Baby Shower

Tori Prepares For Motherhood With Baby Shower

2007-02-08T02:06:00.000-08:00

Los Angeles, CA (AHN) - While baby showers are usually reserved for just female friends of the mommy-to-be, Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott welcomed both genders to their pre-baby party, ensuring their unborn son was surrounded by men. Spelling, who is due in April, revealed to PEOPLE she plans to name her first born after her late father, Aaron. McDermott, who has a son from a previous marriage, said, "We're so excited to share this special time with our friends. We can't wait to meet the little man. We feel him kicking all the time and we're so eager to finally see him." While the "Beverly Hills: 90210" star's mother, Candy, was not in attendance after a bitter falling out, former co-stars Jennie Garth and Loni Anderson showered the blonde with gifts.

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Babies conceived in spring more likely born preterm

2007-02-06T02:08:00.000-08:00

Children conceived in the spring are more likely to be born preterm than those conceived at other times of the year, according to a new analysis. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh reported that women conceiving in the summer had the lowest rate of preterm birth, 8.4 percent, with rates steadily rising for those who conceived in the fall (8.8 percent), winter (9.1 percent) and spring (9.2 percent). They presented their findings yesterday before a meeting of the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine being held this week in San Francisco. More than 500,000 babies are born too soon in the United States each year, and the preterm birth rate has increased by more than 30 percent since 1981. Babies who survive face a higher risk of cerebral palsy, mental retardation, chronic lung disease, vision and hearing loss as well as other developmental problems.

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Celebrating the gift of life with baby shower and friendship

2007-02-04T02:06:00.000-08:00

The baby shower on Sunday for Cindy Cunningham was attended by many area ladies. The shower was hosted by Jane Crone. The theme was nursery rhymes. Table decorations included story books and stuffed animals. As each guests' gift was opened, they were given a line from a nursery rhyme and then had to guess the title. Each lady was also encouraged to share stories from when they first met Cindy. Refreshments included angel food cake with pink icing, and cheesecake. Social Notes Happy Birthday balloons this week go to: Amber Sims and Kindle Rhea Feb. 1, Syler Balay Feb. 2, Carson Kennedy Feb. 3 and Derrick Edwards and Megan Elliott Feb. 6. Those on the illness list include: Carole Snyder, Charlie McKee, Patty Ratts, and Jim Baker. Mt Pleasant Church at Hall Sunday worship services began with the prelude played by Joe Clymer and Dixie Kivett.

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Hong Kong govt wants more babies

2007-02-02T02:07:00.000-08:00

Hong Kong (dpa) - Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang said Friday he will offer tax incentives to encourage people to have bigger families to tackle a looming population crisis in the former British colony. Hong Kong, a city of 6.8 million, has one of the world's lowest birth rates with an average of only 0.9 babies per woman, down from nearly three children in the early 1980s. The wealthy territory now faces an acute labour shortage and a rapidly ageing population as couples worried about the high cost of raising children opt to marry late and have one or no children. Speaking to the election committee on the second day of his campaign for a second term as chief executive, Tsang said Friday he would bring in tax incentives to encourage people to have bigger families. Beijing-appointed Tsang also said he would, if re-elected, seek to attract more talented students from mainland China to study and seek jobs in Hong Kong to make up for the shortage of home-grown graduates.

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Health, wellness exhibits sought for baby shower

2007-01-31T02:06:00.000-08:00

EXHIBITORS ARE BEING SOUGHT FOR THE 10TH ANNUAL WORLD'S GREATEST BABY SHOWER ON MAY 19 AT ST. JOAN OF ARC CATHOLIC CHURCH, 13485 SPRING HILL DRIVE. THE FREE EVENT, FILLED WITH HEALTH AND WELLNESS INFORMATION, IS FOR EXPECTANT AND NEW PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF BABIES THROUGH 12 MONTHS. IT ALSO INCLUDES GIFTS, DOOR PRIZES AND REFRESHMENTS. THOSE INTERESTED IN HAVING AN EXHIBIT MAY CALL CHRISTINE DYAL WITH CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AT 754-5068, EXT. 211. Today's pick "Who We Are and What We Do": 7 to 8 p.m., Coast Guard Auxiliary, 4340 Calienta St., Hernando Beach. Free. Charlie McCaffrey, 597-8136. Public meeting Hernando County School Board: Workshop on rezoning for district schools, 4:30 p.m. today, Hernando County School Bus Compound, 3339 California St., south of Brooksville.

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Drew Barrymore Reportedly Didn't Want Babies With Ex-Boyfriend

2007-01-29T02:07:00.000-08:00

Los Angeles, CA (BANG) - Drew Barrymore has always been a free spirit and it isn't now that she's going to change her ways and settle down. It has been claimed that Drew was dumped by Fabrizio Moretti because she didn't want to get married The "Charlie's Angels" star was reported to have ended her four-and-a-half year relationship with The Strokes drummer, but his friends say it was him who did the dumping. A source told The National Enquirer, "Fabrizio got tired of waiting for Drew to decide about marriage. She wasn't sure if she wanted to have kids. She has been making a documentary about her troubled family and has been haunted by a family history plagued with mental illness and addiction ever since she started the project. The source added, "She was scared her children might inherit some of the problems.

