mothers-to-be with high stress levels gave birth to babies with high levels of an immune compound involved in the allergenic response, Harvard researchers found—even when their environmental exposure to allergens was low. More »

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      pregnancy  • Harvard  • stress  • mothers  • infant  • immune system  • infants  • allergic reaction

    • 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

    • Depressed Dads Make Kids Less Literate

      newser  |  USA Today  |  May 7, 08 1:20 PM CDT

      Depressed Dads Make Kids Less Literate

      About 10% of new fathers show signs of clinical depression—a rate twice that of other men—and that can have a noticeable effect on their children, an American Psychiatric Association study finds. Sad dads interact less with their progeny, which means less bedtime reading and a smaller vocabulary by age 2, reports USA Today . More »

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      parenting  • depression  • reading  • infant  • toddler  • literacy  • fatherhood  • vocabulary

  • April 2008
  • September 2007
  • August 2007

    • Moms Warned of Codeine Risk in Breast Milk

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Aug 18, 07 8:46 AM CDT

      Moms Warned of Codeine Risk in Breast Milk

      The Federal Food and Drug Administration has warned nursing mothers using codeine to be on the lookout for any signs of unusual drowsiness in their babies. A significant number of women have a gene that can concentrate high levels of the painkiller in their breast milk. Last year, a Canadian newborn died of a morphine overdose traced to a mother with the gene. More »

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      baby  • mothers  • infant  • breast feeding  • nursing  • morphine  • breast milk

    • Identical Quads Born to Canadian Couple, in US

      newser  |  Calgary Herald  |  Aug 17, 07 6:54 AM CDT

      Identical Quads Born to Canadian Couple, in US

      A  Canadan woman delivered four identical daughters in a Montana hospital last weekend, when there were no neonatal beds for them in the local hospital in Calgary—or any other Canadian hospital. The newborns, born by C-section at 31 1/2 weeks, ranged from 2 lbs., 6 oz. to 2 lbs., 15 oz. but were able to breathe on their own and are now doing fine.  More »

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      children  • Canada  • baby  • family  • infant  • Calgary

    • ‘Baby Einstein’ Dumbs Down Toddlers

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 7, 07 12:25 PM CDT

      ‘Baby Einstein’ Dumbs Down Toddlers

      The popular “Baby Einstein” and “Brainy Baby” video series, intended to fast-track young geniuses, actually have negative educational effects, a new study concludes. Infants who watch them have smaller vocabularies than other children, the Los Angeles Times reports, For every hour per day that 8- to 16-month-olds watched the programs, they knew six to eight fewer words  than babies who didn't watch. More »

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      television  • children  • education  • baby  • American Idol  • infant

    • Babies Off Breast Milk Too Soon

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Aug 4, 07 6:50 AM CDT

      Babies Off Breast Milk Too Soon

      Almost three quarters of new mothers in the US breast feed their babies, but they are switching to formula too soon, say federal health officials. Only 30% are sticking to breast milk alone at three months, and only 11% at six months, a new survey shows. Breast milk protects infants against diseases, eczema, and childhood obesity. More »

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      health  • children  • obesity  • baby  • parents  • childhood obesity  • infant  • breast feeding  • breast milk

  • July 2007

    • Md. Cops Make Grisly Find

      newser  |  Baltimore Sun  |  Jul 30, 07 5:38 PM CDT

      Md. Cops Make Grisly Find

      Police have found the remains of three infants while searching the property of a Maryland woman charged last week with murdering her newborn baby. Two bodies were found in the Ocean City woman's bedroom and the third in a motor home in her driveway. Authorities said the bodies were not full-term and could be years old, the Baltimore Sun reports. More »

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      murder  • baby  • infant  • Maryland

  • May 2007

    • Hospitals Build 'Womb Rooms' for Preemies

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 29, 07 5:36 PM CDT

      Hospitals Build 'Womb Rooms' for Preemies

      With preterm births soaring—and tinier preemies surviving—many hospitals are redesigning their neonatal units to provide environments closer to those babies experience in utero, the New York Times reports. The new rooms are darker and quieter, and provide space for skin-to-skin contact with parents (not to speak of places for parents to sleep). More »

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      children  • baby  • family  • infant  • development  • womb  • preemies

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