DUI Mom Breastfeeding While Driving

Police were shocked when they pulled over an erratic driver to find the drunken 19-year-old mother was attempting to breastfeed while drive.

After almost creating a collision, the drunken mother gave chase while the police followed, assumed still breastfeeding. Oh, and she was driving without a license in an unlicensed vehicle.

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Country Living

Today on Babble:

“Country Living”

By Shelley Abreu

Children should be allowed to explore on their own.

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They Say: Don’t Sit and Slide

Ever grabbed your kid for a ride down the slide? Me too - we were both wrong.

A new study says parents who pop the kids on their laps to slip down the slide at the playground are unwittingly putting their children at risk for leg fractures. Continue reading »

Boston PD Slaps Cab Driver for Kid Sleeping in His Backseat

A Boston cabdriver is avoiding a suspension, but he earned a slap on the wrist for driving away with a seven-year-old sleeping in his backseat after dropping her parents off at their home.

This despite the family’s immense thanks when he drove the little girl back to them after getting an alert from another cab driver about the frantic family looking for their kid. Continue reading »

Kids Sicken as Family Discovers their Home used to be a Meth House

Josh Anderson / The New York Times / Redux

Rhonda and Jason Holt had no idea why their three children, all under the age of 5, had repertory problems and required many drugs and hospital visits. In addition to Rhonda’s migraines and Jason’s kidney troubles, the illnesses were completely mysterious.

Until, that is, the Holt’s discovered the secret behind the walls of their home.

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Girl Burned By Playground Equipment

A 14-month-old Denver girl has third degree burns on her leg because she had the crazy idea to kneel down on a playground mat.

Her mother, Jeni LaPlante, says that the experience was “traumatizing” for her and daughter Annabelle. Continue reading »

BPA Found in Glass-Jarred Baby Food

So much for glass being the way to go to avoid BPA. Canadian researchers have found the toxic nasty every parent is hellbound to avoid is lurking inside the glass jarred baby food we all thought was safe. Continue reading »

Kid Will Climb 14 Mountains in 14 Days

He’s eleven, and he’s already climbed three of the world’s biggest mountains. And now he’s tackling fourteen summits of fourteen thousand feet apiece.

And if that’s not enough, Matt Moniz says he’s going to do the whole shebang within fourteen days. Um, wow? Continue reading »

Recall: 1,000,000 Play Cribs Due to Hazard

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has called for Kolcraft, major child product manufacturer marketing under such brands as names as Carter’s, Sesame Street, Jeep, Contours, Care Bear and Eric Carle, to recall a million play yards. This comes after Kolcraft self-initiated a recall of nearly a half million units after a 10-month-old child strangled to death in one of their products in 2007.

The company itself is somewhat a symbol for questionable child safety. Kolcraft made its name in the 1940’s when founder Leo Koltun invented the bumper pad. Today the bumper pad is considered a hazardous for its connection to strangulation and possibly SIDS.

For the full recall announcement, go here.

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