Babies/Infants

The social security administration released their list of most popular baby names of 2012 on Thursday, which included a long list of some bizarre, presumptuous and pop culture references in wide array of traditional names and emerging baby trend names. Most notable were the names given the honor of “fasted rising baby names” in 2012. The ... read more »

The body of a newborn infant was allegedly discovered by a Minn. laundry service, who claimed the body fell out of a bed sheet on Tuesday morning as they prepared a load of laundry. The laundry service says they informed the hospital, who immediately sent medical personnel to retrieve the body. St. Paul police were called after ... read more »

There is no doubt that when you are traveling with an infant, or even a toddler for that matter, they will get fussy, and they will cry. It’s in their nature. Especially so when you are traveling on an aircraft with your child. What with all those changes in altitudes and such. A 19 month ... read more »

Expectant parents attending a breastfeeding education class were subjected to some shocking commentary by one of the class counselors. The mommy wars reached a new low point when the acclaimed speaker told the couples that baby formula is “like AIDS.” “Formula is a little bit like AIDS,” the leading counselor told the group of soon-to-be ... read more »

Baby Kenna Moore was born on July 9th weighing just 9 ounces, when her mother was approximately 23 weeks pregnant. “Doctors are a lot of times bound by what they’ve seen and bound by science. And you know science says a lot of this isn’t possible,” said her mother, Nicki. Kenna has spent the past ... read more »

Minorities now comprise greater than 50% of all babies born in the US, according to an article in the Washington Post from May 18, 2012. This growing minority population has come about due to massive immigration, especially from Latin America and Asia. Without this immigration, America’s population would resemble that of aging, stagnant Japan. Unlike ... read more »

Reports of a woman expecting nonuplets in Northern Mexico are false. Late last week Mexican broadcaster Televisa and several top newspapers ran an article on Karla Perez, after she provided supposed evidence to to welfare officials with evidence of multiple pregnancy. Spokesman for the health ministry of Coahuila state claim that they were provided with ... read more »

UPDATE: This story has since been reported as a hoax A woman in Mexico woman is pregnant with nine babies. Karla Vanessa Perez of the northeastern state of Coahuila, which borders Texas is due to give birth on May 20. Perez has had fertility treatments, which led to the the multiple pregnancy. The country’s main ... read more »

A new car seat made of Kevlar, the same material used to make body armor, has been introduced by a British company in what feels like an infant seat fit for the Starship Enterprise. The rear facing seat is fireproof, bulletproof and contains a miniature airbag. It also detects flying objects and closes it’s infant ... read more »

New York resident Chen Ling got an unlikely surprise when she took out her trash Saturday afternoon. On her way to the garbage drop, Ling discovered an abandoned baby boy lying in the lobby of her Brooklyn apartment. The infant, estimated to be between 2 and 3 months old, was nestled in a car seat ... read more »

  The North County Times reports Cynthia Sigler of Southern California expressed surprise at the size of her newborn son when he was delivered via cesarean section last week. The baby weighed in at 13 pounds, 14 ounces. Doctors previously estimated the boy’s weight at around 11 pounds, but he easily topped that by the ... read more »

Parents who are fans of the popular game “Angry Birds” have something to get excited about! SwaddleDesigns, a Seattle based company run by husband and wife team, Jeff and Lynette Damir are debuting their Angry Birds baby clothes this month. SwaddleDesigns was the first to grab the popular games very first “baby-product license” last year. ... read more »

Melinda Guido was just 9.5 oz when she was born – 15 weeks premature – on the 30th of August last year. Doctors at the time said she was so small, ‘she could fit in the palm of her dad’s hand’. She was delivered by emergency Caesarean section after her mother, Haydee Ibarra, developed severe ... read more »

Australian researchers at the University of Melbourne and Florey Neurosciences Institute, along with researchers at the University of South Australia, have discovered the gene that causes epilepsy in infants. So far, researchers were clueless as to the cause of infantile seizures; known as Benign familial infantile epilepsy (BFIE), the disorder occurs in previously healthy infants, ... read more »

  From the onset of the second season of 16 and Pregnant, most of the controversial show’s loyal watchers knew that Leah Messer’s story would continue to be played out if a second season of Teen Mom were created. And it was, with Leah being one of the most popular cast members. During her time ... read more »