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New York, New Breastfeeding?
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by Karen Gromada
Less Better Than More
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Sun, Sand, and … Sickness?!

June 21, 2008 by Heidi Green | No questions or comments

Yay, summer is here! Time for longer days and sunshine. Time for playing in the sand. Time for getting sick. Yup, you read that right. Time for getting sick. We tend to think of sickness with winter, but one type of sickness—foodborne illness (a.k.a. ...

Breastfeeding Support Needs a Boost

June 21, 2008 by Heidi Green | 1 question or comment

Have you heard the news? For the first time ever, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has collected data about hospital and birth center maternity practices related to breastfeeding. This gives us a benchmark for assessing how such practices change over ...

Safety Sometimes Means Going Against the Grain

June 20, 2008 by Pauline Lupercio | No questions or comments

I’ve never been a trendsetter. Instead, I’m usually the one following the crowd, doing my best to blend. A few examples include the years I tried in vain to straighten my kinky curls to look more like my high school friends. Or the time I ...

Hope for Sufferers of Postpartum Depression

June 19, 2008 by Pauline Lupercio | No questions or comments

“Why am I such a terrible mother?” It’s a question put to author and baby gooroo contributor Elizabeth Pantley in a recent post regarding postpartum depression. Have you or someone you know ever felt that way? If so, as ...

Dry-drowning Death Highlights Little Known Danger

June 19, 2008 by Pauline Lupercio | 2 questions or comments

A ten-year-old boy went swimming at a nearby pool with his mother and drowned more than an hour later. It is a shocking and heart-breaking story that has brought a little-known phenomenon referred to as “dry drowning” to light. It is an occurrence, albeit ...

A Life Worth Noting

June 18, 2008 by Heidi Green | 1 question or comment

This is an unusual post for baby gooroo. You won’t find another such article among the many parenting pieces on this site. But when we heard of the death of Edwina Froehlich, it seemed important to write this. So, here it is: a shout-out ...

Sweet Beverages Linked to Overweight and Obesity?

June 18, 2008 by Amy Spangler | 4 questions or comments

Two recent studies found that drinking sweet beverages does not cause overweight or obese children. One study suggests that if the beverage is 100 percent juice, it may actually improve a child’s nutrient intake. The first ...