We’ve been kind of obsessed with France on parenting.com lately, both pining for and feeling defensive about the French way of parenting. But now there’s a whole new reason to be fascinated by the French Republic.
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If you have a colicky baby, chances are your child’s incessant crying has caused you a headache or two. But who could have guessed it might have started the other way around? A new study suggests that there is a connection between mothers with migraines and colic in infancy, reports HealthDay.
Plus: 5 Ways to Get Through Colic
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When your kids are young, it might seem funny when they ask for a sip of beer—and easy to say no. But as they approach adolescence, kids’ interest in alcohol may seem increasingly worrisome, especially as parents have less control over the choices kids make when outside the family home.
McNeil Consumer Healthcare, Johnson & Johnson’s consumer division, is recalling about 574,000 bottles of grape flavored liquid Infants’ Tylenol following complaints of a flaw in the dosing system.
Researchers at Dartmouth College have found that certain infant formulas made with organic brown rice syrup contain high levels of arsenic, reports ABC News. The study, which was published in Environmental Health Perspectives, also noted that there were elevated arsenic levels in brown rice-sweetened cereal bars and energy bars.
Remember that awkward conversation when you broke the big news to your boss? Was her reaction that mix of “Hooray!” and “Oh, no!” you expected? Turns out the trepidation you might have felt in telling your employer of your pregnancy was for good reason, reports TIME.com.
Morning sickness usually can be brushed off as part and parcel of pregnancy (along the lines of pickle and ice cream cravings), but a new study found it can also be an indicator of serious birth complications, including pre-term labor and preeclampsia.
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in three children is obese o
Brushing one’s teeth not usually thought of as risky behavior—in fact, the opposite (yay for good dental hygiene!)—except if you’re using certain electric toothbrushes, warns the FDA.
