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Carlina White Finds Her Family: What Motivates Baby Snatchers?
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsTwenty-three years after being stolen from a New York City hospital, Carlina White has rejoined her family. In August 1987, White's mother, Joy, then 16 years old, took her newborn daughter to the Harlem Hospital emergency room with a fever. She gave the infant to a woman dressed as a nurse, was told Carlina would be fine and went home to rest. When Joy returned, Carlina was gone. Carlina White grew up in Bridgeport, Conn., as Nejdra Nance. She discovered her true identity when she saw a photo of herself on the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's website. The center helped ...
'Baby Yoga': How Young Is Too Young? [VIDEOS]
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsWould you swing a baby around by its limbs? Russian yoga instructor Lena Fokina would, and a video of her "baby yoga" routine has gone viral -- making many American parents cringe in horror. In the clip, Fokina takes a 2-week-old infant through exercises she calls "dynamic gymnastics." Watch: Parenting blog DadWagon caught up with Fokina, who explained that these exercises are not considered shocking in Russia, where some parents believe that swinging newborns in the air helps develop their strength, reflexes and sense of independence. But is that claim true? According to pediatrician ...
Baby Born on 1/11/11 at 1:11 a.m.
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsNow here's a first. Minnesota parents Amy Zeller and Codjo Mensah knew they were going to welcome one special baby into the world when they went to a St. Paul hospital Monday night -- but they no idea their daughter Flora would be born at 1:11 a.m. on 1/11/11. Zeller told MyFoxTwinCities.com that numerology wasn't the first thing on her mind when she checked into United Hospital, even though her niece had been urging her to "hold her until midnight." But when the clock struck 1 a.m., Zeller said, doctors and nurses in the delivery room started focusing on that one magic ...
Miracle Triplets Born 11 Years Apart
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsEver wonder what you were like when you were growing up? Two 11-year-old sisters in England will have just that chance, thanks to the amazing birth of their newborn triplet who had been on ice since she was conceived more than a decade ago. When Adrian and Lisa Shepherd decided to start a family in 1998, they underwent in vitro fertilization at the Midland Fertility Clinic because Lisa suffered from fertility issues that made traditional conception difficult. Doctors obtained 24 eggs from the mother, 14 of which were successfully fertilized. Two of those embryos were then implanted in Lisa, ...
Study: Mom's Voice Has Unique Effect on Baby's Brain
By Hugh Collins - AOL News(Dec. 16) -- There's nothing like a mother's voice. New research from the University of Montreal shows that a newborn's brain responds differently to its mother's voice than to the voices of others. The mother's voice can spark activity in the parts of the brain responsible for learning language. When the child hears others speak, the reactions can be very different. "This is exciting research that proves for the first time that the newborn's brain responds strongly to the mother's voice and shows, scientifically speaking, that the mother's voice is special to babies," said lead researcher ...
'Michelin Baby' Stuns Web: How Did He Get So Big?
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(Aug. 20) -- The Chinese tot who's been dubbed "Michelin Baby" for his massive girth -- at 10 months, he weighs 44 pounds, as much as the average 6-year-old -- is astounding Web viewers in photographs that depict his diaper-busting mass. Lei Lei, who resides in China's Hunan province, didn't pop out this big. At least according to his mother, who told reporters her son's weight boomed in conjunction with his appetite. Quirky China News / Rex USA Lei Lei, one of the world's biggest infants, attempts to munch on a phone. "No matter whatever he grabs, he unconsciously puts it in his mouth," ...
The Anti-Vaccine Movement: Blinding Us With Pseudoscience
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyDespite the American infatuation with gambling, in other areas of life we shy away from random chance. We like cause and effect. We like the story of one thing leading to another in a nice, straight line. And if such a story does not declare itself, we'll invent one. Our need for a clear, predictable pattern leads us down the wayward path of conspiracy theories. In the absence of a cause that makes sense to us, we'll spend hours, days, years looking for one. Why? Peter Jennings alluded to a possible reason in his thorough 2003 documentary "Peter Jennings Reporting: The Kennedy Assassination ...
Facebook Photo of Baby With Bong Sparks Outrage
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News(June 26) -- A Florida mother is being investigated after she posted a photo on Facebook showing her infant son apparently smoking a bong. The photo shows the 11-month-old baby in a diaper, sitting on a carpet with his face leaning over the glass smoking pipe. The baby's 19-year-old mother claims the pipe didn't have tobacco or drugs in it at the time, and that the boy didn't inhale any smoke. She says she posted the photo online as a joke to show one of her friends. Splash News This disturbing photograph showing a baby apparently smoking a bong has sparked a fury. The 11-month-old boy's ...
Study: Newborns Learn During Sleep
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(May 19) -- Newborn babies spend most of their time sleeping, but new research suggests that these infants are taking advantage of the nap time by learning while they nod off. A research team at the University of Florida evaluated 26 1- to 2-day-old newborns as they slept. Unlike adults, whose brains stop displaying signs of learning during sleep, the babies exhibited brain waves that indicated ongoing engagement with the physical world. As the babies slept, researchers played an auditory tone, alternated with a gentle puff of air to the eyelids of each baby. After 20 minutes, the babies ...
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