Abbott and the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) have joined forces to provide HIV testing to infants in all countries working in partnership with the CHAI. A key focus of this cooperation will be sub-Saharan Africa, which the World Health Organization estimates to account for 90 percent...
My son and I are traveling overseas in January to visit my sick mom. He'll be 5 months old. It's going to be just the baby and me from beginning till end. Since it's just the 2 of us, I'm taking my FAA approved car seat and stroller with me. I was wondering if anyone else has traveled this way...
First off, I'm a GM fan and have family who works for GM, so other makes are out of the question. I'm 6'4" and I can fit in the back seat, why won't a rear facing infant seat fit? It's a Graco seat and I'd think GM would check this during design seeing as how younger families would have interest...
In a developing country, a training program for midwives was successful at reducing infant deaths in low-risk births, reports a study in the November issue of Pediatrics. There are 3.7 million neonatal deaths and 3 million stillbirths per year worldwide - with 98 percent of these occurring in...
A baby with neonatal jaundice, meaning jaundice within a few days or weeks of being born, has a higher risk of being diagnosed with autism or some other psychological development disorder later on in life compared to infants who did not have neonatal jaundice, Danish researchers report in an...
The infant formula manufacturer, Abbott, has advised the Alabama Department of Public Health's WIC Program of a proactive, voluntary recall of certain Similac brand powder infant formulas in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam and some countries in the Caribbean. Dr. Karen Landers, pediatrician with...
I'm going to be travelling across country with a mother cat who just had kittens. The kittens will be about 2.5 wks old when we travel. Of course they will be in the carrier with the mother but should I worry about whether or not the mother will care for them or if she'll be too nervous?
we have 3 year old twin girls & an infant and have never been on a real vacation with them. we have gone on flights to go see grandma (around a 2 hour flight) but next month we are flying to Hawaii with them (2 hour flight to grandma's with an overnight visit, then a 6 hour flight to Hawaii for...
case of international travel? I havent booked a separate flight seat for my 11mos old.. because he is more than 8mos old, i presume tht the airlines may not confirm a bassinet seat until check in time. even otherwise, the best way to put my kid to sleep is on the lap using a boppy or he goes...
I'm leaving in two weeks to go home to the USA for a visit with my 3mo old. I can't find much information about it online, but i know i always saw people bringing their strollers right up to the gate, and people with babies put in that row with the little infant carrier? Does anyone know whether...
Bristol-Myers Squibb's plans this month to close its plant in Meymac, France, that manufactures "the last therapeutic option" for HIV-positive babies has drawn criticism from UNITAID, Reuters reports. In an open letter published in the Lancet (.pdf), UNITAID writes that "[c]losing this factory...
Anyone have any ideas on Idea's & Recipes for my 7 month old - He eats anything (lol litrally). He loves finger foods too, so there is no restriction really.
Any idea;s & home mae recipes?
Also Could I make it up a few breakfast meals at a time and freeze it? it would make it so much easier...
Increases In Infant, Maternal Mortality Lead To Life Expectancy Decline In North Korea Higher rates of infant and maternal mortality have lead to a decline of life expectancy in North Korea over the past 15 years, census figures, which were obtained with help form the U.N. Population Fund...
nutrition? Moms who think they know it all either because they friggin Googled something or their "holier than thou" pediatrician recommended it....lord save us all....
My baby is breastfed, and the doctor said not to give her anything else until she was a year old. This sounded rediculous to me. I had already started her on rice cereal and she liked it fine. But since he said that, I stopped. I know all doctors have their own opinions, but my question for YOU...
...units to use? I recently purchased a summer infant baby LCD monitor : http://www.summerinfant.com/categories_products_view.php?id=19
I found this unit to not be as portable as I would like and wanted to know if I purchased an additional handheld unit from Summer infant, if I would be able...