Latest research has shown that 1/3 of babies are overweight, and by age 2 they don’t get any thinner. It’s been suggested that breastfeeding alone not combined with bottle feeding will help keep a baby normal weight. They also say that putting cereal in with the formula is a bad idea as it will help…
Tag Archive: children
Teen Tuesday
As a reader you probably get very bored time to time with some of the posts and articles that you read. I can tell you that as a writer there are things we write that are just as boring. I am at such a point. I am tired of rewriting news articles about some aspects…
New Concerns About BPA
BPA if you remember was in the news and up for a lot of debate about its safety in plastic baby bottles. A couple of states have banned it’s use in baby bottles for children under 4 years old and more states seem to be following. Manufactures of baby bottles have decided to steer clear…
Autism and Jenny McCarthy
I’ve heard Jenny McCarthy speak about her sons autism and her struggle to find any kind of treatment or help for him. Somehow she did and now she’s written three books and opened up a school across the street from her house. Jenny seems like a down to earth mom struggling to find answers and…
Tamiflu Almost Useless
The Center for Disease Control has said that they recieved reports that eight more children have died of the flu, making the total now seventeen across the country. Some of the children, most over the age of twelve also had secondary infections which could have contributed to their deaths. A surprise to me is…
Cholesterol Drugs For Eight Year Olds?
I’m sure there are cases where young children who are genetically predisposed to having high cholesterol, need the intervention of a statin, a cholesterol lowering drug. My own mother, while not a child has had a big problem with high cholesterol despite both my parents efforts to only buying and preparing low cholesterol and…