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Health Canada has been busy issuing recalls of wood toys due to excess levels of Barium. These are toys from companies like Melissa & Doug, that concientious safety-minded parents have come to trust. It also includes toys from the Toys R Us Imaginarium brand. These are toys that are in many houses. [...]
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Dear Editor,
I was dismayed but unfortunately not shocked by Sarah Schmidt’s article Co-sleeping fears prevented call for parents to abandon defective cribs. Governments across North America, including the federal and some provincial governments in Canada, have been waging an ongoing war against co-sleeping. Unfortunately, this is not based on sound science.
It is important to note [...]
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I wrote previously about balancing the pros and cons of the H1N1 vaccine in making the best decision for your family. We decided to get vaccinated. However, I still think it can go either way and each family needs to make their own choice.
Yesterday, the Government of Canada finally released its first report on H1N1 [...]
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I’m starting to get annoyed at Health Canada (HC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) assessments that certain things are safe or unsafe for our infants or for the public at large. Both HC and the FDA say that trace amounts of melamine in infant formula is safe. The FDA contends that Bisphenol A [...]
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My Avent Isis pump is officially going in the trash and I’m mad, annoyed, ticked, pissed…..take your pick!
Up until now, the pump that I had been using to pump at work for my kids is my Medela Pump in Style Advanced (PISA). It is a great double electric pump that is designed for working and [...]
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