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Smoking Effects on Fetuses
When you’re pregnant, you take a lot of steps to ensure the health of your developing baby. You eat all the right foods and exercise daily. You get plenty of rest and try to reduce your stress levels. And you make sure not to miss a single prenatal appointment. But if you’re addicted to cigarettes, stopping smoking is one of the most significant things you can do to deliver a healthy baby. According to a survey by the U.S. Public Health Service, nearly 20 percent of women smoke while pregnant. Unfortunately, the harmful compounds found in cigarettes can impair, and even be fatal to, a developing fetus.
Benefits of Fish Oil for Children
Fish oil is full of essential fatty acids, the omega-3 fats that our body needs but can’t produce on its own. These omega-3 fats have been linked to health benefits for children, from improving brain function for reduced educational problems to helping with issues such as hyperactivity, inability to concentrate, and even childhood asthma.
I Still Really Resent My Husband!
Previously, Modern Mom asked our etiquette expert, Melissa Leonard, to address the marital dilemma of our generation: A Stay At Home Mom feels her husband no longer respects her now that shes left her corporate job to be at home, full time, with the kids. This week, we asked …
Want Your Kid to Go Organic and Uber-Healthy? Do As the Celebu-Moms Do
Celeb moms and dads seem to swoon over all things organic nowadays, especially food. From vegan and macrobiotic diets, to fad foods like pomegranates and acai juice, it seems like Hollywood always finds new, hip ways to make food seem less fun and more functional. Angelina Jolie is known …