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The other day, in the grocery store, looking at all of the food I had just put on the belt for the cashier to ring up, I smiled to myself. Fruit roll-ups, juice boxes and individually-sized bags of popcorn were things that I never thought I’d get the chance to buy. Because for a long time, it looked like I […]
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The Lego Braille bricks, to be launched in 2020, feature studs used for characters in the Braille alphabet, along with printed characters for sighted people to read. Visually impaired children will soon be able to learn Braille through play, thanks to toy company Lego which has reportedly come up with Braille bricks to encourage learning in a “playful and engaging […]
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It was a long road to parenthood for Chrissy Teigen and John Legend. “You hear stories about IVF working the first try, but you’ll hear a lot more stories about when it takes a few times,” the supermodel told New York Magazine’s The Cut in April 2018. “Ours didn’t work the first time and it was devastating.” At times, the […]
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Looking back. Jenna Bush Hager is expecting her third child, but is now opening up about her tragic first pregnancy. “Before I had [my first child], I had a pregnancy in my fallopian tube,” the Today cohost, 37, told Meredith Vieira, filling in for Hoda Kotb, on the Tuesday, April 22, show. “It was my first pregnancy. I go to the […]
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Jenna Bush Hager revealed that she was full of conflicting emotions when it came time to reveal news of her recent pregnancy to Today co-host Hoda Kotb — who struggled with infertility and adopted two baby girls, Haley, then Hope Catherine. Bush Hager is expecting her third child, a boy, with husband Henry Hager. On air at Today, she chatted […]
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(HealthDay)—There is a small association between conception by in vitro fertilization (IVF) and childhood cancer, particularly hepatic tumors, according to a study published online April 1 in JAMA Pediatrics. Logan G. Spector, Ph.D., from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, and colleagues used data from the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology Clinical Outcomes Reporting System on IVF cycles that resulted […]
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(HealthDay)—Leading health organizations are warning about the possibility of video game addiction. The World Health Organization has included it in the latest edition of its reference book of health disorders, while the American Psychiatric Association’s book offers warning signs but does not yet list it as an addiction. So parents might wonder whether any gaming is safe for their kids. […]
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Divorce is tough on everyone involved — quite often especially the kid(s). Some children may even (wrongly) blame themselves for their parents’ split, which only makes it more crucial to walk kids through the process, support them, and make it clear that nothing they did led to their parents parting ways. And that work doesn’t stop once the divorce is […]
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The little meatballs are growing up — and looking just like Mom and Dad! Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi can’t get over how much her kids, Giovanna, 4, and Lorenzo, 6, resemble her and her husband, Jionni LaValle. “I AM DONE. When my kids actually wanna dress nice and take pictures! Is this not me & Jionni?!” the pregnant Jersey Shore: Family […]
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Best … parents … ever! Chrissy Teigen and John Legend treated their daughter, Luna, to a Disneyland trip ahead of her third birthday. The couple’s eldest child, whose birthday actually falls on Sunday, April 14, visited the Anaheim, California, theme park on Friday, April 12. The model, 33, the singer, 40, Luna and the pair’s 10-month-old son, Miles, posed for […]
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