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Earlier this month, Twitter came to the rescue when tennis champion and new mum Serena Williams needed advice about breastfeeding her daughter Alexis Olympia. Now, Williams has turned to her 7.2 million Instagram followers for recommendations about helping her 3-month-old with her teething difficulties. “Teething- aka the devil – is so hard,” the tennis star wrote, along with an adorable […]
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Summer is upon us, which means long days of fun in the sun stretch ahead of us — or at least for our kids. While we’re stepping into our stuffy, hot suits to trek to work with business as usual, our kids are getting ready for summer camp. But what if it’s their first time away? How do you help […]
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(HealthDay)—All expectant families should have a pediatric prenatal visit, according to a clinical report published online June 25 in Pediatrics. Michael Yogman, M.D., from Harvard Medical School in Boston, and colleagues from the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health discussed the recommendation for a pediatric prenatal visit for all expectant families during the […]
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Keeping Up With the Kardashians matriarch and proud momager Kris Jenner offered a sweet shoutout to her birthday "bunny" Khloé Kardashian today, praising her daughter as the "strongest person" she knows. This comes amid increasing speculation that Kardashian is standing by her man after a cheating scandal that rocked her world — and the world of her new daughter, True. […]
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(HealthDay)—Before the summer of 2018 was even one day old, 16 American kids had died after being left in hot cars, according to a group called KidsAndCars.org. Last year’s toll was 43, and, on average, 37 children die in hot cars each year in the United States. “We know there are families all across America right now holding their precious […]
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Don’t let the executive order fool you: Donald Trump may have agreed to detain families of immigrants together instead of separating children from their families, but there is no real plan for reuniting children who have already been removed from their parents. And that’s without even getting into how inhumane Trump’s proposed plan to detain families indefinitely — even together […]
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Australia native Kym Johnson Herjavec — Dancing with the Stars pro and new mom of twins — returned to the studio to teach her first dance class since delivering her babies two months ago. A source told Us Weekly, “Kym taught her first dance class as a mommy outside at the newly renovated Westfield Century City mall in Los Angeles… […]
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The Trump administration won’t acknowledge Pride Month, but hey, at least chic tween extraordinaire Suri Cruise is all about supporting the LGBTQ community. The 12-year-old Manhattanite and budding style icon attended New York City’s Pride parade this weekend —and kept attendees hydrated and well-fed. A source told US Weekly Suri and four of her friends "had a little stand set […]
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It can feel like there are so many things to worry about when you’re pregnant. Will the baby have two heads? Will they look like your weird Uncle Wilbur? How on Earth are you going to pay for college? And what about your pregnancy wardrobe? As your stomach grows, it’s all too easy to fall prey to the flashy advertisements of […]
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A Delaware team including Erin Crowgey, Ph.D., associate director of Bioinformatics with Nemours Biomedical Research, has published a study in the peer-reviewed journal BMC Bioinformatics, showing that DNA patterns in circulating blood cells can be used to help identify spastic cerebral palsy (CP) patients (Crowgey et al.). The work represents a collaboration among researchers at Nemours, the University of Delaware […]
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