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Clearly Charming Baby Bottle - Blue Custom Italian Charm Bracelet Link

2007-01-23T02:11:00.000-08:00

This is a perfect charm to show off your new little angel or as a gift to the happy mother or family member. The process is simple and easy! You specify the name that you would like to appear on your new baby custom charm. The font and color scheme are as shown on the sample. The name you select will appear beside the baby bottle. Names up to 8 letters long (6 or fewer are best) will be accepted. Contact us if you have a longer name and we can make a superlink charm for you. Email you your order number and the name you would like on the charm to info@clearlycharming.com. Please allow 1-2 weeks for processing this custom charm. We will notify you when the charm ships. The charm is on a metal stainless steel base and 9mm (medium size). Commemorate special occasions, capture memorable moments, or simply show off your new family member by creating your own original Italian charm bracelet. Add Clearly Charming premium quality interlocking modular Italian charm links to your Italian Charm Bracelet and create your own memory bracelet.

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Local Christian radio station sponsors baby shower benefitting ...

2007-01-23T02:09:00.000-08:00

The World's Largest Diaper Shower is again in swing, collecting donated baby items for East Texas moms who need a helping hand with the precious new lives in their care. "The shower is a way of reaching out with the love of Christ to a young woman you may never know," stated Deanna Still, executive director of the Heartbeat Pregnancy Center in Nacogdoches, in a KSWP/KAVX Radio press release last week. .

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Library offers time for babies

2007-01-21T02:08:00.000-08:00

Or, parents have become more conscious of the importance of early literacy, said Andrea Clinkenbeard, childrens librarian at the Iowa City Public Library. She said belief in early learning explains the popularity of the librarys Book Babies Series, a lapsit program for babies 6 to 18 months old, that started this month. I think the earlier children are introduced to literacy, it helps with their love of reading and books, Clinkenbeard said. Running through January, the librarys Baby Book series invites parents and their babies to attend a story time session formatted very differently from typical sessions. Instead of just reading to their babies, parents become involved through other interactive tools, such as songs, nursery rhymes and finger-puppet plays. A librarian also is present to provide instructions to parents.

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A shower of miracles for Baby Gunnar

2007-01-19T02:08:00.000-08:00

Editor's Note: The following story was originally published in the Northstar Catholic newspaper. It is being provided here by the author.His arrival into this world was anything but smooth. In fact, Vincent Gunnar Persson Castro's entrance to this world was quite tumultuous. From the moment he drew his first breath as a newborn, he had to fight for dear life. While still in his mother's tummy, Hilma had some complications with her pregnancy. When it came time for his birth, his mother was induced for labor but this proved unsuccessful. When delivery time finally came, it was not without a painful and lengthy labor before he was finally born. And even after his birth, he was fed intravenously as he could not even suckle his mom's breast milk. For the first seven days of his new existence, his life was in the balance as he awaited a much-needed surgery.

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Kissing babies is out on the NSW hustings

2007-01-17T02:09:00.000-08:00

In their keenness to regulate everything, there are new rules for candidates in the Premier State. The new Candidates Handbook tells how under the Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Amendment (Child S-xual Offences Disclosures) Act 2006 requires all candidates have to make some minor declarations – whether they have been convicted of the murder of a child or a child s-xual offence. .

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Baby Shower for Jesus to aid Manteca nonprofit

2007-01-15T02:10:00.000-08:00

MANTECA — Many say that Jesus is the reason for the season, but he was also the catalyst for a donation drive to benefit babies in the community. St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church held its annual Baby Shower for Jesus at Christmas event during all Sunday Masses last weekend, with the offerings going to Pregnancy Help Center in Manteca. During the offertories, parishioners brought gift-wrapped goodies for babies, cash and checks to a Nativity setting — minus the baby Jesus — at the foot of the altar. The idea started when Sister Ann Venita Britto F.C. moved to the Manteca parish from St. George's in Stockton. She talked with the pastor about an event the community could get behind and celebrate Jesus' birth "just like (that of) a regular baby." "It made a lot of sense to give these items to a group that works with babies," she said.

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Cold Medicine Warning for Babies

2007-01-13T02:07:00.000-08:00

A warning for parents to see a doctor before giving over the counter cough and cold remedies to children under two-years-old. [More] Over a two-year period according to the Centers for Disease Control, the drugs landed 15-hundred babies in emergency rooms and were connected to three-deaths. Warnings about babies and cold medicine first surfaced in 1997. A prominent New York pediatrician says, "The medications have a greater potential for harm than the infections you are trying to treat." Stay with 8NEWS for updates. Copyright 2007 by Young Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. .

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Miracle babies expensive

2007-01-11T02:07:00.000-08:00

And society ends up paying the astronomical medical costs of caring for both mom and babies, both pre- and post-delivery, he adds. If IVF was publicly funded, permitting only one embryo at a time to be implanted, it would be cheaper than the current medical costs resulting from multiple births, Pierson says. Consider that the B.C. sextuplets are so premature they could be in hospital for several months at a cost of $1,000 to $2,000 per child per day. Before they even leave the hospital, these tiny miracle kids could cost the health-care system $1 million. And some of them might not even survive. That money could fund IVF treatment for dozens of infertile couples. Both Pierson and Hanck are convinced it's time the provinces covered assisted reproductive technologies.

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Giving Blood for Babies

2007-01-09T02:08:00.000-08:00

"If it'd help them live," said Great Uncle Junior Hastings, "I'd give." A fitting slogan for this blood drive. And he did give blood on Monday evening at Gospel Lighthouse Baptist. You may remember the story from Christmas Day. Triplets were born to Lauren and Joshua Morrison three months premature. Alexis, Shelby and Victoria were tiny girls and they needed a lot of help just to survive. "The babies only have two ounces of blood in them," explained new Grandmother Sarah Ackerman. "So, when they draw blood out to do these tests, they have to have blood for transfusions to go back in them." So, the parking lot filled at Gospel Lighthouse Baptist as blood kin and church family alike filled the couches to support the girls by rolling up their sleeves to give the gift of life.

