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Could a common household chemical harm your unborn baby?
By Kimberley Smith on 01/12/2010 in Pregnancy health & safety
Mums-to-be warned to keep exposure to common anti-bacterial chemical triclosan to a minimum
Scientists have warned that high levels of anti-bacterial agent Triclosan, commonly used in household items such as toothpaste and handwash, could be harmful to unborn babies.Triclosan is used in everything from toothpaste to anti-bacterial chopping
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twinkle twinkle
By twinkle twinkle on 08/11/2005 in member
mum to Vincent, (7/5/03), and Louis (25/11/08). Veggie household.
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Arthritis Problem
By Gary Jecson on 31/05/2007 in forum
continues for few more days I may loose my activeness. Please suggest me any solution.Thanks HiMy wife was also suffering from Osteo arthritis. She is housewife. She had to spend whole day on bed. She can’t able to handle any of the household work. She
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Huge rise in unmarried families
By ThinkBaby on 21/02/2006 in News
Latest statistics show 30 per cent rise in the instance of babies born outside wedlock in the last 25 years.
. The Office for National Statistics says that the average across Europe is 33 per cent.There are several reasons for the shift, including the increase in cases of divorce, single-parent households and the changing perception of an unmarried lifestyle that once
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Huge rise in unmarried families
By ThinkBaby on 21/02/2006 in Relationships and sex
Latest statistics show 30 per cent rise in the instance of babies born outside wedlock in the last 25 years.
. The Office for National Statistics says that the average across Europe is 33 per cent.There are several reasons for the shift, including the increase in cases of divorce, single-parent households and the changing perception of an unmarried lifestyle that once
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Harmful chemicals found in nearly all pregnant women
By Kimberley Smith on 14/01/2011 in Pregnancy health & safety
Chemicals, including some banned for decades, have been found in the bodies of 99% of pregnant women in the US
for the unborn baby.The study was not investigating the link between the presence of substances and the health of the women’s babies but has raised awareness of the unknown properties of many household items. Several of the chemicals have been banned since
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Bath safety: call for thermostat valves on taps
By Laura Lee Davies on 30/03/2006 in Newborn health & safety
MPs call for law to force new and refurbished homes in England to have valves fitted to control bath water temperatures and keep babies and children safe.
in most domestic household tanks is kept at about 60 degrees C in order to fend off bacteria, but the valve would prevent the water running in a bath any hotter than 48 degrees C. RoSPA would like to see this set at 46 degrees C.Creagh has the support
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James Corden to be a dad
By Matt Fricker on 29/09/2010 in Celebrity
Gavin and Stacey star confirms his girlfriend is 3 months pregnant
Actor, writer and TV presenter James Corden is to become a first time dad, reports The Sun.James, 32, who has become a household name following the success of Gavin and Stacey, was said to be beaming when he confirmed that his girlfriend Julia Carey
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Stay-at-home dads on the rise
By Clio FitzHerbert on 12/04/2010 in Pregnancy for dads-to-be
There are now 10 times more stay-at-home dads than a decade ago, new survey suggests
,000 parents by insurance firm Aviva. Mums got a bigger pay packet in one in six of all the households.Men that stayed at home were happier with this arrangement than the women, the survey suggested, with 75% of dads saying that they were lucky to spend so much
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“I’m pregnant” is the perfect excuse to get out of housework
By Kimberley Smith on 01/11/2010 in Pregnancy & you
What mums-to-be really use their pregnancy as an excuse for, from housework to grumpiness!
for.Topping the list was household chores, with 71% of the 1,192 mums surveyed owning up to getting out of the housework due to their pregnancy. Following closely behind was the guilty pleasure of eating rather more calories than normal, admitted
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