Woman Who Oversaw WIC Program Gets 7 Year Prison Term

In this day and age with so many children going hungry and so many people in dire straights I find it amazing that someone who was actually in charge of a program like WIC would take advantage of it to satisfy their own greed.
Carol Peirce, 53, of Port St. Lucie, Fla. was sentenced by a [...]

Hairspray Linked To Birth Defect

According to an article in the BBC, boys born to women exposed to hairspray in the workplace may have a higher risk of being born with a genital defect.
Imperial College London scientists talked to women who had babies with hypospadias, where the urinary tract is found away from the penis.

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Vaccines: Seperating fact from fiction

CNN health has a great article on vaccines that I think everyone should read. As the title suggests they try to separate fact from fiction for you in regards to vaccines, autism, etc.
One interesting thing about the article involves chicken pox.

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Carter’s baby clothes may cause rash

So I’m sitting here catching up on the news on CNN, like always and what do I see? “Feds warn Carter’s baby clothes may cause rash”. Great! considering 75% of my babies clothes come from Carter’s. Just what I needed with a son who has super sensitive skin. But, it’s not as [...]

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is doubling the amount of vitamin D it recommends for infants, children and adolescents.

From the American Academy of Pediatrics Website:
The new recommendations include:

Breastfed and partially breastfed infants should be supplemented with 400 IU a day of vitamin D beginning in the first few days of life.
All non-breastfed infants, as well as older children, who are consuming less than one quart per day of vitamin D-fortified [...]

Palin heightens rhetoric on abortion

Make of it what you will, this is a touchy subject so I’m just going to share the story with you without any comments from myself.
From CNN:
“Palin opposes abortion in all cases, including rape and incest, except when a mother’s life is in danger, and said she believes Roe v. Wade should be overturned and [...]

Angelina Jolie shown breastfeeding on magazine cover

Angelina Jolie appears on the cover of W’s November issue, while breastfeeding.  Good for her, she looks beautiful.
After strolling through many blogs I came upon a lot of negative feedback. I truly can’t believe in this day and age there could be such negative responses to something as simple as a mother shown [...]

Breast pump peeper prosecuted

Taken from http://www.wzzm13.com
“CASCADE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WZZM) – A man is charged with videotaping a co-worker using a breast pump while at work.
Gregory Mannino waived his preliminary exam on the felony charges Wednesday.
Mannino is a former Steelcase employee. He is accused of videotaping a fellow employee as she used a breast pump while at work.
Mannino appeared [...]

My Fake Baby on BBC

Tonight on BBC America I just happened to catch part of a program that dealt with women who care for life like babies. Talk about strange…. These babies look so life like it’s amazing. I watched a program long ago about men who buy life-like dolls of women and that was pretty understandable to [...]