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Streptomycin. This can damage the ears of the fetus as it develops and may result in hearing loss in the baby.Sulphonamides. These can cause jaundice in the newborn baby.Tetracyclines. These drugs shouldn’t be taken because they can affect the development of the baby’s bone and teeth and can cause discoloration in the teeth. Steroid inhalers used to treat asthma are safe in pregnancy, and it’s important to control your asthma while you’re pregnant....

The rules of grammar and usage are not suspended for e-mail. Exotic punctuation, such as dashes, slashes, and dots, makes the copy hard to read and gives it a juvenile look, like signing a letter with Xs and Os. If your system has a spell checker, use it, no matter how good a speller you think you are. Picturing your correspondence printed out and tacked to a bulletin board will help control the temptation to use e-mail gimmicks....

Communicate Importance of Reference Checks When interviewing a potential child care provider, whether it is a teenage babysitter, day care teacher, or nanny, be sure to communicate that you intend to conduct a reference check and highly value findings. Ask for contact information of former employers or for other families whose children a babysitter has worked with previously. This also helps to “bring out” any concerns up front. Chats With Families, Friends, and Neighbors Another approach that families sometimes use to inquire about a potential child care provider service or babysitter is to casually inquire about who a particular family is using, how it is going, and whether the kids enjoy their provider....

You can still have a fun, even productive, rainy day at home. Use these practical suggestions to encourage your tweens and teens to get active when the weather has them stuck inside. If you don’t have a gym membership, ask about day passes or see if you can accompany a friend who is a member. Your local YMCA almost always has day passes available, as well as financial assistance for family memberships....

Divorce. An ominous word, but certainly an important one. The sad reality is, not all couples are “in it” for the long haul, and couples across the U.S. divorce for a plethora of reasons, after just a few months of marriage or many decades. How do you know when to get a divorce? Dr. Jenn Mann, a Beverly Hills, CA based psychotherapist and author of The Relationship Fix shares her relationship advice for married couples — and how to get through a separation; heart and soul intact....

Social Security benefits make up the foundation of one’s retirement needs, but most people find they need much more than their Social Security checks. If you don’t have adequate retirement savings, you might have to think about delaying retirement, or working part-time after you retire. Plan on paying off as many of your debts and mortgages as possible between now and the time that you retire. An important part of retirement planning is planning for debt reduction or elimination....

RhoGAM is not the only brand of Rh immunoglobulin on the market, but it was the first developed, and the term became commonly used to refer to all Rh immunoglobulin. What Is Rh Factor? Rh factor is determined by the presence or absence of a certain protein on red blood cells. Those without the protein are Rh negative (so, A negative, B negative, and so on) and those with the protein are Rh positive (A positive, B positive, etc....

Death count breakdown 2,800 of these deaths are linked to low birthweight, the result of mothers smoking while pregnant. Approximately 2,000 of the deaths are due to sudden infant death syndrome caused by secondhand smoke. Another 1,000 are due to lung infections. 250 die from burns caused by cigarette-produced fires. 14 children die from asthma. Pregnant smokers Additionally, another study in July’s Archives of General Psychiatry reported that pregnant women smokers are more disposed to give birth to boys who exhibit “conduct disorder,” characterized by continuous antisocial behavior (fire-setting, vandalism, physical and sexual aggression, theft) that begins much sooner than most juvenile delinquency....

What Is a Cell Phone Contract? Just like signing a contract in your adult life to buy a home, take a new job, or make a business deal—a cell phone contract between you and your child should clearly lay out the rules you’d like them to follow. On the flip side, it should also spell out the responsibilities you will have as a parent. The contract should be binding and enforceable....

Over 1000 children 14 or younger die each year in passenger vehicle accidents. In contrast, four to six school-age children are killed each year while riding school buses to and from school, according to NHTSA. Younger Children and School Bus Safety Younger kids are particularly at risk as pedestrians. The majority of those killed as pediestrians in school vehicle-related accidents were 13 or younger. Younger children tend to act more impulsively, hurrying to get on or off the bus and are less likely to be attuned to traffic dangers....

Luckily, in the majority of cases, sex is perfectly safe from the beginning of pregnancy through the end. Here’s what you should know about this common concern. What the Research Says In the past, doctors may have been hesitant to permit sex during pregnancy, however, we now understand that those recommendations were based more on presumption and bias than true scientific evidence. Sex during pregnancy is widely considered safe. Unless your doctor specifically advises you otherwise, there’s generally no reason to worry....

Summer school is an academic program that kids can attend over their summer break. While day camps usually include activities like swimming, hiking, or playing group games, summer school has dedicated time for reading, writing, and math. It might not be exactly like the school year, though. Some summer programs have fun activities in the afternoons and frequent field trips as well as book learning. Summer school has benefits and drawbacks....