Category: Babies
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Newborn Essentials Every Baby Needs
Congratulations on your pregnancy! Waiting to meet your baby is one of the hardest things to do, but it doesn’t have to be the spendiest 9 months of your life. The internet will tell you there’s a long list of essentials you must buy for your baby, and baby books do it too! No wonder everyone…
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Planning Beyond Your Birth
Toronto zoo shared this picture update of their female panda Er Shun and one of her 6 week old cubs (she delivered twins). This photo is extra cute to me because this exact pose is featured in so many human family photos in the weeks following birth! This photo may strike you as funny, or…
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Asthma Connection to Infant Gut Bacteria
This is not polite dinner conversation. However, it is fascinating information and could be very important to understanding and possibly even preventing asthma in young children. This article outlines some new research out of UBC that found “children gain protection against asthma if exposed to four types of gut bacteria by the age of three…
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Research to Improve Preemie Survival Rates
I saw this article today highlighting a research review that found mortality rates in preemie babies was cut in half simply by blocking light to their IV nutrition solution. Half! “Currently, Lavoie believes no Canadian hospitals fully photo-shield parenteral solutions for preemies. The solutions need to be blocked from when they are prepared in the pharmacy to…