The (New) Great Debate
In my office, when parents tell me they just want to wait before they give their children vaccines, I explain that this is a choice not to vaccinate.
In my office, when parents tell me they just want to wait before they give their children vaccines, I explain that this is a choice not to vaccinate.
Yahoo! News | Posted 10.28.2009 | Living
New mothers may be so consumed with their newborns that they forget the ordeal of childbirth. How quickly their bodies actually recover is another sto...
Politics Daily | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home
Doctors in Britain have announced that they have figured out a process to transplant wombs that could result in healthy pregnancies -- and they estima...
Huffington Post | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green
Oh baby! Seventh Generation has teamed up with Erin Brockovich and Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families in order to overthrow the old chemical legislatio...
Emma Byrne Rooney | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living
Every year, First Candle celebrates another year of helping babies survive and thrive with a beautiful evening of dinner and dancing under the stars.
Pauline Millard | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living
During visits to Madison Square Park, I started to grasp the complicated terrain of Manhattan Motherhood, and how I wished someone had written a guide about what to expect when breeding in New York City.
Meredith Lopez | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living
And so, this is the first of a three-part series I'm calling "Super Moms" - interviews with three of my mom friends who lead extraordinary lives beyond diapers and playgrounds.
ABC 7 | Posted 10.13.2009 | Chicago
ABC7 anchor Judy Hsu delivered her fourth baby - while riding in the front seat of a car on the Eisenhower Expressway -- early Tuesday morning. ...
Huffington Post | Posted 10.06.2009 | Comedy
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Meredith Lopez | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living
This Thursday, October 8, my son the Juban Princeling will turn one year old. I know it's a cliche to say so, but I can't believe he's a year old already!
AP | MARIA CHENG | Posted 10.02.2009 | Living
LONDON — Most babies born in rich countries this century will eventually make it to their 100th birthday, new research says. Danish experts say ...
Heather Cabot | Posted 09.23.2009 | Living
Through a series of new stage productions in New York and elsewhere, mom bloggers and tweeters will step into the spotlight and tell motherhood like it is to a live audience.
Meredith Lopez | Posted 09.09.2009 | Living
My baby's first word is "Mama." Very simple. Very basic. Kind of cliché, but I'll live.
Vicki Iovine | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living
Then came the divorce, the brand new home, the brand new furniture and my best efforts to create a lovely and peaceful haven for myself and my kids. I would never have mentioned the dogs and their continued residence with Dad at the old house...
Grant Cardone | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living
In the US today, only 1% of all deliveries are done at home. The AMA obviously did a great sales job of convincing the US population away from natural childbirth an into the hospital.
AP | CRISTIAN SALAZAR | Posted 09.25.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — For nearly four hours before she gave birth, Venita Pinckney had a chain wrapped around her swollen abdomen. Her ankles were shackled...
Meredith Lopez | Posted 09.20.2009 | Living
If there's one thing we women, especially brand-new mothers, enjoy hearing, especially from men and especially from our fathers, is that breastfeeding "seems like a hassle."
Barbara Dehn | Posted 09.07.2009 | Living
Many moms who can't breastfeed, for whatever reason, feel tremendous pressure to breastfeed, that they don't quite measure up, which can lead to feelings of guilt, shame and anger.
Juliet Linley | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living
How much longer will I nurse my child? Until I no longer find it convenient.
Barbara Dehn | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living
Babies and toddlers are the most vulnerable to serious bacterial infections leading to diarrhea, dehydration and in some cases, even death when the water supply is compromised.
Juliet Linley | Posted 08.27.2009 | Living
Why aren't babies in Italy allowed to be babies anymore? Why are they made to feel that seeking the comfort of mummy is something to be ashamed of and scoffed at?
Meredith Lopez | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living
First, just a week shy of his 9-month birthday, the Princeling got sick for the first time. Like, really sick. Like, fever sick.
Dr. Jeffrey McCombs | Posted 08.02.2009 | Living
Somewhere in the back of my mind, I remember an old marine saying about rats leaving a sinking ship, so as the last weekend of April approached, we had the setting for a perfect storm.
Shaana Keller | Posted 08.02.2009 | Living
In the United States today, more than 95% of our pregnant moms deliver in a hospital setting. Yet, for normal pregnancies, science has proven that it is safer to use a midwifery model of care.
treehugger.com | Posted 07.31.2009 | Green
A comparison of medical records from 81,186 single child births to air pollution levels in the area revealed that high pollution exposure raised the r...
Dr. Cara Natterson | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics