Fashion and Lifestyle

Get moving, moms-to-be

Posted on September 23, 2008. Filed under: Fashion and Lifestyle, Nutrition | Tags: , , |

Getting physical during pregnancy is good for your health
Chris Zdeb, Canwest News Service
Published: Monday, September 22, 2008
Pregnant women used to smoke and didn’t exercise. So old school. Today, moms-to-be know it’s not healthy to smoke and it is healthy to exercise — no matter what their moms or grandmas might say.
“When the generation before ours, our [...]

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Belly ‘facials,’ photographers for moms-to-be

Posted on May 21, 2008. Filed under: Business, Celebrities, Fashion and Lifestyle | Tags: , , , , |

…Babies cost an average of $10,600 in the first year to feed, clothe and care for, according to 2007 federal statistics, but Zalon estimates some women spend that much on luxury services alone during their pregnancies…

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Hip homes forgo the cutesy kids stuff

Posted on May 16, 2008. Filed under: Fashion and Lifestyle | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

After Erin Ryan-Walsh and her husband Rob Engelhardt moved out of their downtown apartment into a contemporary townhouse, they were thrilled to spend time decorating and adding personal touches to their new home…

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Growing Up Green

Posted on May 16, 2008. Filed under: Environment, Fashion and Lifestyle | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Want to wreck the environment? Have a baby. Each bundle of joy gobbles up more of the planet’s food, clogs garbage dumps with diapers, churns through plastic toys and winds up a gas-guzzling, resource-consuming grown-up like the rest of us. Still, babies are awfully cute. Given that most people still intend to procreate, what’s an environmentally conscious parent to do?

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Child safety seats should be centered in back seat

Posted on May 15, 2008. Filed under: Fashion and Lifestyle, USA | Tags: , , , , , , |

Positioning child safety seats in the center of the back seat could cut infants’ and toddlers’ injury risks by nearly half, a new study suggests…

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Celebrating birth mothers

Posted on May 15, 2008. Filed under: Birth in the Media, Fashion and Lifestyle, Film | Tags: , , , |

Until last week, I didn’t know there was such a thing as Birth Mother’s Day.

But when I heard that this Saturday, the day before Mother’s Day, there would be such a celebration, it struck me that the idea is an excellent one…

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Baby café is moms’ cup of tea

Posted on May 15, 2008. Filed under: Business, Canadian News, Fashion and Lifestyle | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

You want a cappuccino. So you head for a café and park yourself in a sunny window seat with a steaming cup of java. Now, add a baby to this picture for a touch of complexity…

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Welcome!

Posted on May 15, 2008. Filed under: Age, Baby Names, Birth Centers, Birth Settings, Birth in the Media, Body Image, Books and Resources, Breastfeeding, Business, Canadian News, Celebrities, Cesarean sections, Doulas, Environment, Exercise, Family Physicians, Fashion and Lifestyle, Fear and Anxiety, Film, Global News, Home Birth, Maternity Care Providers, Mature Moms, Mental Health, Midwives, Nurses, Nutrition, Obesity, Obstetricians, Pain Management, Teen Moms, USA, Water Birth, Weight gain/loss | Tags: , , , |

News articles and postings coming soon…

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Taking baby the earth-friendly route

Posted on April 27, 2008. Filed under: Breastfeeding, Canadian News, Environment, Fashion and Lifestyle | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Corinne Willems is a first-time mom and a self-confessed greenie. While pregnant with her son Nikko, now three-and-a-half months old, Willems learned some disturbing facts about the key ingredient in a popular “no tears” baby shampoo that motivated her to go the earth-friendly route and start making her own baby care products…

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Caffeine and Pregnancy: How Risky?

Posted on April 16, 2008. Filed under: Fashion and Lifestyle, Nutrition | Tags: , , , , , , |

Several studies suggest a link between caffeine consumption and risk of miscarriage. But the cause and effect has never been clear: does caffeine increase a woman’s risk of miscarrying, or do women who are already at low risk for miscarriage tend not to drink caffeine?…

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