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This year’s new Gerber baby is a real charmer! On Friday, the baby food company declared the winner of its 10th annual Gerber Baby Photo Search contest: Magnolia Earl from Ross, California. She emerged the victor out of a pool of over 327,000 entrants who submitted their photos, videos, and stories on the contest website.
Angela Primachenko, a 27-year-old respiratory therapist from Vancouver, Washington, was keenly aware of the challenge ahead. Thirty-three weeks pregnant, she tested positive for COVID-19 on March 24 after having fever and other symptoms. Due to the nature of her work, she knew exactly what procedures may have to be undertaken to ensure her safety and
More and more people are going to hospitals because of the pandemic. A couple, Clara and Beau Green didn’t worry too much when their one-year-old daughter, Natalie Green, developed a low-grade fever. The baby tends to get sick more often than other kids and has needed medical care for the flu and the common cold.
For the very first time after his second open heart surgery, a baby with a congenital heart disease smiled, captured in a heart-warming, adorable video. Theodore “Teddy” Nelson was born with a half heart. This congenital heart defect is called hypoplastic left heart syndrome, in which his left heart did not form correctly during pregnancy.
Every morning, Louise Addison and Paul Addison become witness to something magical. Their four-month-old daughter who is severely deaf lets out squeals of joy every time they turn her hearing aids on, and her precious reaction is something they’ll never get tired of seeing. The couple’s baby girl, Georgina, was diagnosed as severely deaf in
Joseph and Shanna Weight had been married for nine years before they decided to add another member to their family, and the chose to do it through adoption. They adopted their first child, Milo, in August 2013 five years ago. The little boy’s birth mom became pregnant again, and all she wanted was for the
This clip of a toddler and his dad might be the cutest video of the year! 18-month-old Kingston may be a little toddler, but the fact that he has a big personality is undeniable. Shanieke Pryor, the boy’s mom, shared a hilarious video on Facebook (see below) showing her husband DJ Pryor and their son
There is truly no limit to what a united community of people can accomplish. And David Green and his wife Megan, can attest to this fact when their child was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The couple’s one-year-old daughter Kinsley is battling cancer, and when Megan posted a call for help on social media, the family
As rewarding as it is, raising and performing infant child care is far from easy. The infancy stage is so short, but these years make up the most crucial times in a child’s life. Parents want to be involved in every moment of their baby’s growth to witness all their firsts and to see how their
A baby crying non-stop for seemingly no apparent reason is an all too familiar scenario in most households. This situation could be frustrating for everyone in the home, especially for the parents who are rendered helpless as they do every conceivable thing possible to calm down their wailing infant. There is no guaranteed technique to
Random acts of kindness happen all around the world. And when we say all around the world, we literally mean in every corner of the world, for instance, even inside an airplane. A first class passenger decided to give up his seat for a mother and her sick baby. Kelsey Rae Zwick, was travelling with
Regardless of whether you are a mother to a toddler or a loving owner to a puppy, love knows no boundaries. The way we pet, cuddle, feed, and take our dogs into our own home is supportive evidence of how much love and care we have for them. But while the habit of taking animals as