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Happy International Babywearing Week! Enjoying some Eleanor Snuggles To those who don’t babywear, celebrating babywearing for a week might seem a bit “odd.” But there are plenty of reasons why babywearing deserves a week of celebration all its own… First of all…babywearing is a vital parenting tool to many. It’s a way to snuggle little ones, to [...] As you know, we’ve been following the the Consumer Protection Safety Commission’s actions on slings for the last few months (see our previous posts here and here). Thanks to the efforts of the Baby Carrier Industry Alliance and the greater babywearing community, the CPSC did back off its most recent threatened recall of slings and [...] One of my most vivid memories of being a child was going to vote with my mom. My mom took me to polls with her more than once, but I particularly remember the election of 1988 when Bush and Dukakis were running for President. The lines seemed long (but all lines seem long when you are a kid), [...] According to its mission statement, the “U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from thousands of types of consumer products under the agency’s jurisdiction.” I think most consumers would agree that a government watchdog charged with holding companies accountable for unsafe products is [...] About 4 weeks after Callum was born, I started dutifully pumping after his morning nursing session to start my “freezer stash.” Like many nursing mamas, I had fears of sudden supply issues that would necessitate “dipping into my stash” – so I wanted to have a good back up supply on hand. A week later, [...] Becoming Mamas is proud to be a supporter of the newly formed Baby Carrier Industry Alliance (BCIA). We encourage you to join as well! For only $25, you can become a “Friend” of BCIA; smaller donations are welcome as well. Every dollar is important as BCIA works to ensure the safety of baby carriers on [...] I wanted to give a shout out to a wonderful project started by another mama: Simple Gift: Stories From Breastfeeding Mamas. Many of us rely on the wisdom and experience of other mamas as we begin our breastfeeding journey. Hearing how others met and dealt with the challenges and joys of nursing can be the [...] On June 2, the U.S. Consumer Protection Safety Commission issued a recall of Sprout Stuff Ring Slings. Only about 40 of the recalled slings are in circulation according the recall press release. One infant death (in 2007) is attributed to the sling. Unlike the Infantino recall in March 2010, this recall is baffling to those who [...] I recently got rid of four bottles of children’s medicine, two bottles of infant Tylenol and two bottles of infant Motrin, based on McNeil Consumer Healthcare’s “voluntary” recall of the products. I’m not sure how voluntary the recall was because they shut the manufacturing plant down and recalled the medicine only after the FDA wrote [...]  |
   
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