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A baby’s brain and eyes are fragile and should be treated as such.  Any injury to these areas should be discussed with the baby’s doctor. 
 Head injuries
A child’s head is relatively large for his body size.  When a child sustains a fall from two or more feet high or is in a vehicle accident, Mom and Dad should consult his doctor.  Serious injuries merit a call to 911.  When seri0us injuries occur, do not move the child except when immediate danger is present - a fire would be such an example.  Call the doctor even for apparently mild head injuries, as the child could have suffered a concussion.

Eye injuries
Call a doctor for all eye injuries.  If a foreign object gets into the eye, flush it wilth water for at least 15 minutes.  Don’t rub the eye, and don’t let the child rub his eye.  Don’t apply medication.  It’s also not a good idea to try to remove the object yourself; call a doctor.

Keep enjoying those little ones-they grow up too fast.  And always acknowledge those fine babygifts.

The new lead law empowers the Consumer Product Safety Commission.  They now have the resources and power to regulate the children’s products and toys industries.  Once only a federal watchdog group, the CPSC, once only able to implement recalls, will be able to enforce and oversee product testing while still in the manufacturing facility, remove unsafe products from store shelves quicker, and penalize companies not following the law.

Prior to this law, the CPSC could look for unsafe items in stores, take consumer reports about injuries and other concerns, and issue recalls only after a hazard was verified.  But NOW the CPSC can monitor the safety of toys and other children’s items before it is actually sold.  Now you can be more assured than ever before that the babygifts you and Baby receive and lead-free and safe.

 

It’s official.  Lead isout.  And it’s out for good in kids toys and merchandise.

The President signed the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act.  Thus, products meant for children under 12 years of age cannot contain lead - at least more than trace amounts - and partially prohibiting phthalates (”thah-lates”).  That’s chemicals used to soften plastics and rubber in toys and child care items.  These chemicals are banned forever.  Three others are still allowed pending additional testing.

It’s a good law, but it should have been in effect long ago.  Long ago the baby gifts available at pkaboobaby.com were already safe.  Keep enjoying those babies while they are babies — they grow up too fast.

Your having a baby! How wonderful- all your friends and family are giving you wonderful and unique baby gifts and baby showers  and the subject of flu shots comes up.  Some one ask you if you  plan on getting the flu shot this year.  Will you or won’t you?  it is a big decision that you and your doctor need to make.

New research shows that when moms-to-be get the flu shot they may get a-”two for one benefit”- Moms-to-be could  pass on the immunizations protection  to their babies. While you might be hesitant about getting the flu vaccine,  to your doctor , who can help you make the decision if its safe to get the flu vaccine  rather than risk getting the flu and passing it on to your baby. 

Researches also found that women who opted for the flu shot during their pregnancy, their babies risk of getting the flu was cut buy more the 60% in the first 6 months of their first year -the time when babies are at the greatest risk of complications from the flu and hospitalizations. An add plus is that the flu shot fends off more than 1/3 of fever-inducing respiratory illnesses in both mom and baby.

Lucy was eager to take her newborn baby to work so as to show her off.  Fortunately, Lucy was nervous about riding the commuter train, so her parents went with her.  The train station escalator–or any escalator, for that matter–was not stroller-friendly.  Lucy relates the experience like this:  “At the top of the escalator I raised the wheels, then put them down.  But I missed the landing area at the top of the escalator and hit the edge of the metal lip.  The stroller began to flip end over end, fortunately, my dad was in the right place at the right time and was able to grab the stroller and keep it upright.”  Lucy still cringes about that incident. Now Lucy always takes the time to look for the elevator, even if it’s inconvenient.

Both the front and back wheels of a stroller can not be accommodated on the narrow steps of an escalator, making them easy to flip over.  Also, when mom is holding on to the stroller on the escalator, she can’t hold on the the handrail, making it more likely she will loose her balance. 

If there’s no elevator available, fold your stroller and have someone else carry it. If you and your baby are alone, ask an attendant to assist you.

Always take a few extra moments to be safe, and enjoy those outings with your baby.  And always be grateful for the baby gifts received from friends and family members.

Babies and teenagers have something in common.  They don’t care what their parents say.  While it’s true that babies are learning words as early as 10 months old, they learn the names of objects that interests them rather than what interests the parents.  And they learn those names fast. In at least one study, infants were able to learn five new words in five minutes.  They did this with only  five presentations  of the word and object.  But, they paired the new word with the object that interested them rather than the object the  researcher referred to.  So babies believe that the word spoken to them goes with the object they are most interested in, and not necessarily the object that word accurately describes.

This is not surprising to the researchers. Interest is what drives learning for all of us.  Some six-year-olds were once heard talking knowledgeable about baseball averages.  How can they do that?  I didn’t learn about decimals until 6th or 7th grade. 

A ten-month-old infant just “glues” a name onto the most interesting thing they see.  Then, at around 18 months old, the baby learns to discern the speaker’s interest as a guide as to what words describe what objects.

Enjoy those babies while they are babies.  And remember to send a thank-you card for all the baby gifts you and they receive from friends and family.

On August 16, 2008, the US FDA ruled that there is no risks associated with the chemical BPA.  Some readers here in a recent post may have understood our feelings as being otherwise.  It was not our intention to take a stand against products containing this chemical–only to acknowledge the contraversey.  We will consider this issue more so in future posts.

You can have confidence that the baby gifts purchased or received from our websites are safe and nontoxic to your precious little ones.

Bisphenol-A (BPA) is a potentially health-hazardous chemical used in many plastic baby bottles.  This is what makes the plastic clear & durable.  The FDA has not yet ordered that products containing BPA be pulled from store shelves, but some studies do link the chemical to harmful neural and behavioral effects in fetuses, infants, and older children.  At least one national government has banned the sale of such products, and at least one major retailer will stop selling them by the end of this year.  Some pediatricians are advising parents not to purchase procudts containing BPA.  But how would we know which ones to buy and which ones to leave behind?  Here’s a few tips.

 And remember, all the babygifts you and your little one receive should be safe also.

Children between the age of 1 and 3 will usually:

• begin answering simple questions about some pictures — “Where’s the duck?” and  “What does the duck say?”
• begin naming  familiar pictures — “What’s this?”  “Duck”
• point to and identify objects
• sit and pretend they are reading books
• be able to finish sentences Mom will start to read in their favorite book
• begin “writing”
• begin identifying their favorite books by the cover
• want to turn the pages of their favorite books
• request that specific books be read to them
• begiln “reading” to his favorite stuffed animal , the one that arrived in one of the baby boy gift baskets from grandma (she spoils him)

Our children will find joy in the achievements they make toward learning to read.  Even though you, Mom and Dad, may not notice it, this learning process begins very early in  your baby’s life-typically right at birth.  We present here a general outline of the milestones our children will reach up to age 1 as they move toward the goal of reading.  As always, keep in mind that not all children develop at the same pace.  If you, Mom and Dad, have any concerns about your child’s development,  talk to your child’s doctor, teacher, or the reading specialist at his / her school.  If your child is struggling to read, the sooner you intervene, the more you can help your child to overcome these problems.From infancy to age 1 children usually show signs of:

• imitating sounds heard
• responding when hearing a familiar voices
• looking at pictures in their favorite books 
• reaching for those favorite books
• “helping” Mom and Dad to turn the pages
• responding to stories and pictures by vocalizing and touching the pictures     

So wrap those babies snugly in their personalized baby blankets and spend quality time with them.  After all, they’re infants only once in their life.