Jennifer and Marc’s Twins Names Revealed?

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Moldova.org revealed that Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony have called her twin babies Maximiano and Emelina.

Witnesses at the North Shore University Hospital in Long Island overheard the singer using the names after giving birth last week.

The claim backs up a previous report that Lopez’s mom Guadalupe was spotted collecting baby ID bracelets engraved with the names Max and Emme from a New York jewellery store.

Additionally, A spokesperson for Baby K’tan in Fort Lauderdale, who did not confirm the names, told People that pink and blue embroidered 100 percent cotton carriers were purchased for the couple as gifts.

We recently reviewed the comfy carriers for our site.

They are the perfect choice for the couple because one of their holding positions accommodates twins.

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28-Inch Tall Kentucky Woman Delivers 18-Inch Daughter

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Stacey Herald, who is 28½ inches, head to heel, gave birth five weeks ago to an 18-inch daughter who is not much smaller than her mother,WLWT-TV in Cincinnati reports.

The new mom, who was born with Osteogenesis Imperfecta also has a 16-month-old daughter, Katira, also suffers from the genetic disorder that causes bones to break easily. The new baby, Makaia, is expected to grow to average height.

“My whole life I’ve been told that I wasn’t able to have children, (and) I would not live through the pregnancy — that with the size of my torso, the baby would grow up underneath my lungs and smother out my lungs and my heart, and we would both die,” Herald said.

“Something inside me just didn’t believe that,” she said.

After Stacy became pregnant with Katira, doctors warned that she and the baby would in trouble and they advised her to schedule an abortion.

“We said, ‘No, we’re not doing that,’ and my doctor — I love her to death, she’s so sweet — she said, ‘OK,’ she said, ‘We’ll do it. We’ll provide the best medical care we provide. You provide the faith and we’ll see what happens,'” Herald said.

While pregnant with Makaia Stacy said her belly “swelled to comically large proportions.”

“If I laid down, I looked like a snail,” she said, laughing. “That’s how big my belly was. I looked like an Idaho potato with arms and legs.”

“You couldn’t see my feet,” Herald said. “You know, my legs are there you know, but my belly came out so long, that all you could see was a belly with toes.”

This mom could be called either courageous or crazy. It is definitely a gamble to have a second baby knowing that the first was born with the same genetic condition that you have.

I am glad that this baby arrived healthy and happy!

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Overcrowded Cribs Blamed For Half Of All Crib Deaths

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Most women dream of dressing up their nursery long before the baby is due to arrive or even sometimes conceived. When you are out looking for a crib, they are always dressed up with beautiful bedskirts, bumpers and comforters.

The CPSC is reporting today that about half of the deaths related to cribs were in cribs containing pillows, quilts and other bedding. About half of these were due to suffocation when infants ended up face down on pillows or face down in a crib with pillows, quilts and other bedding.

Last year Pottery Barns Bumper pads were recalled due to entanglement hazard, which comes as no surprise to me because in August of 2005 the Canadian Government issued a warning to parents about the use of bumper pads in cribs because they pose an entanglement, entrapment, strangulation, and suffocation hazard to infants.

The article goes on to say that:

Thirty-percent of crib deaths were attributed to entrapment between components of old cribs that were in bad condition, with broken or missing parts or loose hardware, and entrapment in spaces generated between the sides of a crib and an ill fitted mattress. The remaining 20% of the deaths were associated with accessories situated in/around the crib (such as window cords or curtain tie backs), falls out of cribs, alterations made to cribs, or entrapment when the child became wedged between the crib and other furniture or a wall.

The CPSC is urging parents:

• To reduce the risk of SIDS and suffocation, place baby to sleep on his or her back in a crib that meets current safety standards
• To prevent suffocation never use a pillow as a mattress for baby to sleep on or to prop baby’s head or neck
• Infants can strangle to death if their bodies pass through gaps generated between loose components, broken slats and other parts of the crib and their head and neck become entrapped in the space.

• o Do not use old, broken or modified cribs
• o Regularly tighten hardware to keep sides firm

• Infants can suffocate in spaces generated between the sides of the crib and an ill fitted mattress; never allow a gap larger than two fingers at any point between the sides of the crib and the mattress
• Never place a crib near a window with blind or curtain cords; infants can strangle on curtain or blind cords.
• Properly set up play yards according to manufacturers’ directions. Only use the mattress provided with the play yard. Do not add extra mattresses, pillows or cushions to the play yard, which can cause a suffocation hazard for infants.
• Routinely check nursery products against CPSC recall lists and remove recalled products from your home

PHOTOCREDIT: JOLLYJUMPERAIRFLOWBUMPER

Tips To Help Alleviate Your Baby’s Cold Symptoms

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Now that most of the Children’s cold and Flu medications have been removed from the shelf, some parents are wondering what to when when their child comes down with a cold this winter.

Ian Paul, associate professor of pediatrics at Penn State Children’s Hospital in Hershey, Pa recently spoke with Foxnews about cold season and a few things that parents could do to alleviate discomfort and help.

