Could you even imagine what you’d do if you had to deliver at home? I’m sure Bobbye Favazza had no inclination that she was about to do just that on Friday the 13th.he’d got up and started the day as normal taking care of her two younger children, 2 year old Jeremiha Taylor and 3-year-old Jamison.
Bobbye is now the mother of four children, at least two were home with her this particular Friday and when her water broke she knew she had no time. Quickly calling her mother, who immediately called 9-1-1 to get some help. Only the paramedics …read more

A North Carolina mother of two wasn’t exactly in any rush to deliver baby number three. She was so unprepared that she actually had a little more time, that is until the baby decided to come a little early and demanded an entrance. om, Gricel Mateo, had contractions and her boyfriend was going to help by driving her to the hospital but at a stop sign things went from just contractions to a baby crying.  Congratulations to the new mom, hopefully her other kids can meet their newest sibling soon.
I could only imagine the fear, panic and of course the excitement …read more

Maclaren has issued a one million recall on strollers, all due to fingertip amputation. Yes, as it sounds, OUCH.ue to the way the stroller folds it allows the fingers to get in the way and possibly get lacerated or worse…fall off.
Maclaren has had 12 cases so far, which is why they’ve decided to do the recall. The strollers have a big M on it and the name Maclaren written down the side of the stroller, making it hard to miss. The strollers sold between $100-$350 at stores.
According to the Cpsc.gov:
recall involves all Maclaren single and double umbrella strollers. …read more

I know how hard it is when you first bring home that bundle of energy, especially those first few nights when you must learn which cry means what. Am I right?pple iphone figured out parents need this too and have now made a new application for the iphone that will distinguish what your baby’s cry means.
An example:
The iphone said one baby was sleepy and gave a list of suggestions, here are two: 1. Read a story softly to baby 2. go on a walk with baby in a confortable stroller.
The crying generator only seems to come up with 5 different …read more

The Florida Missing baby has been found in a bit of a bizarre scene.  As I last wrote the babysitter had admitted to writing a letter and demanding basically the state do something, when they state didn’t she did.
Apparently She carved or bought a cedar chest just big enough for Shannon to fit in and slid right under the bed. No one would’ve been wiser to a baby being under the bed, but it was discovered that a tiny infant was in fact in it and still very much alive. The only thing missing was a bottle.
No clue where the …read more

Shannon Lea Dedrick is only 7-months old and it is believed she went missing after her parents put her to bed. But sometime during the following morning when they came to check in on her she was gone.here are rumors swirling the family had posted online they’d buried her, others were they were being investigated by DCF. While none of us would like to think any of this is true it is a possibility, but remember folks it is a POSSIBILITY, not 100% someone still could’ve taken her.
One neighbor did report seeing a van pull up late Saturday, however no one knows …read more

Parents who are nervous about having a five or six year old child when Swine Flu is on the rise could probably safely quadruple their feelings of fear and anxiety to understand how parents of babies under six months of age feel.
A new mom with a three month old child and two school age children probably summed it up best when she said, “I think it is very scary. I’m afraid to go outside.”
 
So what do new moms do to keep their babies safe?
* Screen friends. Ask the neighborhood kids if they feel sick before they come in to avoid …read more

Earlier this month it was announced on both Facebook and Twitter that a newborn baby was born with a very rare eating disorder. There was a shout-out for anyone willing to help.
What was it? Baby Jaeli was allergic to just about anything she could eat and would need a supply of breastmilk, but her mother couldn’t supply the amount needed.
Facebook and Twitter jumped up to the cause letting everyone know about the situation and it has now been announced that 60 complete strangers have donated breastmilk. By the way, it costs $4.25 per ounce of breastmilk from the Human Milk Banking Association …read more

A stroller ran out in front of a train this past week when it got away from the mother, thankfully the baby inside survived. This whole incident was actually caught on tape at the train station, by the way it was the stations camera not someone filming the horrible incident.
You can also see how terrified the mother was and how she attempted to get her baby but couldn’t.  For those worrying about the 6-month-old little boy, he was doing just fine according to reports but did get a little bump on the head.
FoxNews reported: 
Australia’s Herald Sun said the train ploughed …read more

I always love hearing the “happy ending” type of stories and I’m sure most of you do too, so here is one. Karen Morrisroe-Clutton, a new mother had been in a coma for 5 weeks when nothing seemed to be working.
She even states that she considered just giving up, that she wanted to die. This isn’t much of a surprise as I hear many that struggle with an illness such as this end up not wanting to suffer any longer.
DailyMail quotes Karen as stating:
‘I knew that I was dying,’ she said. ‘I confess that at one stage I gave up. …read more