Do Brain Building Toys Make Babies any Smarter? on Yahoo!

The study concludes that brain development before 3 is inconclusive. Thanks, but this should make parents feel a bit better about not rushing out and breaking the budget on every ‘genius’ toy out there.

If stimulation is the key, there are plenty of other things out there that are free. A public zoo and funny faces come to mind. Use your imagination.

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If you use these brands of bottles - Dr. Brown’s, Evenflo, Gerber, Playtex - you may want to read this article on CNN.

The baby bottle industry is saying that the chemicals found by independent experts convened by the National Institutes of Health are harmless. The experts say otherwise.

I’m glad that we use Avent Bottles right now. It may be a case of he said, she said, but when it comes to things like this I think you should err on the side of caution.

Update - Looks like Avent bottles are in there too, just not listed in the subhead of the article.

A full year is over and we’re all grown up! Not really, actually, toddler years are staring us right in the face.

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