Tag: babies
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Snooki: ‘I’m ready, I’m excited’ to be a parent
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 life and you know I’m totally 100 percent on board with everything that’s going on,” she said. Polizzi is due…
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Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles is having a baby
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles is pregnant. The 37-year-old Grammy-winning country singer and husband Justin Miller are expecting their first child in November. Sugarland’s manager Gail Gellman said in a statement that the couple is “thrilled…
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Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles is having a baby
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles is pregnant. The 37-year-old Grammy-winning country singer and husband Justin Miller are expecting their first child in November. Sugarland’s manager Gail Gellman said in a statement that the couple is “thrilled beyond belief.” The baby is due around the couple’s first wedding anniversary. They tied the knot last November in the…
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Md. proposes baby bumper pad ban next year
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s health department on Friday officially proposed the first statewide ban on the sale of crib bumper pads in cribs to begin next year. The proposed ban would start June 21, 2013. The department started investigating the risks the pads pose to infants last year. Since then, the department has convened a panel…
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FDA considers ban on BPA in infant formula containers
WASHINGTON — An unusual tactic embraced by one House lawmaker to keep bisphenol A out of food packaging met with limited success this month after federal regulators agreed to initiate a ban of the chemical in infant formula containers. In March, Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., asked the Food and Drug Administration to ban the chemical’s use in the formula containers.…
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Pediatric growth charts can panic parents
When James and Rebecca Ortega of Alexandria, Va., brought their newborn daughter, Avery, to the pediatrician for her first visit last December, the doctor plotted her height, weight and head circumference on a growth chart, a standardized graph that gives parents a picture of how well their child is growing. The Ortegas were surprised to…
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Pediatric growth charts can panic parents
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When James and Rebecca Ortega of Alexandria, Va., brought their newborn daughter, Avery, to the pediatrician for her first visit last December, the doctor plotted her height, weight and head circumference on a growth chart,…
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FDA considers ban on BPA in infant formula containers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON — An unusual tactic embraced by one House lawmaker to keep bisphenol A out of food packaging met with limited success this month after federal regulators agreed to initiate a ban of the chemical…
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Md. proposes baby bumper pad ban next year
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s health department on Friday officially proposed the first statewide ban on the sale of crib bumper pads in cribs to begin next year. The proposed ban would start June 21,…
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Father pleads guilty in death of infant daughter
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A stay-at-home father pleaded guilty Friday to child abuse resulting in the shaking death of his 8-month-old daughter. In a quiet voice and with little outward emotion, 22-year-old Nicholas Patrick Smith admitted at a plea…