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Dads and diaper makers hug it out

Susan Reimer — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:35:00 EDT

Ad campaign depicting clueless fathers leads to online protest – with a happy ending

A stay-at-home dad, offended by a television commercial that made dads look like dummies, has used social media — the same cudgel that forced Bank of America to back off last year from plans to hike fees — to get the makers of Huggies disposable diapers to take the ad off the air.

They call her Scary Mommy and now she's scary successful

By Jill Rosen , The Baltimore Sun — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:37:00 EDT

Baltimore mother's cheeky blog is drawing thousands of fans and spawning a book deal

Baltimore mother's cheeky blog is drawing thousands of fans and spawning a book deal.

From Sun Magazine: Earliest intervention

By Laura Vozzella, The Baltimore Sun — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:35:00 EDT

Young Maryland families are opening up their lives to Hopkins researchers seeking the causes of autism, even before birth

When Ginny Russo goes into labor sometime at the end of May, her first call will be to her doctor. Her second: to the researchers who want to collect her baby's placenta, umbilical cord blood and first dirty diaper.

A reading list for freshmen

By William Hageman, Tribune Newspapers — Thu, 3 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDT

We ask prominent people from all walks of life their suggestions for a newly graduated 8th-grader heading for high school

The leap from eighth grade to high school can be a difficult one, but it can be made easier with the help of a good book. We asked several notables to recommend a good summertime read for incoming high school freshmen. Their suggestions:

Pampering mom from head to toe

By Laura Vozzella , The Baltimore Sun — Wed, 3 Aug 2011 18:39:00 EDT

Parkville woman launches concierge service for mothers

Pregnant and on bed rest, with a 3-year-old son and a husband working full time, Rochelle Walker wanted her mommy, who lived hours away.

Whooping cough still with us, still dangerous

By Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times — Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 EDT

The case of a new mom, who passed along the bacteria to her newborn son, who later died, is a cautionary tale. A booster vaccine in now recommended.

Two days after her second son, Dylan, was born in 2005, Mariah Bianchi let out yet another deep-chested cough, this time in the hospital, where she was recovering from the delivery.

Alcopops Only Look Innocent, Hook Kids

Kim Hone-Mcmahan — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EDT

So-called "alcopops" taste like fruit juice but can contain as much booze, or more, than some beers.

The alcohol industry has found ways to make its products attractive to kids, and parents may not realize what it is their children are drinking.

Mouth-to-Mouth CPR Better for Kids

Karen Kaplan — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT

For the last two years, the American Heart Assn. has recommended a "hands only" approach to CPR, but a new study has changed that way of thinking.

Since 2008, the American Heart Assn. has recommended a "hands only" approach to CPR, emphasizing the importance of performing rapid chest compressions on victims of sudden cardiac arrest. The group decided to nix the mouth-to-mouth portion of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in part because studies show that it doesn't improve overall survival, and in part to increase the odds that a bystander would perform any kind of CPR at all.

Teaching kids to stay in the game

By Joe Burris | joseph.burris@baltsun.com — Thu, 1 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EDT

Husband-wife team at Kennedy Krieger Institute show wheelchair athletes they can win

The basketball players settle into drills with the precision and fluidity of a vintage squad - despite the fact that many of them cannot move their bodies from the waist down.

Building a better Easter basket

By Monica Kass Rogers, Special to Tribune Newspapers — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:08:04 EDT

Experts share a few tips for boosting the health factor

Sure, kids want chocolate and jelly beans, but an overload of sweets serves no one well. Shaping an Easter basket that's full of fun, minus some of the sugar, is easy.