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Can You Highlight Your Hair During Pregnancy?

For many women, pregnancy transforms them into beautiful, glowing goddesses. For others, however, they’re left clinging to any semblance of their normal selves as pregnancy hormones quickly alter their physical appearance. Highlighting hair can provide a relatively low-cost transformation and much-needed boost to a woman’s self-esteem, but many wonder if the chemicals and fumes present in hair dye are safe during pregnancy.

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Autism and a Red Eye

Over the summer, my son and I flew a red eye to the East Coast. I had taken several red eyes over the last few years, and my son had even taken one with me. I find red eyes are less expensive and I take them because I don’t fly well, which means I won’t…

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Infant Jackets Recalled

About 8,700Infants First Impressions Varsity Jackets have been recalled by Macy’s due to choking hazards, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Why the product is being recalled:The snaps on the jackets can come off, posing a choking hazard.

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No Kids Allowed: Businesses That Ban Children?

When my first child was born, I lived in New York City. My husband and I were accustomed to eating breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner and dessert in restaurants far more often than our own kitchen. We got a rude awakening the first time we tried to take our adorable infant to my favorite Italian restaurant. Think red-checked tablecloths, candles, and olive oil imported from Tivoli. I was on first-name terms with both the ricotta ala rigatoni and the matred.

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Kiddieland Recalls Disney-Branded Tinkerbell Trikes

Kiddieland has voluntarily recalled 12,000 Disney Fairies Plastic Racing Trikes because they pose a potential laceration hazard. Children can suffer cuts from the plastic fairy which sits on the handle bars if they fall on it.Recently, a three year old girl from Ohio suffered facial lacerations near her right eye.