• Give your child a single-ingredient pain reliever such as Tylenol (ed. note: we use dye free), Motrin or Advil. Make sure not to get confused with multi-ingredient products such as Tylenol Cold

• Try saline sprays for congested noses

• Keep your child well-hydrated. Make sure he or she is consuming plenty of liquids

• Always use a humidifier

• Try honey. “We published a study that says honey is more effective than dextromethorphan (the cough suppressant found in over-the-counter medicines),” Paul said. “Just don’t give honey to a child younger than the age of 1.”
  

Additionally, the pediatrics professor also said that,

“If your child’s symptoms seem to be worsening, or if he or she is unable to stay hydrated, it is time to take them to a physician’s office. If they can’t urinate or have trouble making tears or are having difficulty catching their breath, those are reasons to go to the doctor.”

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RECALL: Munire Furniture Cribs Due to Fall Hazard

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with Munire Furniture Inc today announced a voluntary recall of about 24,000 Majestic Curved Top and Flat Top Cribs, Essex Cribs, Brighton/Sussex Cribs and Captiva Cribs because the cribs fail to meet the federal safety standards for cribs.

The four support brackets on the mattress support spring are too long. The brackets prevent the spring from lowering to the full 26 inch minimum height in its lowest position, allowing children inside to crawl over the railing, posing a fall hazard.

The cribs are wooden. The recalled cribs include: Majestic Curved Top cribs with model number 9500; Majestic Flat Top cribs with model number 9000; Essex cribs with model number 7100; Brighton/Sussex cribs with model number 9100 and Captiva cribs with model number 5100. Only cribs with manufacture dates between November 1, 2005 and November 1, 2007 are included in the recall. The crib model number is printed on the white label on the bottom inside of the right side rail. The crib manufacture date is printed on either the white label near the model number or on the white label located on the bottom of the headboard. Cribs with a green sticker on the mattress frame are not included in the recall.

Parents should stop using the recalled cribs and contact Munire Furniture at (866) 586-9639 or visit the firm’s Web site at www.munirefurniture.com to receive replacement spring brackets.

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Nicole and Joel Introduce Us To Harlow

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Nicole Richie and boyfriend Joel Madden introduce us to daughter Harlow in this weeks double edition of People Magazine.

The couple opens up to People about how parenthood has changed their lives – and they pose for an exclusive family photo album with their daughter.

“It’s almost like I don’t even remember what life was like before her. She gives life a whole new meaning and a whole new purpose” Richie tells People of her 6-week-old.

Harlow Winter Kate Madden, was born on the same day as Christina Aguilera’s son Max – January 12th – at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles.

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Toys R Us To Carry Safer Kids Toys

Toys “R” Us is barring two chemicals that have raised safety concerns in products for infants and young children in its more than 1,500 stores.

Starting March 1, the Wayne-based toy retailer is setting a much tighter standard for the amount of lead allowed in toys made just for the chain.

By the end of the year, there also won’t be nickel-cadmium batteries in Toys “R” Us products — a move meant to help the environment.

This is definitely a good start! Having a big chain like Toys R Us crack down on crummy toys made from disruptive materials should have an impact on the market.

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32 Weeker Survives Falling Out Of A Moving Train

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This is one of the craziest stories I have read in a long time!!

Bhuri Kalbi was traveling by train with her relatives to a medical check-up. She felt very weak on the toilet seat and passed out. While unconscious, her tiny baby, which weighed just 3 lbs, slipped from the womb into the toilet tube and crash-landed on rocks between two steel tracks.

The next thing she remembers is people knocking on the toilet door.

When she managed to get up to open the latched door, she realised an emptiness in her stomach. “I realised my stomach was flat. My child was gone,” said Bhuri whose husband works in a packaging unit in Ahmedabad.

Bhuri’s brother-in-law Arjun said when she opened the door she was semiconscious. He realised with complete shock what had happened. “We immediately pulled the chain at Kalol, two stations away from where the child had slipped off and alerted the train guard,” he said.

Luckily the baby feel just feet from a station, where the railwaymen bundled the baby and called the hospital.

The baby was lying dangerously close to the left track with the umbilical cord hanging by the side,” Station master KK Rai said.

While the newborn was being examined, a call came, saying the parents had been found.

The parents have since been re-united with baby, who has been left without a scratch after the ‘providential escape’.

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Lucky Jade: A Bit of Baby Luxury

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Every child needs a bit of luxury and I believe that you if your going to splurge, you may as well do it on something that your child will use for a while. Lucky Jade has a great line of Mini blankies made from 100% cashmere with silk satin trimming.

The Lucky Mini measures 14 inches square is the perfect size blanket for babies and toddlers who insist on taking blankie everywhere they go. This luxurious blanket is available in four designs, Pink Dot, Blue Dot, Pink Stripe, and Blue Stripe.

Pink and blue striped mini currently on sales at Poshtots.com for $24.

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Frances Pen Out With Mom

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First time mom Amanda Peet has a good laugh with 1year old daughter Frances Pen.

Frances rides comfortably in the blue and green lined ergo baby carrier. This carrier is popular with parents because its design supports a correct sitting position for the baby’s hip, pelvis and spine growth. It disperses most of the baby’s weight between the hips and thighs, which helps to eliminate compression of the spine when hanging by the crotch which most other designs require.

PHOTOCREDIT:FLYNETONLINE.COM VIA USMAGAZINE

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