Blogs Posts in Babies Care category; 478 blog posts

Midwives’ baby care warning

NEW mums and babies are being put at risk due to a lack of midwives, staff at the Royal Bolton Hospital claim. Unison, the union which represents hospital staff, fears for the safety of women and their newborn babies and has called the s [...]

Posted On : Mar, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Smart Baby announces its expansion plans

Smart Baby Retail Pvt. Ltd., the exclusive distributor of internationally acclaimed cloth diapers, bumGenius, Flip and Econobum from USA based Cotton Babies, Inc., has announced its plans for growth in the Indian market, which include st [...]

Posted On : Mar, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

'Dudes for Diapers' help absorb baby care costs

As a new grandfather Steve Huth knows, babies go through a lot of diapers in the first three months. That's why the Janesville man has joined Dudes for Diapers, a new program of the YWCA of Rock County. "It's a giving club t [...]

Posted On : Mar, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Premature baby beats odds to get a new lease of life

When Surya was born on November 19, the doctors told his parents that his chances of survival were bleak. The reason? Surya weighed a mere 730 grams at birth, when a healthy baby should weigh between 2.5 and 3 kg at birth. Now almos [...]

Posted On : Mar, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Cerebral Palsy Rate Drop Among Premature Babies Suggests Bet...

Incidence of cerebral palsy, a neurodevelopmental condition that undermines motor function, is significantly higher among babies born prematurely. Because cerebral palsy is a result of brain injury received shortly before, during, or soo [...]

Posted On : Mar, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Northwest hospitals upgrade care for newborns

After Rocio Sanchez endured a high-risk, premature delivery of twins after 34 weeks of pregnancy, she was comforted to know she would not have to be separated from them. Sanchez delivered her babies, Jiselle and Julian, on Jan. [...]

Posted On : Mar, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

'Surrogate Baby Ring' Busted By Thai Police; Women Freed

Fourteen Vietnamese women, seven of them pregnant, have been rescued from an "illegal and inhuman" surrogate baby breeding ring in Thailand, officials said Thursday. Police said the company, called Baby 101, received orders by [...]

Posted On : Mar, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Parents ought to brush up on baby's dental care needs

Don't wait for baby's first tooth to appear to begin regular oral care, dental professionals say. "The traditional belief was that infants didn't need to have their gums wiped or cleaned because they didn't have any [...]

Posted On : Feb, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

‘It’s not poison. It’s milk’

London - Maxine Lattimer’s first experience of motherhood was blighted when hospital staff refused to accept she was unable to breastfeed her newborn son Nicholas. Maxine was told she would not be allowed to leave hospital until sh [...]

Posted On : Feb, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Campus 'babies' cook up care for sidelined friend

Nearly everyone at Johnson & Wales University knows Tamikea Swaringer. As soon as students enter the campus dining center, Swaringer always had good wishes and motherly advice for the young people she calls her "babies." [...]

Posted On : Feb, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Parents ought to brush up on baby's dental care needs

Posted On : Feb, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

20-month-old baby girl found dead after being put in day car...

A 20-month-old girl was found dead, allegedly because of suffocation, after staff at the day care center she was at put her inside a small storage closet, police authorities in Tainan City said yesterday. The baby girl was pronounced dea [...]

Posted On : Feb, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

A shortage of midwives 'led to avoidable baby deaths'

The West Midlands Perinatal Institute studied the deaths of 94 babies in the region during 2008-9. Thirty-five deaths might have been avoided if care was better, it said. The Department of Health said there were now clear plans in place [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

No shame in breastfeeding in public

Despite a worldwide campaign that encourages all mothers to breastfeed their babies for at least 6 months, it seems there's still not enough emotional support for mothers to do so, especially urban mums who are so used to going out t [...]