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What You Need to Know About Electronic R01 Submissions

2007-01-07T02:07:00.000-08:00

The next step is to get listed with the government's Central Contractor Registry (CCR). Your institution's DUNS number is required for this part of the registration, along with a number of business and financial details including your institution's bank and bank account numbers (for electronic funds transfers). CCR spells out these requirements in an online registration handbook. CCR and Grants.gov say CCR registration takes about 2 days to process. One result of CCR registration is the assignment of a Marketing Partner ID Number or MPIN, which is needed later in the registration process. Those who have gone through CCR registration caution that once the MPIN is assigned, it is not easily retrieved from CCR, so whoever is doing the registration should immediately (and securely) record it.

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Two New Year's Day Babies

2007-01-05T02:09:00.000-08:00

Riley Thomas Swinburne and Beth Lauren Payton were both born on the first day of the year at the West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven. Proud mum Samantha Swinburne, 18, is planning to train as a midwife after the birth of Riley. Riley, who is her first child, arrived at 8.28pm and weighed 7lb 13oz. Miss Swinburne, of Ling Road, Seaton, said: “I'm really tired and glad to be home but everything went to plan. I was only in labour for one or two hours. “He was born pink and crying so I'm happy." Miss Swinburne will be starting college in the next few weeks, and hopes to become a midwife. “It just seems like such a worthwhile job to do and everyone was lovely to me," she said. Delighted couple Louise and Brian Payton, of Eaglesfield, are also celebrating the birth of their baby Beth Lauren, who was 10 days late.

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Community Baby Shower deemed a success

2007-01-03T02:08:00.000-08:00

COVINGTON - Organizers of the first Community Baby Shower, which took place early this month at the Women's Resource Center in Covington, deemed the event a success. "We had a great turnout with 25 individuals participating in the day's activities,' said Kathy Walker, who spearheaded the event. "Response from evaluations received from participants and presenters has been overwhelmingly positive. The event will definitely be conducted again in the future,' she said. Walker is coordinator of the Fountain/Warren County Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program - one of the programs sponsored by the Covington-based Community Action Program, Inc. of West Central Indiana. The shower consisted of a series of 10 educational presentations by various speakers, repeated throughout the day.

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RSV can be serious illness for some babies

2007-01-01T02:08:00.000-08:00

Jonas Henderson was born in October, five weeks premature, to a young mother who had endured a difficult, high-risk pregnancy. He spent his first 10 days in neonatal intensive care, and he wasn't home long before he began to show signs of respiratory illness. "He started sounding congested the day after Halloween," says his mother, Crystal Henderson. "He couldn't breathe well, and he was having a hard time eating. The next week he was still sick, and we were back and forth to the doctor's office several times." On Dec. 14, a registered nurse from Nurses for Newborns, Pat Walz, was visiting the Henderson home in Woodson Terrace. Walz noticed that the baby periodically stopped breathing and had begun to turn blue, so she suggested that Henderson call 911. Mother and baby went in an ambulance to DePaul Health Center, which later transferred Jonas to Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center.

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Gorilla Baby Shower and Naming Contest

2006-12-30T02:07:00.000-08:00

This weekend, the Little Rock Zoo will be having a baby shower for their newest arrival. Starting at 10:00 am on Saturday, keepers will be showing photos of the baby and you might just get a chance to see him in person. He's very cute! The zoo has compiled a list of presents you can bring for him including BBQ sauce, a microwave and a cordless drill. If you think you have the perfect name for a baby gorilla, the zoo is holding a contest where you can submit a name for him. The name has to be African, you have to submit the meaning of the name and it has to be a male name. If you think you have the perfect name, email saltrui@littlerock.org but look at the rules first. Photo Copyright Little Rock Zoo .

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Diabetic moms' babies may have weak sucking reflex

2006-12-28T02:08:00.000-08:00

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Immature sucking patterns are often seen in infants whose mothers developed diabetes during pregnancy and had to be treated with insulin, new research indicates. On the other hand, babies of mothers with diabetes that was managed with a careful diet do not seem to have impaired sucking reflexes. The findings suggest that the nervous system of newborns of insulin-treated diabetic mothers is less mature than that of babies born to healthy mothers, the researchers say. Diet-managed diabetes is a milder condition than insulin-managed diabetes and, therefore, the impact on sucking behavior is probably smaller, they add. Dr. Ruben Bromiker, from the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, and colleagues used a standard sucking apparatus to study sucking patterns in 16 infants born to mothers with insulin-managed diabetes, 31 born to mothers with diet-controlled diabetes, and a comparison 'control' group of 55 born to non-diabetic mothers.

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Aurora family has holiday, baby shower gifts swiped

2006-12-26T02:08:00.000-08:00

She can't, she explains, because it might hurt her little girl, with whom she is 28 weeks pregnant. While at her mother's home Wednesday for some comfort food after a two-week stint in and out of the hospital because of daily contractions, thieves broke into Cruz's home and stole the family's Christmas presents -- as well as the baby shower gifts she received last week. "I can't believe that this happened," Cruz, 22, said Thursday. "I try to help everybody I can, and I can't cry or get upset because I'm afraid for my baby." Cruz's 2-year-old son now simply points at the kitchen table. That's where their presents were stacked when they left the house, and he doesn't understand where they are. When they returned home shortly before 8 p.m. Wednesday, Cruz said she reached to unlock the door, but noticed it slightly open.

