baby safety

Screening the Sunscreens: What's Safe for Baby

Any day now you’ll be reaching for summer’s first tube of sunscreen. You’re not alone if you’re wondering just what’s in it and, most importantly, if it’s safe for you and your kids to spend ... READ MORE

Healthy Baby Healthy Planet: 5 Ways to Have a Green Pregnancy

Pregnancy, especially your ﬁrst, upends your life in unexpected ways. Motherhood looms and you’re madly trying to ﬁgure out how to give your baby the healthiest start. So it’s no surprise ... READ MORE

Eco-babyproofing: Safely Removing Toxins from Your Home

It’s called the “nesting instinct”—that sudden urge to tidy, purge, organize and decorate. But getting your home ready for your newborn isn’t just about putting together the crib and washing ... READ MORE

Growing Battle Over Swaddling

There is a battle brewing about a staple in parents' baby-care arsenals: swaddling.Swaddling is now illegal in child care centers in Minnesota and strongly discouraged in Pennsylvania and ... READ MORE

Safe Sleep

Here’s the good news: Ever since the 1994 launch of the Back to Sleep campaign, which instructs parents to put infants to sleep on their backs, the number of sudden infant death syndrome ... READ MORE

New Safety Standards For Play Yards

The safety rules for play yards and portable cribs are about to get stricter thanks to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), which unanimously voted to toughen these guidelines, The ... READ MORE

Get On The Sleep Train

If getting your baby to sleep is a singing, rocking and jiggling process that’s exhausting the whole family, you may want to consider sleep training. “The process involves teaching your baby ... READ MORE

Vaccination Vindication

Measles, pertussis (whooping cough) and Hib meningitis—all vaccine-preventable diseases—are making a comeback in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ... READ MORE

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Safety groups finds that car makers are largely ignoring design standards that would make car seats easier to install. Head over to our How to Install A Car Seat page to see step-by-step ... READ MORE

BPA Alert

The battle over BPA rages on, ABC News and Time magazine report. The Food And Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected a petition by environmental groups to ban the chemical bisphenol A, saying ... READ MORE