Archive for May, 2009

Mum Mum’s Blog Report: How to Manage Kids’ Food Allergies; Hospital Practices Strongly Influence Breastfeeding Rates; Breast is best for First Six Months says Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

Mum Mum’s Blog Report: How to Manage Kids’ Food Allergies; Hospital Practices Strongly Influence Breastfeeding Rates; Breast is best for First Six Months says Royal Australian College of General PractitionersThis is a selection of recent popular blogs from Mum Mum, where parents can find information on everything to do with babies and parenting with an […]

Mum Mum’s Blog Report: Increased Awareness and Diagnosis of Celiac Disease Brings Health Care Cost Savings; Gluten Free Recipe of the Month: Slow Cooker Vegetable Stew; Journal of Food Science reports New Gluten Free French bread Underway for Celiac Disea

Child Development 8 Reasons to Have Some Play TimeBy Colleen Hurley, RD, Certified Kids Nutrition SpecialistIt was recently reported that playtime is slowly disappearing from kids lives - starting as early as kindergarten. Even though playtime is critical for healthy child development, recesses at every age group have been shortened and some eliminated […]

Child Nutrition Increased Awareness and Diagnosis of Celiac Disease Brings Health Care Cost Savings

Looking After Your Baby’s TeethDid you know that your baby’s dental care should begin even BEFORE his first teeth emerge from his gums?Dentists actually recommend using a piece of damp gauze - or even a soft washcloth - to remove milk residue from baby’s gums from birth. Whilst this might.

Child Nutrition Increased Awareness […]

New Methods of birth Control

Child Development Leiden University Study Finds Children Whose Celiac Disease is Detected Earlier do Better over TimeBy Colleen Hurley, RD, Certified Kids Nutrition SpecialistDiagnosing celiac disease, albeit tricky, has been found in recent studies to reduce health care costs in addition to improving overall health. A barrier to diagnosing celiac disease is that […]

Three New Toy Recalls (US)

Delivery of Premature InfantsSeveral decades ago, some experts proposed that elimination of the stresses of labor by delivering all preterm babies by cesarean would increase the newborn survival rate. The rationale was that reduced stress on the infant’s head would reduce the possibility of bleeding into the skull. This complication, called intraventricular hemorrhage, is another […]

How Much Baby Food Can I Take on an Airplane?

Mum Mum’s Blog Report: Green Breastpumps Mean less Pumps in the Dump; University of Pittsburgh Finds Breastfeeding Lowers Risk of Heart Attack; NICE Issues Guidance to Help Assess and Treat Children with GastroenteritisThis is a selection of recent popular blogs from Mum Mum, where parents can find information on everything to do with babies and […]

Child Nutrition Gluten Free Recipe of the Month: Berry Muffins

Child Nutrition Gluten Free Recipe of the Month: Berry MuffinsBy Colleen Hurley, RD, Certified Kids Nutrition SpecialistIt was recently discovered that foods marketed for infants and toddlers contained extremely high amounts of sugar and fat. One way to avoid commercially processed foods is to do more cooking and eating at home. If you […]

New Approaches for GBS disease

Child Development 8 Reasons to Have Some Play TimeBy Colleen Hurley, RD, Certified Kids Nutrition SpecialistIt was recently reported that playtime is slowly disappearing from kids lives - starting as early as kindergarten. Even though playtime is critical for healthy child development, recesses at every age group have been shortened and some eliminated […]

Three New Toy Recalls (US)

Mum Mum’s Blog Report: How to Manage Kids’ Food Allergies; Hospital Practices Strongly Influence Breastfeeding Rates; Breast is best for First Six Months says Royal Australian College of General PractitionersThis is a selection of recent popular blogs from Mum Mum, where parents can find information on everything to do with babies and parenting with an […]

Mum Mum’s Blog Report: Green Breastpumps Mean less Pumps in the Dump; University of Pittsburgh Finds Breastfeeding Lowers Risk of Heart Attack; NICE Issues Guidance to Help Assess and Treat Children with Gastroenteritis

Imaginarium Recall - Details for AustraliaImaginarium Activity Centres, recalled last week in the US, are now being recalled in Australia.The products affected were sold at Toys R Us stores from 11 August 2007 to March 2008. If you live in Australia and have either of the recalled items, please return.

Baby Development University of […]