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Woman investigating claims babies stolen for grisley trade removed ...

2006-12-17T02:07:00.000-08:00

In the midst of growing interest in reports of a gruesome stem-cell and human-organ black market that traffics in newborn babies taken from their mothers, an investigator looking into the matter has been sacked "for political reasons," she says, because she was getting too close to the truth. Several reports in British papers last week told the story of a video showing a post-mortem examination of infants of Ukrainian mothers who believe their babies were stolen from them at birth. The video was given to reporters by a charity worker representing 300 families who believe their healthy babies were falsely declared dead by staff at a maternity hospital in the Ukraine's most easterly city of Kharkiv. (Story continues below) Due to pressure from families, authorities agreed in 2003 to exhume the babies' bodies for examination.

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Ideas and Advice on Free Baby Shower Invitations

2006-12-15T02:07:00.000-08:00

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Court upholds sentence of mother who killed babies

2006-12-13T02:08:00.000-08:00

Austrias Supreme Court today upheld a life sentence of a woman who stuffed her newborn babies into a freezer or entombed them in cement-filled buckets. In March, a court in the southern city of Graz, where four tiny bodies were discovered in rapid succession in the summer of 2005, convicted Gertraud Arzberger (aged 33), of three counts of murder and sentenced her to life in prison. She had been tried on five counts, but had pleaded guilty to killing only four of her babies, and experts said they could not rule out that one of the four might have been stillborn. .

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Baby Shower Murder Trial Begins

2006-12-11T02:09:00.000-08:00

Jury selection begins Monday in Bentonville in the first-degree murder trial of a man accused of stabbing his brother-in-law to death at a baby shower. Fernando Vega Rodriguez, 27, is accused of killing his sister's husband, Gabino Mendoza, 27, at a baby shower in July in Bentonville. The case is being heard before Benton County Circuit Judge David Clinger. Police say they responded to a 911 call reporting a knife fight outside a home on July 16. Officers found Mendoza with several stab wounds to the chest. Witnesses told police that Rodriguez and Mendoza often argued and that drugs may have played a part in the fight. .

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Babies can Choke While Sleeping in Car Seats.

2006-12-09T02:08:00.000-08:00

Leaving babies unattended in standard car safety seats can harm the child as it may cause breathing problems, according to a recent study. A study conducted on 43 children suffering with Hypoxia by Researchers at the University of Auckland in New Zealand showed 90% of them had been left sleeping in the car seats. British Medical Journal published a study this week claimed that the positioning of babies in car seats could narrow their upper respiratory tracts. Parents complain of their child turning blue. Childrens heads were bent forward, with their jaws bent towards their chest, further their throat muscles to aggrevate the situation; this was noted by Prof. Alistair Gunn. Researchers also proved that one of the factors making infants vunerable to hypoxia was their mothers smoking.

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Baby shower featured moon pies for mom-to-be

2006-12-07T02:08:00.000-08:00

My best friend was having a baby. Once we stopped gushing with excitement over the news, I realized I had a project of my own: throwing her a shower. The problem? I had never hosted a baby shower. To compound things, my friend is a professional cook. Her husband is a chef. All their friends (and therefore about half of my guest list) are also professional cooks at some top restaurants. Clearly, a bag of pretzels, a cake from the supermarket and that fruity punch that only ever seems to get served at baby showers weren't going to cut it. .

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Christmas Stockings For New Born Babies

2006-12-05T02:08:00.000-08:00

A group of East Texas ladies work 10 months out of the year to make Christmas stockings. The stockings are then given to the hospitals smallest patients. Seventy seven year old Joan Wageman and seventy three year old Shirley Lindsay help make hundreds of Christmas stocking every year. "We work for 25 stockings a month and then we can be finished in 10 months. It takes about 100 hours of labor to turn out 250 stockings," says Joan Wageman. Joan and Shirley along with a group of ladies from Trinity Lutheran Church in Tyler have faithfully been making 250 stockings a year for 5 years. "Our mission statement for our group is that we will use our God given talents to help our community and our church. Then this opportunity came and we said that would be a great community thing to do," says Joan.

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Florida Baby Shower Shooting Kills One, Injures Four

2006-12-03T02:08:00.000-08:00

Miami, FL (AHN) - One person was killed and four others injured during a shooting at a baby shower held at a reception hall in North Miami. According to a statement issued by the Miami-Dade Police Department, a group of 15 people arrived at the celebration, which was held at the Biscayne Gardens Civic Association Banquet Hall on Saturday evening. The Miami Herald reports that the group had some verbal confrontation at some point with guests attending the baby shower. The group then brought assault-type weapons and other handguns out from their vehicles and shots were exchanged. The dead has been identified as Vilfort Leosthene, 26. She died at Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center. The injured include Roselande Dulcio, 23; Jason Layne, 19; Yves Nazien, 21; and Jason Joseph, 20.

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Emma's Closet in need of clothes for moms, babies

2006-12-01T02:07:00.000-08:00

People Helping People is a list of charitable causes in our area that need donations or volunteers. These causes have not been investigated by the Beacon Journal to determine their merit, so potential donors should verify the worthiness of the cause and the tax-deductibility of contributions. Guidelines for submitting requests to People Helping People can be found at www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/living, along with guidance on donating to charities and a list of all causes that have been published in the paper. Emma's Closet, a charitable division of Pregnancy Solutions & Services, 3515 Manchester Road, Akron, OH 44319, provides maternity, infant and toddler items to pregnant teens and families in need. It is seeking donations of new and lightly used maternity clothing, new and lightly used infant clothing (through size 3T), bibs, burp cloths, baby socks and shoes, diapers, wipes and baby soap, lotion and shampoo.

