Tag: babies
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WALDO CANYON FIRE: Bunny builders fill boxes for young fire victims
Rachelle Gonzales set off to walk through Chapel Hills Mall on Saturday afternoon, a backpack strapped to her back with a stuffed bunny sticking out of it. The Build-A-Bear Workshop associate was hoping to convince shoppers of all ages to build bunnies for the Waldo Canyon fire’s littlest victims and write notes to go with…
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Tiny particles: Big potential or big threat?
CHICAGO — Zinc oxide would be the perfect sunscreen ingredient if the resulting product didn’t look quite so silly. Thick, white and pasty, it was once seen mostly on lifeguards, surfers and others who needed serious sun protection. But when the sunscreens are made with nanoparticles, the tiniest substances that humans can engineer, they turn…
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Infant in NH burned in washing machine accident
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A 5-month-old baby boy has suffered second-degree burns after falling into a washing machine. Police say the accident happened around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday as one of the baby’s parents was changing him on top of a changing table next to the family’s washing machine. WMUR-TV reports (http://bit.ly/NfJQKD) that the parent got…
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Opinion: When is it okay to spank?
Last week, on Facebook, a friend of mine linked to a Yahoo blog post whose title caught my eye: “Spanking Linked to Mental Illness, Says Study.” My husband and I have a 14-month-old boy, whom we’ve never planned to spank. Still, we have years of discipline ahead of us, and I was curious about the…
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Woman described as ‘vodka mom’ on TV show dies of self-inflicted burns
MINNEAPOLIS —A woman who was ridiculed as “vodka mom” on national television for drunkenly rolling onto and asphyxiating her 3-week-old son in November died after setting herself on fire, police said. Toni Medrano, 29, of Cottage Grove, Minn., died Saturday at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, said Don Gorrie, a spokesman for the Ramsey County…
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Tiny particles: Big potential or big threat?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save CHICAGO — Zinc oxide would be the perfect sunscreen ingredient if the resulting product didn’t look quite so silly. Thick, white and pasty, it was once seen mostly on lifeguards, surfers and others who needed…
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Opinion: When is it okay to spank?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Last week, on Facebook, a friend of mine linked to a Yahoo blog post whose title caught my eye: “Spanking Linked to Mental Illness, Says Study.” My husband and I have a 14-month-old boy, whom…
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Woman described as ‘vodka mom’ on TV show dies of self-inflicted burns
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save MINNEAPOLIS —A woman who was ridiculed as “vodka mom” on national television for drunkenly rolling onto and asphyxiating her 3-week-old son in November died after setting herself on fire, police said. Toni Medrano, 29, of…
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Infant in NH burned in washing machine accident
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A 5-month-old baby boy has suffered second-degree burns after falling into a washing machine. Police say the accident happened around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday as one of the baby’s parents was changing…
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Snooki: ‘I’m ready, I’m excited’ to be a parent
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save NEW YORK (AP) — Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi says she doesn’t care what anyone says, she’s ready to be a parent. “I know I’m ready, I’m excited, I can’t wait and this is gonna change my…