Archive for the ‘New Baby’ Category

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With this latest recall from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), we have to ask ourselves, are all of these baby products necessary? As we mentioned in our recall post on the stylish slings, New Moms, Don’t Choose Style Over Safety, many new parents feel they need to have the latest and greatest products for their baby. The most important thing to be concerned about is the safety of your baby.

There are two things you can do to help keep your baby safe:

1. Always read and follow safety instructions for any product you purchase for your baby.
2. Be aware of recalls. The CPSC website is the best source for recalls. You can join their email subscription list to begin receiving recall information on infant and child products.

What do you think of this latest recall?

 Source: News from CPSC

Tomorrow night (7/15/10), at 10pm, a new series begins on Discovery Health called NICU: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. This series is a collaborative effort from Discovery Health, Farmers Insurance, and the March of Dimes. The series follows real families and their babies as they fight for survival and experience the rollercoaster of emotions that come with having a premature baby. The series shows the daily care that is needed in the NICU to keep the tiny babies alive and features doctors and nurses from leading hospitals in Baltimore, San Diego and Cleveland. For more information and show times, click on NICU.

After hearing local NICU stories today at our Premature Infant Health Network meeting, I have realized that these families go through so much. They need our support and understanding.

It is frightening to think that many premature babies are born to mothers who are healthy and have no risk factors. That’s why knowing the signs of pre-term labor are so important. Please refer to our past posts to learn more about pre-term labor: Preterm Labor Can Happen to You and Preterm Labor: Know Your Risks.

Do you have a preterm labor story? We’d like to hear from you.  

Source: Discovery Health