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Shooting Victim Identified In Baby Shower Shootout

2006-11-27T02:08:00.000-08:00

Police have identified Vilfort Leosthene as the victim of a fatal shooting that took place at a baby shower in Miami Saturday night. The shooting occurred just after 10 p.m. at 150 Street and North Miami Avenue in a neighborhood civic center. Leosthene lived at 860 NE 90 St. He was 26. .

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More checks for newborn babies

2006-11-25T02:08:00.000-08:00

A heel-prick screening programme carried out on newborn babies since the 1960s is to be expanded to include tests for a further 20 life-threatening disorders. Health Ministry child and youth health chief adviser Pat Tuohy said the current checks for seven metabolic conditions found disorders in about 35 babies a year. That number was expected to rise to 45 once the expanded programme was introduced next month. Starship Foundation's donation of a $500,000 tandem mass spectrometer screening device had allowed the expansion, he said. "The use of the new machine will dramatically improve the lives of even more New Zealand babies and their families." Metabolic conditions - including cystic fibrosis - were rare, and were inherited conditions caused by chemical defects in cells.

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Baby shower ends in gunfight

2006-11-23T02:07:00.000-08:00

BISCAYNE GARDENS, Fla., Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Party crashers turned away from a Miami-area baby shower responded with gunfire, killing one guest and wounding four. Police were trying to find the gunmen on Monday, the Miami Herald reported. Tamika Johnson, the 19-year-old mother-to-be, told the newspaper that about 45 friends and relatives were at the Biscayne Gardens Civic Association hall dancing and playing games when they heard a fight in the hallway at about 10 p.m. Saturday. ''We asked them to keep the door closed, and it was gunshots from there,'' Johnson told the Herald. "We were all scared, we were all hiding.'' The gatecrashers apparently went to their cars and returned to the hall armed with AK-47 rifles and some of the party guests also had weapons, the newspaper reported.

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Doctors Miss Milk Allergy In Babies

2006-11-21T02:07:00.000-08:00

Almost eight out of ten doctors believe that their colleagues don't know how to diagnose milk allergies in a baby. The figure comes from a new survey by the medical group Act Against Allergy. They polled 500 doctors and found that nearly 80% believed that their colleagues confused the symptoms of milk allergies with other conditions. Babies suffering from a cow's milk allergy may have diarrhoea, skin rashes and wheezing. 'If a parent suspects their baby has a milk allergy then they should see their GP who can refer them to a paediatric dietician,' says Judith Moore, paediatric dietician and spokeswoman for the British Dietetics Association. But she added that it the allergy can be difficult for doctors to spot. 'If you take a good medical history then you can pick it up but it can be difficult to diagnose.

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Pregnant mom doesn't want a baby shower

2006-11-19T02:07:00.000-08:00

Dear Amy: I work in a midsize firm and am pregnant. Two months ago, my co-workers threw a shower for a colleague whose wife was having a baby. I sort of expect them to have one for me (but possibly not, because most people will not contribute to anything for me). I do not want a shower because most of the people at my job consider me to be evil. I am just not a happy-go-lucky person. I keep to myself and do not feel the need to share all of my business, including the pregnancy (which my co-workers found out about when I got bigger). I believe that they feel this way because I am not married and should not be pregnant (this is my second child by the same man who fathered my son 12 years ago). The father of my children and I live together. What should I do if I am surprised? I really do not want a shower or a gift.

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Quarter of Scots babies are 'happy accidents'

2006-11-17T02:08:00.000-08:00

PERCHED on the edge of the bath in the cottage she shared with her boyfriend, Eve McAlpine watched the tiny blue line on the home-pregnancy kit slowly appear. The line telling her she was pregnant for the first time merely confirmed her suspicions, but nonetheless it was only then that she realised her carefree existence would soon be over. "I think 'Oh my God' were my first words, whereas my boyfriend, James, was stunned into silence," the 36-year-old professional recalls of the day she discovered she was pregnant four years ago. .

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Where Do Babies Come From?

2006-11-13T02:13:00.000-08:00

When Toni Moccia's 5- and 6-year-old sons asked her how babies were made, she told them about eggs and sperm and then took a big gulp before explaining how the two get together. "My 5-year-old started to laugh," says Moccia, of Santa Cruz County, California. "But when he saw the serious expression on my face, he suddenly became anxious and said, 'You're joking, right?' " Although kids this age may start wondering how they came into the world, the truth is that they're probably not ready to hear all the details yet. Though the subjects of genitalia, sexuality, and reproduction are intimately related in adults' minds, 5- and 6-year-olds don't necessarily make the connections we think they will. For example, just because a girl is curious about the fact that boys have a penis doesn't mean she knows that one is used for more than going to the bathroom.

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Thelma Domenici: No shame in hosting baby shower

2006-11-11T02:11:00.000-08:00

Dear Thelma: My son's girlfriend of five years is pregnant. They eventually will be getting married, probably after the baby is born. She has asked me to have a shower for her and I gladly said yes. Now a co-worker has said it is inappropriate for a grandma to give a shower. Who is right? Answer: Contemporary etiquette does allow family members to host showers in celebration of the new life. You can feel perfectly correct in doing so. There was a time when it was not considered proper for a family member to host a shower. Because the point of a shower is to provide the honoree with gifts, it appeared self-serving if an immediate family member hosted. However, those ideas, and the rules along with them, have changed. Enjoy hosting the shower and the new grandchild. Dear Thelma: My son will be getting married out of town where his fianc‚e's family lives.

