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Baby Gender Selection Methods

It’s natural for a father who already has three girls to want a boy next time. But should he be able to make that choice? Reproductive technologies exist to make sex selection a reality. However, many people believe that sex selection is ethically wrong. The UN reports, for example, that every day in India, 2,000 women abort a baby girl. Called feticide, this is a form of sex selection. When sex selection occurs for medical reasons, many people support the phenomenon.

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How Do I Get My Baby to Go to Sleep Without the Pacifier?

Most babies are born with a strong desire to suck. In fact, some babies suck their thumbs or fingers while they are in the womb. In addition to sucking for nutritional purposes, sucking can have a soothing effect on babies. For this reason, many parents use a pacifier to help their baby to fall asleep. Fortunately, for parents who want to break the pacifier habit, there are other ways to help a baby go to sleep.

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I Need Help With My Prescription Drug Addiction

Beware of prescription drugs if you are younger than 65, have a history of depression, have abused drugs in your past and use any sort of psychiatric medication. If you fall into all four of those categories, you have a 26 percent chance of becoming addicted to prescription drugs, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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When Will a Baby Sleep Through the Night?

One of the most common questions new parents have is “When will my baby sleep through the night?” Fortunately for overtired parents, most full-term healthy babies can sleep through the night sooner than the parents think. With a little effort and lots of patience, you can have your newborn baby sleeping through the night within weeks.