Babble

When my toddler was a baby, I lived in fear of sudden infant death syndrome. The thought that a child, my child, could just die from no apparent malady, affliction or action and there was a chance, albeit slim, that she'd just suddenly stop breathing, totally freaked me out. I like it when there...

It's that time of year again: Flu shot season. As items like this remind us, it's especially important for pregnant women to get the vaccine because the flu carries potential risks for both baby and mother. Really, anyone with a child under the age of five is encouraged to sign-up for a shot...

Our daughter isn’t much for breakfast. My husband, in a quest to find something, anything that she’d eat in the morning went to one of his childhood favorites, Golden Grahams cereal. Generally, we try to always look at labels, buy organic when we can and attempt to fill our daughters tummy with a healthy...

Hillary Clinton (actually, its Hillary Rodham Clinton again; not sure if she used the middle name while she was still a Presidential candidate) and Cecile Richards of Planned Parenthood had an Op-Ed piece in the Times a couple of days ago that I thought would be of interest. The Op-Ed discusses, "a...

Dr. T. Berry Brazelton is about to become your kids’ new hero. In today’s New York Times Well Blog , he colorfully answers readers' questions about their children’s health, and gets the ball rolling with a firm admonition against vegetables. Forget about veggies, he says. Battling your child to eat...

You know what I hate? Hospitals. The only time going to one is a joyful occasion is when your there to have a baby. All other times you’re there is because something is wrong or your trying to keep something from going wrong. When you have kids, their health is of the utmost importance and in the forefront...

Should I relax about my daughter's fascination with my cell phone? It seems highly likely that the data in a recent major study from Medical University of Vienna showing that cell phone radiation broke DNA (i.e. caused genetic mutations) was fabricated . It was just too close to the data from another...

Eating out is one of life's great pleasures, but if you're anything like me, every meal out involves a hefty dose of denial. I've been a waitress. I've watched the guys in the kitchen lay a "low-fat" grilled chicken breast onto a steaming pile of lard, drop whole cups of butter...

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean half the things your kid touches aren't toxic. Sadly plenty of them are, or might be. If you're still trying to sort out the question of BPA in bottles for your infant, you may just want want to bookmark this one for future reference: Center for...

This is a serious issue, but I have to say that the term "illegal midwifery" sounds like something out of a bad Shakespeare parody. Now that I've gotten that out of the way, here's the story: "Tonya McGlade was found guilty of Attempting Midwifery Without a License. Linda McGlade...