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Shower helps moms

2006-11-09T02:15:00.000-08:00

ORANGE GROVE - Big bags full of gifts and free supplies were in the hands of more than 200 recipients at the March of Dimes Community Baby Shower on Wednesday. As advocates who work to give all babies a fighting chance against threats to their young lives, the Mississippi Chapter of March of Dimes leaders decided to pull their resources together to hold the unique event at the Orange Grove Community Center in Gulfport. A line of excited mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles and grandparents reached out the door and into the parking lot to bring home the free diapers, baby clothes, formula and other baby items. Residents from every county in South Mississippi attended the shower and others came from as far away as Hattiesburg. "If we have the grant money next year, we will do this again.

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Babies with low iron levels grow up impaired-study

2006-11-07T02:07:00.000-08:00

WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Children who had low levels of iron as infants grow up with brain deficiencies -- even if they get early treatment, U.S. researchers reported on Monday. A study of 185 Costa Rican teenagers shows that babies with the worst iron deficiency never recovered on tests of learning, memory and thinking and the poorest of these children worsened as they got older. The report, published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, shows the importance of early nutrition for babies, the researchers said. "If direct and indirect effects of early iron deficiency on the brain disrupted or delayed basic developmental processes, there could be a snowball effect," said Dr. Betsy Lozoff of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, who led the study.

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Tobey Maguire's A-list baby shower

2006-11-05T02:07:00.000-08:00

LIFE STYLE EXTRA (UK) - Jennifer Aniston and Kate Hudson were among the galaxy of stars that turned out for the baby shower for Tobey Maguire's unborn child.The 'Spider-Man' actor is expecting his first child with fiance Jennifer Mayer, who held the girls-only event in Malibu on Sunday (15.10.06).One guest revealed: "It was a very mellow afternoon. It was a totally easy breezy shower. No shower games. No present opening. Just hanging out."As well as Jennifer and Kate other stars who turned up for the poolside party - which was held at the home of Jennifer Mayer's father, Universal Studios boss Ron Meyer - were Courteney Cox Arquette, 'Daredevil' actress Jennifer Garneer, Demi Moore and 'The Village' actress Bryce Dallas Howard, who is also pregnant.Jennifer Mayer was inundated with gifts for her impending arrival including items from lavish Los Angeles baby boutique Petit Tresor.

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Tighter Medicaid rules for babies of illegal immigrants

2006-11-03T02:09:00.000-08:00

WASHINGTON -- Under a new federal policy, children born in the United States to illegal immigrants with low incomes will no longer be automatically entitled to health insurance through Medicaid, Bush administration officials said Thursday. Doctors and hospitals said the policy change would make it more difficult for such infants, who are U.S. citizens, to obtain health care needed in the first year of life. Illegal immigrants are generally barred from Medicaid, but can get coverage for treatment of emergency medical conditions, including labor and delivery. In the past, once a woman received emergency care under Medicaid for the birth of a baby, the child was deemed eligible for coverage as well, and states had to cover them for one year from the date of birth.

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Mart provides parking for parents with babies

2006-10-30T02:09:00.000-08:00

MALACCA: With the completion of Tesco Melakas extension of its mall, the hypermarket now has covered parking space for parents with babies besides the current parking space for the disabled. We want to make our stores safer and more convenient for all our customers, said Tesco corporate and legal affairs director Azlam Shah Alias. Norasyikin Zainal, 30, together with her husband Sharizalrizan Mohd Ismail, 32, was seen with their two children Nur Akila, three, and Nuralia Bazura, four months, loading grocery bags into their car parked at the designated parking lots for parents with babies. It's more convenient and easy for us as we dont have to walk a distance to our car, said Norasyikin. Tesco Malacca store manager S, Ramamoorthi said there were signs indicating the special parking space for parents with babies. Security guards would be around to ensure these parking lots were not used by other customers, he said.

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Flu Vaccine OK For Babies And Toddlers

2006-10-26T03:07:00.000-07:00

The flu vaccine is safe for babies and toddlers aged 6 to 23 months, say researchers from Kaiser Permanente. After looking at data on 45,000 babies and toddlers throughout the USA, the researchers found very few cases of side effects that led to medical treatments. You can read about this study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Dr. Simon J. Hambidge, study leader, said that as a parent as well as a pediatrician, it was reassuring how few diagnoses there were that were linked to flu shots. Approximately 200,000 people are hospitalized in the USA as a result of flu complications. Estimates place the total number of flu related deaths in the USA each year at 36,000. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advises that children under five, pregnant women, men and women over 50, those living in nursing homes, and patients with diabetes, lung disease and HIV/AIDS , receive a flu vaccine each year.

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Big names at 'Spider-Man' baby shower

2006-10-24T03:07:00.000-07:00

Jennifer Aniston and Kate Hudson were among the galaxy of stars that turned out for the baby shower of Tobey Maguire's unborn child. The Spider-Man actor is expecting his first child with fiance Jennifer Mayer, who held the girls-only event in Malibu. One guest revealed: "It was a very mellow afternoon. It was a totally easy breezy shower. No shower games. No present opening. Just hanging out." As well as Jennifer and Kate other stars who turned up for the poolside party - which was held at the home of Jennifer Mayer's father, Universal Studios boss Ron Meyer - were Courteney Cox Arquette, Daredevil actress Jennifer Garner, Demi Moore and The Village actress Bryce Dallas Howard, who is also pregnant. .

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Ritual of predicting gender as old as making babies

2006-10-22T03:07:00.000-07:00

A recent survey by Mothering.com found that fewer than 20 percent of expectant parents will wait until their baby's birth to find out its gender. And now, it turns out a few thousand American moms-to-be couldn't even wait until the 20-week ultrasound. In the past year, more than 4,500 bought the Baby Gender Mentors, a $275 blood test that claimed 99.9 percent accuracy in determining a baby's sex at five weeks gestation. Although Acu-Gen Biolab provided no proof to back up that claim, the manufacturer did offer a 200 percent money-back guarantee if the results were wrong. Sound too good to be true? Maybe so. More than 40 women have filed a class action lawsuit against Acu-Gen Biolab after the company refused to honor its money-back guarantee. It seems the test results were wrong more often than they were right.

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Baby shower became a deluge

2006-10-16T03:06:00.000-07:00

A BEAUTIFUL new baby is reward enough after giving birth - but new mums across Australia and New Zealand are loving the Babybuds bouquets of baby clothing their families and friends are giving them as congratulations for a job well done. What started out as a fledgling home-based business four years ago has turned into an internet-based operation with an annual turnover of more than $1 million. Babybuds now employs 20 staff and enjoys 30 per cent year-on-year growth. Mother-of-two Charmaine Papallo started the business when she was invited to a baby shower and took along a bouquet of baby clothes she had made to look like a bunch of flowers. She soon left her job as a commercial lawyer and launched the business. It was so successful in its first two years that her husband Mark joined the company as financial controller.

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Doctor explains why mortality rates higher in babies born to black ...

2006-10-14T03:06:00.000-07:00

Higher rates of infant mortality and low birth-weight babies born to black women will not yield to programs that zero in on prenatal care alone. Nine months of prenatal care can't reverse all those other years of life disadvantages, said Dr. Michael Lu, a Los Angeles ob-gyn and researcher in public health and racial disparities. "Don't look for a quick fix," said Lu, speaking Friday at the closing day of a two-day conference on perinatal racial disparities. The conference was sponsored by the South Central Regional Perinatal Council, Virginia Department of Health, Centra Health and the March of Dimes. Lu holds joint faculty appointments at UCLA School of Medicine and in the School of Public Health, where he is associate director of the Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities.

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Free Community Baby Shower

2006-10-12T05:15:00.000-07:00

Lanesboro - The 11th annual Community Baby Shower will be held on Sat. Oct. 14 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Berkshire Mall Center Court. This event, co-hosted by Child Care of the Berkshires, Berkshire North WIC, and the REACH Community Health Foundation, is for pregnant women and their partners, parents, grandparents and others who care for young children. The Baby Shower is free and open to the public. .

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Illness blamed on baby shower

2006-10-10T03:06:00.000-07:00

Saginaw County's lead health official has confirmed that a gastrointestinal illness that struck a group of people in Frankenmuth stemmed from a baby shower at the Frankenmuth Credit Union. Dr. Neill Varner, Department of Public Health medical director and acting health officer, disclosed the information today, but only after a Detroit television station reported it Thursday. Since Channel 5, WNEM, aired the first report of the outbreak last weekend, Varner has said that the illness affected people at a private gathering and was not tied to food. He said test results today may determine what virus caused the 23 cases of the gastrointestinal illness. About 60 people attended the baby shower Sept. 17 at the credit union, 580 N. Main, Varner said.

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Babies, why the rush?

2006-10-08T03:08:00.000-07:00

What's with the new baby boom? And more important, what's to stop you two from jumping into the race ASAP? If the baby buzz is hitting close to home, you're not alone. We're sure you know that having a baby isn't something to take lightly - but be careful you're not rushing into it for the wrong reasons. Before you get baby fever, read this. Wrong Reason 1: You Need Something New to Obsess Over Now that the wedding planning is over, what will you do with all your free time? Suddenly there's a strong urge to fill it with another big project. Don't mistake boredom with baby cravings. Take up a hobby - whether it's searching for houses on the Web or learning how to wallpaper your bathroom. Sure, you've proven that you can stick with something and follow it through to the end, but get the most out of this free time (and alone time) while you have it.

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Bottle or breast for babies?

2006-10-04T03:07:00.000-07:00

Sir, Breast-feeding (times 2, Sept 29) is honed by evolution to be the healthiest way to nurture the human baby, and it is now more than three years since the Department of Health’s policy followed World Health Organisation research, showing that babies are healthiest fed on milk alone for the first six months of life. The lack of breast-feeding in the face of a barrage of formula advertising is causing the deaths of 1.5 million babies worldwide. .

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Baby Shower Held For Separated Twins

2006-10-02T03:06:00.000-07:00

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. -- A baby shower was held Sunday for a pair of conjoined twins who were separated in early September. The twins, who were joined at the lower back and spine, were taken off of their breathing machines. And in celebration, Sheboygan residents threw the shower. The shower was held at St. Dominic's church and had a religious twist. Parishioners were able to drop off gifts as they entered the church for mass. "[I] thought that giving a baby shower would give our church and faith-based community an opportunity to share our concern and our love for the family," said Maureen Lacey, a friend of the twins' family. .

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Umm...There's No Babies To Kiss Here

2006-09-26T03:07:00.000-07:00

We are underway in Albany, and we're getting an interesting start to the day: politicians. The assembled media and coaches are being addressed as I type by the Mayor of Albany, who was preceded by the County Executive. Not sure how much good they're doing: the only ones who might be able to vote for them are the RPI and Union crews (plus Ken Schott, of course). .

