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Family News Update: Garage-Sale No-Nos, Twilight Babies, Keeping Kids Away from Cleansers, Ditching Disney for a Year and More

Buyers beware: car seats, cribs, baby gates and other baby gear are off limits at garage sales:
Health Canada warns of illegal garage sale items (Calgary Herald)

Good luck keeping all of the little Bellas, Edwards and Jacobs straight at birthday parties:
‘Twilight’-inspired baby names have supernatural appeal (Parent Central)

Provided you can even FIND daycare, now you can get reviews from other parents:
Website offers anonymous child-care reviews (CBC News)

They say money can’t buy happiness, but it certainly doesn’t hurt:
The world’s happiest countries enjoy high levels of prosperity (MSNBC)

Something tells us that this one family may not make a dent in Disney’s sales:
Ditching Disney for a year (The Globe and Mail)

Despite this good news, make sure you keep household cleansers under lock and key:
Child injuries from home cleaners down in the US (CBC News)

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Family News Update: Sleepless Babies, Happy Teen Tactics, A Childless Life and More

Does your baby cry and scream instead of drifting off to sleep at night?
Researchers attempt to help parents with sleepless babies (The Gazette)

Sleep scientists may have found a simple solution to your teen’s happiness:
Want happier, brighter teens? Let them sleep late (The Vancouver Sun)

A childless woman shares her views on living life without kids:
Whoa baby! A downside to going childless (The Toronto Sun)

Could your child be suffering the hardships of cyberbullying?
Cyberbullying Linked to Teen Health Problems (AOL News)

Some of the most bizarre baby-naming laws around the world:
Oh no, you can’t name your baby THAT! (CNN)

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Sweetest Video: Baby Reacts to Hearing for the First Time

Check out 8-month old baby Jonathan reacting to his mom’s voice after receiving a cochlear implant. Absolutely wonderful way to start the week, don’t you agree?

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Family News Update: A Smoking Two-Year-Old, Social Networking in Hospitals, Name Games and More

A story so bizarre you’ll have to read it to believe it (the pictures speak a thousand depressing, horrible words):
Two unfit to run: Two-year-old who smokes 40 cigarettes a day puffs away on toy truck (MailOnline)

Using technology to cope with an illness and connect with others in the same boat:
Social networking site helps young patients connect in hospitals (ParentCentral)

And to think parents used to want their kids to fit in; it’s about standing out these days:
Does your name shape your destiny? (CNN)

Baby Boomers are taking over Canada by the millions:
Canada will have more seniors than kids in the next decade (The National Post)

Females across Canada get an A+ for controlling and protecting their reproductive health:
Canada’s teen birth and abortion rate drops by 36.9 per cent (The Globe and Mail)

Sick of counting sheep? Trying hitting the gym instead. Or at least think about it:
Phys Ed: Does Exercise Help You Sleep Better? (The New York Times)

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Family News Update: All the Toxic Chemicals In Your House, Elite Baby Names, the Surprisingly Straight-Forward Origins of the Easter Bunny and more

• Why do we scrub poisons into the the same places where we cook our food? Prepare to feel foolish, and a little anxious:
How a family reduced its toxic footprint (HealthZone/The Toronto Star)

• Phineas sounds more like a farmer than a socialite, and Silas conjures images of an evil genius. The elite can have these:
Baby names for the elite (ParentCentral/The Toronto Star)

• Important news for parents of little ones:
Health Canada issues warning on older ‘Little People’ toys (ParentCentral/The Toronto Star)

• Which one finds its way onto your family’s toast?:
Butter v. margarine – which is better? (The Globe and Mail)

• Get out and play. It’s good for you:
Active kids grow up to have stronger skeletons (The Montreal Gazette)

• 44% of the married people in this county admitted to being unfaithful. It must have been mighty awkward sitting at the breakfast table reading this article this morning:
Devon couples ‘most unfaithful’ (The Telegraph)

• In honour of Easter and all of those who’ve ever wondered just how the heck a bunny and chocolate eggs made their way into the equation:
Where did the Easter Bunny come from? (Mental_Floss)

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Family News Update: Flexing Your Mental Muscles, Luxurious Moms and their Kids, Lap Dances in School, Babies with Laser Eyes and more

• Does your family have an annoying habit of complaining that they’ve told you something twice and you don’t remember? Try this:
Brain games keep minds nimble (The Toronto Star)

• Literally. They had both adversity, and goats:
Family doesn’t let adversity get their goat (The Toronto Star)

• But mommy! Her mom bought her an $800 purse:
Luxury looks for mommy and me (ParentCentral/The Toronto Star)

• One would assume it’s common knowledge that performing a lap dance in front of your students crosses some sort of line, but apparently it’s not. And this comes with video no less:
Too cool for school? Teachers need to know where to draw the line (The Globe and Mail)

• Luckily, some schools are making headlines for positive reasons:
Million bucks makes school heart of the community (The Toronto Star)

• Good tips with the March Break approaching:
Shield youngsters from serious illness on winter vacations (The Montreal Gazette)

• What do Bison, Thunder, Lightning, Morpheous, Ericlindross, Amazyn, Epic, Fury, Halleluya, Infiniti, Mischiefs and Peanut all have in common? They’re the names of some very….lucky….babies in Alberta:
Albertans name their children the darndest things (The Montreal Gazette)

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Top Baby Names of 2009

Cool BabyThe results are in, the top baby names for 2009 are:

Boys
1. Aiden
2. Matthew
3. Owen
4. Ethan
5. Jackson
6. Evan
7. Braden
8. Noah
9. Jack
10. Zachary
Girls
1. Madeline
2. Madison
3. Emma
4. Hannah
5. Olivia
6. Audrey
7. Isabella
8. Grace
9. Taylor
10. Emily

See also the most popular names of the decade.

Want to know how cool your baby’s name is? We found this cool little tool not too long ago that will tell you.

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Almost Due? Try These Holiday Baby Names

Thinking of giving your baby a holiday-inspired name? Or just curious about which names are yule-tied? Well, we were curious too so we came up with a list of names filled with holiday cheer. Can you think of others? Let us know!

Courtesy of Nameberry.com.

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244 Baby Names You’ll Love

This is your ultimate baby name guide! From princess and prince to flower and bird names, we’ve got that new stand-out winner you’ve been looking for. Check out 24 different categories packed with brand new options and some twists on old favourites.

Lists courtesy of NameBerry.com

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Momversation Monday: How Did You Choose Your Baby’s Name?

Did you throw darts? Flip a coin? Go with something you’ve loved since age 8? Watch the Momversation and tell us: how did you choose your baby’s name?

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