In Case You Missed It

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A lot of what I write about each week at Growing Your Baby is stuff that I really am excited about. But it recently dawned on me that few people from here visit over there. Why? Because I don’t tell you to, duh!

So, now I’m telling you!

Each Sunday expect a roundup of my posts from the week before, plus a few extras from here and there that I’ve got tossed around. See a title that sounds interesting? Go ahead and click it!

• Is the Modern Western Diet Doing More Harm to our Children? A recent study compared a group of children from Africa, who ate a mainly vegetarian diet and were breastfed for up to 2 years, with a group of children from Europe who ate a typical Western diet. What they found was how the children ate drastically affected their stomach bacteria.
• Study: Are Mothers’ Brains Wired For Baby Talk? The act of “baby talk”, the cutesy high-pitched language aimed directly at infants, is something that appears in nearly all cultures and languages but not really understood. A new study, however, may show that this type of speech is wired into mothers’ brains for a good reason.
• Should Women Not Drink In Case They Become Pregnant? Many women know the risks of alcohol consumption during pregnancy. New guidelines, however, are encouraging doctors to talk to women about how much they drink before they even become pregnant. Is this simple health precautions, or an attempt to control women’s actions?
• Couple Welcomes Hawaii’s First Baby Born From Frozen Eggs When Elizabeth and Stephen Helgen introduced their new son, Dylan, into the world it became an important event for a lot of people. Dylan is the first Hawaiian born baby from frozen, unfertilized eggs thanks to a new freezing process.
• Ellie’s Law A Reminder To Watch The Road This School Year Every year, as the school session gets back in order, adults and children have to readjust to each other on the way to and from school. In New York, the newly passed “Ellie’s Law” will serve as a harsh reminder of what can happen when those driving cars do not notice the children all around them.
• Research: Nearly 1 Million Kindergartners Could Be Misdiagnosed With ADHD The diagnoses of ADHD in children continue to grow and grow. According to new research, however, there may be more misdiagnoses than actual cases among kindergartners in the US.
• Kids Preferred Introduces ‘Guess How Much I Love You Collection™’ For Infants {GIVEAWAY} The classic children’s storybook, Guess How Much I Love You, has been a treasured favorite for many families worldwide. Now, Kids Preferred™ will be taking the storybook father with a new collection of blankets, plush figures, and more.
• Are Nannies Hollywood’s Best Kept Secret? Celebrity moms are often seen out and about, looking fabulous and put together with their well-dressed and well-behaved children. Are these moms just better than us, or are there more nannies in the background than we see?
• Low Vitamin D Linked To Pre-eclampsiaNew research may have found a link between vitamin D and early-onset severe preeclampsia. The dangerous condition, which affects around 3 percent of pregnancies, can cause preterm birth and severe health complications in both mother and child.

And a few from elsewhere:

• Bento Boxes: The Lunchbox Every Kids Should Have
• Staying Home Alone: How Old is Too Old For a Sitter?
• Battling the Gimmies

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Summer is a freelance writer and mother of 3, searching for herself amongst the Legos and blocks. After moving a couple hundred miles away from home, and fighting a few dragons, she's figuring out that she needs to be her own biggest fan to get through the world.


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