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Baby shower aims to help reduce African American infant mortality

2006-09-24T03:07:00.000-07:00

Pastel-colored gifts will take center stage this weekend at a community baby shower in Peninsula Park, but the pinks and light blues will spotlight a darker issue -- significantly higher infant mortality rates in North and Northeast Portland. The Multnomah County Health Department's Healthy Birth Initiatives program will host the event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday to benefit expectant mothers and promote its services to them. "The purpose in the community is really to try to find out who's pregnant and who has babies under six months in our community," says Sharon Smith, coordinator of the federally funded initiative. "We thought that if we did something like this that if they're pregnant, they'd come out." With raffles, food, games and gifts, the event is targeted at pregnant African Americans living in the ZIP codes 97203, 97211, 97212, 97213, 97217, 97218, 97220 and 97227.

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Prince William + Babies= Cute Overload!

2006-09-22T03:07:00.000-07:00

Prince William returned to the hospital where he was born to open a new neo-natal wing at St. Mary's in Paddington, London. The dreamy royal took time to greet a group of new moms and their babies, even holding one of the infants, at the refurbished NHS neo-natal Winnicott Baby Unit.Both William and brother Prince Harry were both born in a private wing of the hospital, which serves as one of the top specialists for premature babies.When not holding babies, the future King of England has another way of passing the time-- by donning a uniform and training for the Army.PermalinkEmail this Comments [23] .

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Turn off television for babies, doctors say

2006-09-18T03:08:00.000-07:00

In an era of increasing niche programming on TV, women have the Oxygen network, men have Spike TV and some pets are even agog at Animal Planet. Now, infants can pull up a bouncy chair, grab a bottle and have round-the-clock access to the nation's first channel for babies, BabyFirstTV, featuring three-minute segments designed for babies as young as 6 months. The satellite channel touts itself as a "learning experience" for babies and their parents with developmental benefits. But it has come under fire from child development experts who say the claims are false and fly in the face of the American Academy of Pediatrics' recommendation of no TV at all for children under age 2. "I had that appalled, shocked reaction. (Babies) are these wide-open, defenseless, clueless targets," said Berkeley child psychologist Allen Kanner, co-founder of the national group Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, which has filed a false advertising complaint against the channel with the Federal Trade Commission.

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Woman's friend is not wanted at baby shower

2006-09-17T05:11:00.000-07:00

Dear Abby: My sister had a childhood friend, 'Denise,' with whom she was very close in elementary school. They were friends only intermittently as they grew older, and Denise started getting into all kinds of trouble. When they were in college, my sister house-sat for my parents while they were on vacation, and Denise stayed with her. While she was there, she stole some expensive jewelry from my mother. Although the family never confronted Denise about it, it was obvious she took the jewelry, and my sister did not remain in contact with her after that. My sister is now 40 and expecting her first child. I have offered to throw a shower for her. A couple of years ago, Denise got in touch with my sister, and they became friends again. I don't know much about her past 20 years, other than that she spent time in jail and is now a single mother to a teenage son and works for a nonprofit agency.

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Charges dropped in baby shower fight

2006-09-13T04:35:00.000-07:00

Charges against a 27-year-old Wilmington man who was involved in a melee at a baby shower last summer were dropped. The three counts of first-degree reckless endangerment lodged against John W. Young last year were dropped Tuesday the day his trial was supposed to begin. Young was one of three men charged in the Aug. 27, 2005, incident in which three people the partys guest of honor and mother-to-be included were struck by an SUV. Youngs brother, Robert I. Young, 22, pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree assault in May. In exchange for his plea, a second-degree assault charge and two weapons charges were dismissed. A weapons and assault charge against Thomas R. Wasdin, 30, of Brooklyn, N.Y., were dropped last year. According to New Castle County police, party attendees got into an argument over how Robert Young, the expectant father, treated the mother-to-be.

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Charges dropped in baby shower fight

2006-09-10T04:45:00.000-07:00

Caesarean Birth Babies in Risk

2006-09-10T04:42:00.000-07:00

According to a US study babies delivered by Caesarean are three times more likely to die in the first months than those born naturally. Almost 5.7 million births were examined in the above mentioned study. Statistics revealed by the online edition of BBC News show that from 1998 till 2001 the average death rate among 1,000 vaginal births was 0.62 compared to 1.77 per 1,000 Caesarean births. "Women should not be alarmed by the findings but should be informed. The absolute risk is still very small," sustain the researchers responsible for the study. .

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Charges dropped in baby shower fight

2006-09-10T04:41:00.000-07:00

Charges dropped in baby shower fight

2006-09-10T04:33:00.000-07:00

Mother, Baby Injured After Collision With Drunk Driver

2006-09-10T04:04:00.000-07:00

A mother and her baby were injured when a suspected drunk driver clipped their stroller and knocked them to the ground, authorities said Friday. Miguel Gutierrez, 22, of Seaside, was arrested on suspicion of felony drunken driving, driving without a license and having no proof of insurance after Thursday's collision, said California Highway Patrol Officer Larry Starkey. Gutierrez was being held Friday in Monterey County Jail. Maria Merzon, 28, of Pacific Grove, was pushing her 18-month-old son in a stroller in Pebble Beach when Gutierrez's Ford F-150 pickup truck struck the corner of the carriage. The baby boy was ejected from the stroller and the mother was knocked down, Starkey said. .

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