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BPA Update: The legal action starts now... |
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Written by Sean Nel
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Monday, 01 December 2008 21:27 |
And so the other shoe has dropped... The FDA and manufacturers of products containing BPA is in trouble...
The American FDA, which more or less everybody piggybacks for basic standards policies, have had over 20 years to rectify a mistake made when Bisphenol-A was grandfathered in at the point where the Toxic Substances Control Act was passed by the US congress in 1976.
The reason it came in was simply that its been used for 70 years, and so "must be safe" and furthermore, has become a multi-Billion Dollar industry, tat relies on Bisphenol-A as a core substance in the manufacture of clear plastics. Every time there has been a serious challenge to the "Standards" previously set by the FDA through independent studies, The FDA responds through ordering a new study, usually industry sponsored and by labs who has as main clients, Plastics Manufacturers.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 01 December 2008 21:33 )
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Basic Hygiene ... do you have it? |
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Written by Sean Nel
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Friday, 28 November 2008 18:58 |
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How many times have you heard people snigger at new parents who take extra care to sterilize bottles or go and wash off a pacifier that was dropped to the ground, claiming that they "must be new parents" and that "won't happen for the second baby"?
Myself, being a new parent, hear that all the time. I sterilize everything, and I clean up, I regularly wash my hands, and as much as I can, I try and keep a clean environment around my little 5 week old baby. I see the expression on people's faces when baby gets a bath from filtered water, instead of just the tap, and honestly... I am fed up.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 28 November 2008 19:14 )
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Life with Baby: Week 5 - We are growing! |
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Written by Luba Nel
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Wednesday, 26 November 2008 21:02 |
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 We are a bit slow on Sean-Duncan updates. Mostly because both of us are kind of busy...feeding, changing, making baby go to bed...Every 2 hours.
Before the kid was born, every 3, 4 or 2 hours before feeds did not sound that tiring. I was thinking in business hours. For all new mother-to-be out there: 2 hours between feeding means that you will have about 5 minutes for yourself in the whole cycle of feeding, burping, changing, comforting - before you start all over again: feeding, burping, changing, pulling your hair out and so on.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 26 November 2008 23:24 )
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Calora - Forehead Digital Thermometer (NFS-100) |
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Written by Sean Nel
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Tuesday, 25 November 2008 00:00 |
 Product: Infrared Forehead Thermometer
Manufactured by: Calora
Price: ~R349.00 - R399.00
Available from: Calora (online orders), Baby City
Website: http://www.calora.co.za/
Review Date: 25 November 2008
When you are the owners of a brand new baby, there is a lot of things you don't know, which you think you should have known, or somebody should have told you. Mentioning such pearls of wisdom over coffee with other baby owners just illicit nods and responses of "oh yes, it surprised me as well..."
Sheesh Louise! why didn't you tell me?! or at least warn me?
At the end of the day, this was one of those moments, and we stood before the ultimate question... What should my Child's normal temperature be?
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 26 November 2008 02:21 )
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Rhubarb & Custard - Pouch Sling |
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Written by Sean Nel
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Sunday, 23 November 2008 21:03 |
 Product: Non-adjustable Pouch Sling
Manufactured by: Rhubarb & Custard
Price: R280.00
Available from: Rhubarb & Custard (online orders)
Website: http://www.rhubarbandcustard.co.za/
Review Date: 23 November 2008
When Luba was about 4 or 5 months pregnant, we went to our first baby expo in Johannesburg. If the complexities of what was to come in baby products hit us there, because everybody had the biggest and best and "only this one is good for your baby" was basically touted at every stand!
Be that as it may, we went looking for a few specific products, and one of them was a baby sling. Now, we found the one we were looking for, and I was ready to buy, but wife said we must first look around a bit more... good thing because otherwise we would not have found this sling.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 23 November 2008 21:23 )
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