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Baby Food Recall: Ella’s Kitchen Stage 3 Cool Caribbean Chicken

Recall Stage 3 Weaning Food Ella's Kitchen Caribbean ChickenElla’s Kitchen is tak­ing the pre­cau­tion­ary mea­sure of recall­ing Stage 3 Totally Cool Caribbean Chicken with man­goes because of the poten­tial pres­ence of pieces of hard­ened veg­etable inside the pouch which could present a chok­ing risk.

  • Baby Food Recall: Ella’s Kitchen Stage 3 Wean­ing — Cool Caribbean Chicken
  • Packet size: 190g Pouch
  • Best before dates: July 2010, Octo­ber 2010, Jan­u­ary 2011, and Feb­ru­ary 2011
  • Haz­ard: Hard­ened veg­eta­bles inside the pouch could poten­tially cause an infant to choke
  • Rem­edy: If you have any of the affected prod­uct please con­tact Ella’s Kitchen Cus­tomer Care for a full refund, and or advice.

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Pre Baby & BIRTH

Pregnancy Iron Rich Recipe | Vegetarian Chilli

Chilli Recipe for Preconception and PregnancyThis veg­e­tar­ian chilli is deli­cious and packed full of pulse based iron for preg­nancy. I ate this reg­u­larly while  preg­nant, shared it with friends for din­ner and was amazed that my 12 month old baby boy also loved it on brown rice. This recipe includes curry pow­der, red kid­ney beans and brown rice all good nat­ural sources of iron. The but­ter­nut squash and car­rots are rich in Vit­a­min A. The red kid­ney beans and chick­peas are also nat­ural sources of folic acid (folate) an essen­tial nutri­ent for your devel­op­ing baby. Easy to make and freeze this is a great veg­e­tar­ian sta­ple in our house.

  • Iron rich veg­e­tar­ian recipe for pregnancy
  • Makes 8 portions
  • Cook all in one pot (although you will need sep­a­rate pot for brown rice)
  • Can be frozen
  • Cook­ing Time: 30 minutes

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Pre Baby & BIRTH

Fertility for Men: Preconception Nutrition for Healthy Sperm

Fertility Food for Men to Improve Sperm QualityFer­til­ity prob­lems affect both men and women. Accord­ing to the NHS, approx­i­mately one third of infer­til­ity is due to prob­lems with the women, and another third is due to prob­lems with the man. Whilst in just over twenty per­cent of cases, a cause can­not be identified.

The most com­mon cause of infer­til­ity in men is a prob­lem with sperm. Pre­con­cep­tion nutri­tion for healthy sperm looks at the impor­tance of food for improv­ing your sperm quality.

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Baby DRINK

Steps towards banning BPA from baby bottles

Campaign to Remove BPA from UK Baby BottlesMany coun­tries are ban­ning the use of the chem­i­cal Bisphenol-A (BPA) in the pro­duc­tion of baby bot­tles due to health con­cerns. Canada banned BPA in 2009. Whilst this month:

So far, UK move­ment to ban BPA in baby bot­tles and mate­ri­als that come into con­tact with tod­dlers food is slow. Any change in pol­icy towards BPA awaits the opin­ion of the EFSA (Euro­pean Food Stan­dards Authority) who are cur­rently assess­ing the rel­e­vance of a fur­ther study com­mis­sioned by the Amer­i­can Chem­istry Coun­cil. The EFSA opin­ion is expected in May 2010

Whilst we await the opin­ion of the EFSA, Mindful Mum pro­vides a com­par­i­son of BPA free baby bot­tles and a guide to BPA free wean­ing for UK par­ents wish­ing to err on the side of cau­tion regard­ing their children’s health. If you are con­cerned your child has already been exposed to BPA, see our arti­cle on block­ing the effects of BPA.

For more infor­ma­tion on the ban to remove BPA from UK baby bot­tles see the No More BPA Cam­paign.

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Baby RECALL

Baby Sling Recall: Infantino SlingRider Baby Carrier

Infantino Sling Recall SlingRider Wendy BellissimoInfan­tino has announced a vol­un­tary replace­ment pro­gram for the Infan­tino Slin­gRider infant baby car­ri­ers. They have issued the vol­un­tary recall due to con­cerns raised by the Con­sumer Prod­uct Safety Com­mis­sion (CPSC) in the United States. This action is being taken in the US & Canada and also the UK and other Euro­pean countries.

One mil­lion of these infant slings are being recalled in the United States and 15,000 are being recalled in Canada. CPSC advises con­sumers to imme­di­ately stop using these slings for infants younger than four months of age due to a risk of suf­fo­ca­tion and con­tact Infan­tino for a free replace­ment product.

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Baby RECALL

Baby Sling Safety: Top Ten Tips for Carrying Baby Safely

In the United States the Con­sumer Prod­uct Safety Commission(CPSC) has issued a suf­fo­ca­tion warn­ing about sling car­ri­ers for babies. There cur­rently are no safety stan­dards for infant sling carriers.

The key con­cerns are:

  • Babies under two months have weak neck mus­cles mak­ing it dif­fi­cult to con­trol their heads. This can result in the sling fab­ric press­ing against a baby’s nose and mouth, block­ing the baby’s breath­ing and rapidly suf­fo­cat­ing a baby within a minute or two.
  • Slings where baby is in a curled posi­tion bend­ing the chin toward the chest can result in restrict­ing baby’s air­ways and lim­it­ing the oxy­gen sup­ply. The baby will not be able to cry for help and can slowly suffocate.

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Baby HEALTH

Hand Washing for Babies — Antibacterial Soap Versus Standard Soap

Washing Hands Antibacterial Versus Standard Soap

Ques­tion: Should I be using antibac­te­r­ial soap to wash my baby’s hands?

Answer:   There is no con­sen­sus as to whether wash­ing hands with antibac­te­r­ial soap is bet­ter, worse, or equally effec­tive at pre­vent­ing infec­tions as sim­ple soap and water. Many health activists rec­om­mend using reg­u­lar soap because antibac­te­r­ial soap con­tains tri­closan which may cause some bac­te­ria to become resis­tant to com­monly used antibi­otics such as amoxicillin.

Accord­ing to the World Health Organ­i­sa­tion, the crit­i­cal fac­tor in stop­ping germs from spread­ing is to wash your child’s hands using a cleans­ing agent and to do it prop­erly. Wash­ing your child’s hands prop­erly will mean; less vis­its to the doc­tor, fewer antibi­otics, fewer pre­scrip­tion med­i­cines and fewer illnesses.

Mind­ful Mum looks at the crit­i­cal ‘hand wash­ing’ times for your child and how to wash your child’s hands prop­erly to reduce germs and illness.

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Baby HEALTH

How to spot an asthma attack in your child

How to Spot An Asthma AttackIn the UK, over 1.1 mil­lion chil­dren have asthma. Asthma attacks are unpre­dictable and can vary in both sever­ity and duration.

Mind­ful Mum lists the most com­mon trig­gers of asthma, how to spot an asthma attack in a child and when to call for med­ical attention.

Down­load Signs of An Asthma Attack In A Child (116) to print and take with you.

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