Also, check out breastfeedingpartners.org for more info on the partnership between breastfeeding and WIC.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjoWWUYDKQM[/youtube]Abbott Laboratories said it is recalling Similac-brand powder infant formulas distributed in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam and some Caribbean nations because of possible insect contamination.
The recall doesn’t affect any liquid formulas, just some powder produts. Check your product here.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said that infants who consume the contaminated formula could experience stomach discomfort and may refuse to eat as a result of irritation to the gastrointestinal tract, according to the statement.
If your product has been affected they should be returned to the company at no cost.
If there’s one thing that this momma does not know how to do is…COOK! Trust me I’ve tried. When I got married, I swore to my hubby that he would smell the delicious scent of home cooking everyday but, with my hectic work schedule and just ole plan “I just don’t know how to” I soon broke that vow and became a pro at ordering take-out…come on people that takes skill. Then baby came along and I swore that this momma would make everything homemade but, then early discovered Plum Organics and Earth’s Best Organic baby food, that was just like home cooking to me…right? Well, now that Lil’ B is almost 9 months old his Pediatrician wants me to begin introducing him to “real” food, basically whatever mommy and daddy eats, baby should eat to..oh boy! What is this non-cooking mommy suppose to do???!!!
So last night, I attempted the unthinkable and cooked for Lil’ B…I looked in my kitchen cabinet and had a A-HA moment! Pasta! yep, that’ll do…I boiled the water (its a start), cooked enough for daddy and I and could not wait to begin this new level of motherhood. Giddy with excitement, I sang a pasta song to my son (I used the theme to “twinkle twinkle little star”, which goes with everything).
Pasta drained, its now ready to be served. Cutting it up in tiny tiny pieces I began to feed it to my open mouthed boy. “Mmmm”” I expressed in glee…with one bite my son began to wrinkle his face and spit out. “Come on Lil B, Mommy made you some delicious pasta”, with a look as if to tell me “Who cares” Lil B could not and would not have another bite. After beating myself up, I then later came to realization that practice make perfect and as I have conquered the task of giving birth (granted I had a C-Section) and breast-feed this momma can do just about anything, I will not be discouraged.
Stay tuned for more cooking stories.
Am I the only momma that is struggling with the “easy” task of cooking for her baby? if you have a story that you would like to share drop me a line at gina@mommyposh.com.
“A coffee pot has better protection than an infant,” – Candace Kolander
Kolander, who deals with air safety and health for the Association of Flight Attendants, which represents 50,000 flight attendants at 22 airlines continues to say, “We believe that all occupants deserve the same protection, including infants,”
The National Transportation Safety Board recommends children under 2 use approved car seats for airplane travel and is working with the Federal Aviation Administration to change regulations. They say “Proper restraint use is one of the most basic and important tenets of
crashworthiness and survivability.”
As much as a mother or father might love their child, it is highly unlikely that they will be able to hold on tight enough during a crash to stop the baby from flying throughout the cabin. “Most aviation accidents are survivable,” said Nora Marshall, who oversees aviation survival factors for the NTSB. “Your child deserves the same level of protection that you’re going to get with a restraint system.”
So now the NTSB is pushing the Federal Aviation Administration to require child seats for infants. Currently the FAA says that only children over the age of 2 need their own seats. Everybody younger can fly on their parent’s lap.
But don’t expect any change soon. The NTSB has been seeking this change since 1979.
The key here is that airlines current let anybody under the age of 2 fly for free if they don’t require their own seat. If all children needed to be in a car seat, the airlines would likely charge for that extra seat. In the past, the FAA has said that it believes the extra charge would force some families to drive instead of flying and that driving isn’t as safe as flying.
What would you do if you saw a baby in the backseat of a car unattended?
ABC News “What Would You Do?” wanted to see what ordinary people would do if they came upon a baby left alone in the backseat on a hot – 80 degree weather – summer day.
A bystander finds what appears to be a sleeping baby inside a hot car, not knowing that she is part of a “What Would You Do?” social experiment. The baby inside the car is actually a life-like doll. (ABC News)
ABC parked a car in a busy suburban area and left a lifelike doll in the back seat with small speakers in the front seat of the car which played sounds of a crying newborn. This made it all the more convincing.