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Prepping your finances for a babyPreparing for your baby’s arrival can be one of the most exciting experiences in life. Yet the addition of a child can also take a toll on your finances. In fact, child-rearing expenses for a two-child middle-income family with married parents range from $11,880 to $13,830 per year, according to the 2010 Expenditures on Children by Families report from the U.S.    .. more …

With all the hullabaloo over Time magazine’s cover story on attachment parenting (not to mention the omg-did-you-see-that cover photo of a mom breastfeeding her 3-year-old son) I went to go find my well-worn copy of William Sears ‘s “The Baby Book.”Sears is the focus of the Time article, and is often described as the father of American “attachment parenting” ” a philosophy, Time’s Kate Pickert    .. more …

It’s hard to ignore the cover of this week’s TIME magazine . There’s Jamie Lynne Grumet , looking every bit the supermodel in super-skinny jeans, ballet flats and a strappy tank top with the neckline tugged down to make way for…her nearly 4-year-old son. He’s breast-feeding.Over the last few months, breast-feeding has grabbed headlines as moms have staged nationwide nurse-ins to draw attention    .. more …

LAS CRUCES – Tuesday’s awful tragedy involving the mauling death of a toddler left a lot of uncertainty concerning the family dog’s previous behavior.Why was a 15-month baby girl allowed to be in a backyard with a family pitbull, when the dog mauled and killed her?Did the toddlers grandmother know if the dog had an aggressive history?The family’s pit bull mauled and killed 15-month-old baby girl    .. more …

To: NATIONAL EDITORS Association files a petition requesting definition and regulation to distinguish hazardous pillow-like crib bumper pads from non-hazardous traditional crib bumpers . MOUNT LAUREL, N.J., May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association ( JPMA ) petitioned the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) this week to adopt a rule to define and    .. more …

ATLANTA, GA–(Marketwire -05/10/12)- KooKoo Bear Kids , an online, catalog, and retail store marketer of designer kids’ rooms and exceptional gifts, announces that Hollywood star Hilary Duff received numerous gift items from KooKoo Bear Kids in a gift basket put together by Hollywood Baskets . Hilary Duff and husband Mike Comrie welcomed Baby Luca Cruz on March 20.”Celebrities love to pamper their    .. more …

PASADENA, TX (KTRK) — A Pasadena mother allegedly let her toddler drink lighter fluid by failing to watch the child. Daphne Brooks, 41, is charged with injury to a child. According to court documents, in June 2011, Brooks allegedly left her 16-month-old baby outside her apartment without adult supervision, where the toddler was able to ingest lighter fluid. The baby was taken to a hospital,    .. more …

Crown Crafts , a Gonzales manufacturer of baby bibs and other infant products, wasn’t barking up the wrong tree when it jumped into the pet bedding market a couple of years ago. “We figure if you don’t have a child in this country, you’ve got to have a pet,” CEO Randall Chestnut said. “We’re trying to take it slow and learn as we go,” said Chestnut, who acknowledged that freight has emerged as an    .. more …

LATHROP – For the second time since taking office Lathrop Mayor Joseph “Chaka” Santos may be facing legal action.But this time it’s for his alleged conduct while at City Hall. It involves claims of harassment by a female city employee that sparked an independent investigation yielding an embarrassing report that the City Council formally acted upon Monday night by asking the San Joaquin    .. more …

Swiss food and nutrition giant Nestle plans to shell out $11.9 billion to buy Pfizer’s nutrition unit, whose products include baby formula brands SMA and Promil.The division is expected to reel in $2.4 billion in sales this year and gets 85% of its revenue from emerging markets, whose large and rapidly growing populations are a key target for Nestle. Pfizer has the fifth-largest infant formula    .. more …