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Babies in the News: The Miracle of New Life

Do you remember when your baby was born? When you held him in your arms or the first time he cried and you were able to calm him for no other reason than that you were the mommy? It was my third daughter Meghan who was not breathing when she was born and although I’m sure it was only a few seconds before they were able to get her going, I thought it was an eternity. Life is a miracle and these stories just show that miracles happen around us all the time. Baby Revived After Being Dead Two week … Continue reading →

Mom Does Hubby a Great Favor and Gives Birth Early

My husband may win Superdad of the Year award–he’s great. But I have to say, he most certainly did not start out that way. For each of my singleton births, my husband got progressively worse. He did everything from saying: “Oh honey, you can push harder. It can’t be that difficult,” to asking me to wait before I had a contraction because after all. . .he was busy watching Sports Center on ESPN! The only reason he was not this way at the birth of the twins is that I explained to him in no uncertain terms that he had … Continue reading →

Babies in the News: Good Things Come In Threes

This is a great baby in the news entry, imagine if you will, you and your husband are expecting your third child and your first two babies were big ones (9 pounds and 10 pounds respectively). This is the case for Dusty and Lynette Jones of North Dakota. With their third child, they planned a home birth – wanting to enjoy having the baby in the security and comfort of their own home with a trusted midwife in attendance. On November 14th, Lynette went into labor and though they were expecting another big baby. Imagine their surprise when instead of … Continue reading →

The Baby Blog Week in Review for Dec 31 – Jan 5

Welcome to the end of the first week in January and from babies in the news to celebrating the baby new year. I made a commitment to you at the end of 2006 to keep the information flow going here in the baby blog and this week, we made strides to keep this going. We started off this week with The Best of the Baby Blog for December where we recognized A Story of Hope at Christmas a story of marines in Iraq and their Navy medic who lost their lives in an effort to save the life of an … Continue reading →

Babies in the News: You Can Do That On Television

I need to preface this article with the fact that just a few weeks ago, I saw this babies in the news story on the television show Grey’s Anatomy. The story wasn’t exactly the same as the one I am going to share with you here, but the tale did feature a young woman with two wombs, carrying two children and the babies were conceived at different times – so the trick was to deliver the infant that was ready to be born and protect the one that needed another six weeks of gestation. Babies in the News In September, … Continue reading →

The Best of the Baby Blog for December

In honor of the December the best of the Baby Blog, we have to spend time looking at the host of articles available whether to comment on them or to write about them. We look at the issues confronting new parents whether it is their first child or their fifth. We look at the different challenges that confront parents of newborns, infants, toddlers and more. We here at the Baby Blog do our best to give you everything you could use or need to help with being a parent. Yet, every infant is unique and thus, every form of parenting … Continue reading →

Babies in the News: Interesting Bits & Stories

Occasionally, I get a lot of great news articles in my in box and today, I got quite a few of them. These are fun stories, sad stories and just plain interesting stories. Once upon a time, I read these stories with only a passing smile for the ideas in them – but since I became a mother, my perspective has changed. There is more in these stories that touches me now – maybe they will you too. December Babies Going Home in Stockings There’s a hospital in California that is sending home all of the babies born this month … Continue reading →

Babies in the News: Baby Taken at Knifepoint

It’s enough to make a person ill, but a month old boy was kidnapped at knifepoint on December 1st. Smugglers who were seeking payment for having helped bring the boy’s parents to the United States illegally took him. The boy’s name is Bryan Dos Santos Gomes. His parents came to the United States from Brazil, but were unable to pay the smugglers who brought them the fees they demanded. The boy was taken when he and his mother were out with friends. They were approached by a woman in a black sports utility vehicle and taken for a ride. The … Continue reading →

Babies in the News: A Story of Hope at Christmas

Every day there are stories in the news about the deaths in Iraq, about the suicide bombings, the attacks and more. It’s enough to make your heart heavy even if you have no one serving overseas. I’ve known several who have gone and returned and only one who went and did not come back. But today I want to share a story with you that I read in the newspaper this morning and it’s a story that made me smile for a bittersweet victory and a message of hope in the middle of a situation that cannot be described as … Continue reading →

Babies in the News: Heart on the Sleeve Has a Whole New Meaning

This is a story that will likely touch your heart. At the end of October, a baby born via Caesarean section needed surgery in Miami to put his heart back into his chest. The doctors at Holtz Children’s Hospital performed what many feel is a small miracle because the infant will be able to lead a more normal life. The baby, named Naseem, was born with his heart outside his chest and remained in stable condition last week following the surgery. He Will Have to Avoid Body Blows According to the physicians, he will have to avoid some sports where … Continue reading →