So, it’s no wonder that SwaddleDesigns zzZipMe Sack and SwaddleDesigns Marquisette Swaddling Blanket won the iParenting Media Awards for best products for 2009.

SwaddleDesigns founder, Lynette Damir, is a Registered Nurse and is very proud of the new products.

“SwaddleDesigns zzZipMe Sack wearable blanket features a clever 2 way zipper offering ease of use for nighttime diaper changes. Our Marquisette Swaddling Blanket is a very lightweight, open weave blanket useful in warm environments or climates, and features our exclusive 123 Swaddle® instructional tag sewn to the edge of the blanket.”

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Swaddle Designs Wins Two iParenting Media Awards

To properly store formula:

• Feed your baby prepared formula immediately.
• Immediately refrigerate prepared formula up to 24 hours.
• Discard any extra formula after one hour because bacteria can grow VERY quickly.

If you are traveling, use the formula dispenser.

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Formula Storage

How to properly warm formula: the best way to heat a bottle of formula is to heat a bowl of water in the microwave and then place the previously prepared bottle in the bowl of hot water for a few minutes to warm. If you are short on time, warm water from the faucet but make sure to check the water on your wrist to ensure it is not too warm.

NEVER heat a bottle in the microwave. It will create hot spots inside the bottle and can ruin the bottle itself.

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Formula and Milk Heating

Honey

Peanut Butter

Fava Beans

Seafood

Popcorn

Peanuts

Raw Carrots

Hot Dogs (unless mashed)

Citrus before nine months

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Dangerous Baby Foods

While the children’s speedier exhalations could have been related to the beneficial components of breast milk, “the lung capacity cannot be really explained by the immune factors in the breast milk,” Ogbuanu told Reuters Health.

Most likely though, is that it is more difficult to drink from a breast than a bottle.

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Breastfeeding Builds Lung Capacity

Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman says the revised law protects only newborn babies like the law was originally supposed to.

Although lawmakers approved the revision they do know they have a bigger problem with mental health care and human services.

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Nebraska’s Revision of Safe Haven Law

1. Convertible Cribs by Playkids USA (2,000)
2. Simplicity Drop Side Cribs (600,000)
3. Simplicity 3-in-1 and 4-in-1 Convertible “Close-Sleeper” Bassinets (900,000)
4. Action Baby Carriers by Optave Inc. (250)
5. Yayita Baby Hammocks by FlagHouse Inc. (100)
6. Phil & Teds e3 Single Buggy, e3 Twin Buggy and sport v1 Single Buggy Strollers by Phil and Teds (44,000)
7. Mother Hubbard’s Cupboards cribs 1,300)
8. Davenport cribs by Baby Appleseed (500)
9. LaJolla Boat Beds and Pirates of the Caribbean Twin Trundle Beds by Bayside Furnishings (9,350)
10. Jardine Cribs (320,000)
11. 2nd Nature Built to Grow Cribs by Stanley Furniture Company Inc. (1,200)
12. Wendy Bellissimo Hidden Hills Collection Cribs by Bassettbaby (550)
13. Simmons Kids Crib Mattresses by Simmons Kids (20,000)
14. Children’s Storage Bins by L G Sourcing Inc (84,000)
15. Basketball and Flower Tables by Avon (1,000)
16. Beco Baby Butterfly Carriers by Beco Baby Carrier Inc. (2,000)
17. Ring Sling Baby Carriers by Ellaroo LLC (1,200)
18. Centre, Centre ARB, and Shuttle seats and travel systems by Combi USA, Inc (67,000)
19. Discovery Infant Car Seats by Evenflo Company (1 million)
20. Majestic Curved Top and Flat Top cribs, and Essex, Brighton/Sussex, and Captiva Cribs by Munire Furniture Inc (24,000)
21. Wendy Bellissimo Hidden Hills Collection drop-side cribs by Bassettbaby (18)
22. Tinker Bell lamp by Kash N’ Gold LTD (60,000)
23. Gift Wrap Company hanging photo frames (600)

Click on this link at Parents.com for more information.

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Biggest recalls of cribs, nursery and baby gear

The recalled cribs have two kinds of broken hardware design: 600,000 with “Crib Trigger Lock with Spring Peg” and 985,000 with “Crib Trigger Lock with Safety Peg”.

The cribs were sold between January 1995 through September 2007, so check if you already own them. If you do, please stop using them immediately. Contact Delta to receive a free, easy-to-install repair kit, at this (800) 816-5304 anytime after 5 pm today or log on www.cribrecallcenter.com to order the free repair kit.

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Recall alert: 1.6M cribs by Delta!

Suite 101 talks about probiotics supplements can cure many of baby’s common health conditions.  

Infants Health shares useful tips for reducing acid reflux in infants.

Eco Child’s Play discusses how cars exhaust and air pollution are hurting infant’s health.

Intellectuals shares a study showing how parents’ income and education affect children’s health. In relation, twice as many black babies die before the age of 1 as whites.

Womb Within points to two studies that found the overdue babies may have more health risks than those born within term.

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Infant health links and news

I confess that I do.

Until my children’s dentists told me I should be more diligent about keeping my baby’s mouth clean. Our dentist reminded me that dental care starts very early in the child’s life because of several reasons. Babies don’t have bacteria when they are born, but bacteria is easily passed to their mouth. Bacteria can grow in the baby’s mouth and gums which can cause cavities even while teeth are just coming out. Tooth decay early in life is a predictor of tooth decay later.

So what are the steps that parents can do to prevent tooth decay in their infant’s mouth?

1. Keep parent’s mouth healthy. Keeping our mouth healthy leaves fewer germs to pass to the baby.
2. Have baby visit the dentist before age one or within six months of the first teeth appearing.
3. After eating, clean baby’s mouth and gum area with washcloth. Twice a day, clean baby’s teeth with infant teeth cleaner.
4. Don’t let baby fall asleep on the bottle, and rinse baby’s mouth after eating or drinking anything sweet (such as milk and juice). Tooth decay happens when sugar sticks in the baby’s gums or teeth.
5. Don’t share spoons, pacifiers or cups between children, and between parent and child.

In addition, ask about adding fluoride to your child’s diet (such as supplement), but do not use adult or children’s toothpaste until the child knows how to spit.

image: personal collection

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Take care of baby’s teeth, before they’re out