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by Mathilde BELLENGER LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain’s Prince Harry and wife Meghan on Wednesday announced their new “dream” son’s name is Archie, hours after showing him off to the world for the first time. “The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are pleased to announce they have named their first born child: Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor,” the couple announced on their Instagram account, ending months of speculation. The informal choice defied the bookmakers’ predictions and […]
by Catherine Triomphe Agence France Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — New Zealand’s prime minister has been proclaimed a history maker for taking “first baby” — daughter Neve — into the United Nations General Assembly hall, shaking up what is still a boys’ club of world leaders. Photographs of Jacinda Ardern, 38, kissing and bouncing her three-month-old in the main hall at the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit on the eve of the General Assembly […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — A French Catholic priest was suspended Friday after a video of him smacking a crying baby during a baptism ceremony went viral, drawing widespread condemnation on social media. In footage posted on Twitter on Thursday, gasps can be heard when the 89-year-old priest, after ordering the infant he is holding to “be quiet”, sharply slaps his cheek. A few seconds later he smacks him again. The baby’s parents, visibly shocked, […]
by Robin Millard and Martine Pauwels Agence France Presse Kate, the wife of Prince William, gave birth to a baby son on Monday, the couple’s third child who is fifth in line to the British throne. The boy, weighing eight pounds and seven ounces (3.8 kilogrammes), was born at 11:01am (1001 GMT), Kensington Palace announced. Mother and baby are both doing well, the palace said, and William, the Duke of Cambridge, was present for the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A baby’s cries activate specific areas of a mother’s brain related to movement and speech, a study of mothers in several countries published Monday revealed, reinforcing the idea of biological maternal instinct. The National Institute of Health study showed regardless of culture, mothers were likely to react to their infant’s cries by showing affection, distracting, nurturing, picking up and holding. The researchers carried out a series of studies into maternal […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (Reuters) — For parents raising children in urban environments, the quality of air their little ones breathe can be a big concern. Recent studies have linked infants exposed to higher levels of vehicular air pollution with lung problems later on in life. It was this concern for his own daughter that prompted Yosi Romano to invent Brizi Baby, a cushioned headrest for a baby’s pushchair with in-built sensors and a fan filter […]
LUCENA, Quezon (Eagle News) — A two-month old baby boy died in a landslide here in Lucena City in Quezon province. Two-month old Renzo Abas was killed when their house gave in because of a landslide around 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 12 here in Purok, Munting Paraiso, Bgy 1. Their house was near the Mount Carmel Diocesan Hospital. Residents said that they noticed the ground was getting unstable, and that the […]
by Catherine TRIOMPHE Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — It’s a race of laughter, false starts and wild bottle waving: New York’s Diaper Derby sees 30 infants battle it out for glory in a three-meter crawling contest. There is only one real rule: trying to stumble to your feet is not allowed. From the sidelines parents will on their progeny with bottles of milk, television remote controls or key jangling. There is […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) – A baby panda in Japan has survived its crucial first 30 days, zoo officials said Wednesday, as a fresh video showed the cub at one-month-old. The female panda was the first to be born at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo in five years. The rare birth delighted animal lovers and businesses keen to cash in on the excitement that the panda generated. Footage released by the zoo shows the cub being weighed and measured by […]
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (Reuters) — A baby girl from the Ivory Coast born with four legs and two spines was reunited with her mother and father in Abidjan on Thursday (April 20) after successful surgery in the United States to separate her from a parasitic twin. Dominique underwent a six-hour procedure involving five surgeons at the Advocate Children’s Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois, on March 8. Before the surgery, the bottom half of her not-fully-developed […]
(Reuters) — Scientists in the United States have developed a fluid-filled womb-like bag known as an extra-uterine support device that could transform care for extremely premature babies, significantly improving chances of survival. In pre-clinical studies with lambs, details of which were published on Tuesday (April 25) in the journal Nature Communications, the researchers were able to mimic the womb environment and the functions of the placenta, giving premature offspring a crucial opportunity to develop their […]
(Reuters) — Baby Grace is just 16 days old. She eats, sleeps, and passes a lot of gas. Until now, it was thought that most of her brain circuitry developed before birth. But new research suggests it’s still very much work in progress – and will be for months. Scientists have found a previously unknown stage of development where tiny neurons believed to form deep in the brain migrate to the prefrontal cortex, which plays […]
