Tag: babies
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First-time animal moms give birth at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Two first-time animal moms gave birth at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in the past week, according to a Thursday news release. Rogue, an 8-year-old ring-tailed lemur, gave birth to a baby on Monday, and Zena, a Red River hog, birthed a piglet on Saturday. Both moms and babies are doing well, zoo officials said. Rogue’s baby,…
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First-time animal moms give birth at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two first-time animal moms gave birth at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in the past week, according to a Thursday news release. Rogue, an 8-year-old ring-tailed lemur, gave birth to a baby on Monday, and Zena, a Red River hog, birthed a piglet on Saturday. Both moms…
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Levi Is Home
Levi Clarke was born at home early in the morning of Jan. 27, 2021. The idea of a home birth had appealed to Maddie Clarke before, but the prospect of having the birth at a hospital during the pandemic sealed the deal. Between 2004 and 2017, births at homes and in birthing centers increased by…
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Health insurance law drives demand for breast pumps
The legislators who drafted Obamacare wrestled with cosmic issues of health and spending, but here’s one consequence they didn’t foresee: a boom in demand for breast pumps that has left some retailers scrambling to keep up. Tucked within the Affordable Care Act is a provision requiring insurance companies to cover breast pumps and visits to…
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Health insurance law drives demand for breast pumps
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The legislators who drafted Obamacare wrestled with cosmic issues of health and spending, but here’s one consequence they didn’t foresee: a boom in demand for breast pumps that has left some retailers scrambling to keep…
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The Bottom Dollar: Cloth is better for your wallet, your baby and Earth
Kelly Epstein spends her days surrounded by diapers. Some are clean. Many are dirty. All are cloth. Late last year, the “momtrepreneur” and Monument resident purchased the Cloth Diaper Market, a reusable nappies store on the east side of Colorado Springs. She considers it an extension of her cloth diaper rental and laundering service, Eco-Baby,…
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The Bottom Dollar: Cloth is better for your wallet, your baby and Earth
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Kelly Epstein spends her days surrounded by diapers. Some are clean. Many are dirty. All are cloth. Late last year, the “momtrepreneur” and Monument resident purchased the Cloth Diaper Market, a reusable nappies store on…
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OPINION: The skies aren’t always friendly to nursing moms
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When Martin Madrid got his seat assignments on a Delta Air Lines flight from Minneapolis to Orlando, Fla., he spotted a problem: Even though the airline knew that he and his wife were flying with…
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OPINION: The skies aren’t always friendly to nursing moms
When Martin Madrid got his seat assignments on a Delta Air Lines flight from Minneapolis to Orlando, Fla., he spotted a problem: Even though the airline knew that he and his wife were flying with a 4-year-old and an infant — you have to tell the airline your group’s birth dates when you book tickets…
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Snooki of ‘Jersey Shore’ delivers baby boy
NEW YORK (AP) — “Jersey Shore” star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi early Sunday gave birth to her first child, a boy. The reality TV star and her fiance, Jionni LaValle, welcomed 6-pound, 5-ounce Lorenzo Dominic LaValle into the world at just before 3 a.m. Sunday at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, N.J., MTV said. “The…