Baby Walkers Have Caused Injuries and Deaths—So Why Are They Banned in Canada But Not in the U.S.?
- Consumer Alerts, Featured, Home & Family
- October 15, 2024
Did you know that the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) favors a ban on the manufacture and sale of sit-in baby walkers—maintaining they don’t help, but hurt infants learning to walk?
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Nearly two-thirds of supermarket baby foods are unhealthy, study finds
- Home & Family
- August 23, 2024
Don’t count on the baby food aisle at your local supermarket to provide healthy nutritious foods for your child. That’s the takeaway of a new study.
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Exposure to cleaning products in first three months of life increases risk of childhood asthma
- Headlines & Highlights
- February 19, 2020
“The risks of recurrent wheeze and asthma were notably higher in homes with frequent use of certain products, such as liquid or solid air fresheners, plug-in deodorizers, dusting sprays, antimicrobial hand sanitizers and oven cleaners. It may be important for people to consider removing scented spray cleaning products from their cleaning routine. We believe that the smell of a healthy home is no smell at all.”
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What states aren’t doing to save new mothers’ lives
- Headlines & Highlights
- September 21, 2018
“Death rates among pregnant women and new mothers have gotten worse, even as wealthy countries elsewhere improved. Today, the U.S. is the most dangerous place in the developed world to deliver a baby.”
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Don’t pressure your picky eater — it doesn’t work
- Headlines & Highlights
- August 14, 2018
“When parents are too focused on every bite and pressure their children to eat, it usually backfires as toddlers then refuse, similar to potty training.”
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Expert tips on how nursing mothers can help protect their babies from food allergies
- Headlines & Highlights
- August 8, 2018
“Even for women who aren’t going to be able to breastfeed on a regular basis, really try to do so right after birth. It’s different from the milk produced even a few days later, because it’s packed with a lot of factors that get the baby’s immune system off to a good start.”
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