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Bringing baby home: anxiety after leaving the hospital

Although the health of babies (especially pre-term) during hospital stays are well documented, data on infants after discharge are much rarer. A German study following babies and their parents after discharge showed that although there is little difference in concerns about the overall infant health, parental concerns about development needs are more acute for pre-term […]

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Hands down, the best article of 2014 thus far!

Ron Suskind, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist has written a deeply moving piece about raising his autistic son – “Reaching My Autistic Son Through Disney”. As a toddler, Suskind’s autistic son descends into a solitary world were he watches endless loops of various Disney movies. Surprisingly, the son uses those movies to learn language, emotion and […]

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Repurposing your old phone as a baby monitor

Dormi is a new app that transforms your old Android phone (or tablet) into a baby monitor. The app also senses ambient noise levels to alert you when your baby wakes up. Pretty slick. Though not widely prescribed, some drugs used to treat other conditions also offer some hope to treat infertility. viagra delivery canada […]

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Disney’s Frozen

Disney’s latest animated film, Frozen has been doing brisk business this holiday season surpassing $500 million in worldwide box office. Indeed, the buzz around Frozen emerges from critics, parents and children alike is evidence that the Disney Princess phenomenon has returned and is currently in full flight After the 2009 train wreck that was the […]

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Q. How much salt and sugar in baby food?

Baby food. Sure, it has always made sense that semi-solid, slightly bland foods should be easier for infants to take down. Fortify it nutritionally and what’s to argue with? Well, a new study out of the University of Calgary has a new take on infant nutrition. The author, Charlene Elliott analyzed babyfoods e.g., (pureed, toddler […]