Monthly Archives: September 2008
2 Incidents in the Last 2 weeks of Televisions Falling Down on Babies
I read an article 2 days ago in The New York Daily News about a 2-year-old Brooklyn girl, who was playing in the living room, when the TV toppled off the stand clipping her in the head. A week before last, I had read another article in the same paper about a 1 year old…
Trader Joes To Open It's Doors In The BK on Friday
Hurray!!!!! I have been checking out the Trader Joe’s site for weeks now, and finally there is the date of September 26th listed next to the Brooklyn location. It will be on the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Court Street, where the bank used to be. My first Trader Joe’s experience was a few years…
FDA is Still Saying BPA is Safe as New Study Links BPA to Diabetes and Heart Disease
On Tuesday the FDA held a hearing on BPA, the FDA defended a draft assessment it issued last month declaring that FDA-regulated products on the market that contain BPA are safe.”Right now, our tentative conclusion is that it’s safe, so we’re not recommending any change in habits,” said Laura Tarantino, head of the FDA’s office…
FDA: Don't Use Chinese Infant Formula
Agency Warns of Possible Melamine Contamination in Infant Formula Made in ChinaBy Miranda HittiWebMD Health NewsReviewed by Louise Chang, MD Sept. 12, 2008 — The FDA is warning parents and caregivers not to feed infant formula made in China to infants because of possible contamination with melamine, a chemical linked to tainted animal feed last…
Store Your Baby’s Food in Baby Cubes
I love cooking for my son, and started as soon as I got the okay for him to eat solids. What I didn’t like was the hassle of making his food, and then having to pour it into ice cube trays, and then into zip lock storage bags. What sucked even more, was then having…
The Latest News on The BPA Controversy
Here’s the latest on the BPA controversy. Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine have linked the chemical to mood and brain disorders in humans. Click here, for the Washington Post article. I’ve thrown my old bottles out and haven’t looked back since, and I hope you have too. BPA is in so many products…
Sharing and Buying Breast Milk
Breast is best, we hear it everywhere these days. The formula companies try to convince us that their concoction is just as good, but any doctor will tell you otherwise. As a breastfeeding mother who struggled with milk supply, latching issues, thrush, clogged ducts, etc, it killed me to throw away the supply of frozen…
