A woman has named her baby John Lewis after going into labour in the store in London.

Anita Baidoe was shopping for a baby carrier in John Lewis in Brent Cross shopping centre when she went into labour eight weeks early.

Ms Baidoe, from Plumstead, said: “The staff saw I was looking hot and bothered and got me a chair and called a first aider, but I kept telling them I didn’t think it was serious.

“We called my partner Sam to come and pick me up, but the contractions had already started and the first aider said I must get to hospital.”

Ms Baidoe, a catering manager, was rushed to Northwick Park Hospital where she gave birth to a 4lb 4oz boy.

Dad Sam Quartey, 35, said: “They (the shop staff) were absolutely fantastic by all accounts, fussing over her and making her comfortable.

“We didn’t know the sex of the baby until he was born, but then it just came to us. We should call him John Lewis Quartey.”

According to ThisisLondon, Ms Baidoe added: “I think if I had been shopping in Dorothy Perkins I would have had to find him another name.”

SOURCE:ANANOVA

I had to post this great article. I guess humans aren’t the only ones that need help conceiving!!

The world’s first rhinoceros conceived by artificial insemination has been born, Budapest Zoo has announced.

The female baby rhino was born late on Tuesday and weighed some 128lbs (58kg) after a pregnancy lasting 16 months and 15 days.

Vets decided to inseminate the 26-year-old mother, Lula, in 2005, when she failed to conceive naturally.

The baby rhino, who has yet to be named, was described as “full of life” by zoo officials.

“The little one seemed active […]. An hour after being born it stood up on its own legs,” a statement said.

The zoo said that although Lulu had been introduced to a male rhino called Easyboy, the two had not shown any sexual interest in each other, prompting the decision to attempt artificial insemination.

“The two have developed a friendship, more of a relationship between siblings,” the zoo said.

The mother has so far failed to nurse the baby and shown some aggression which vets say can be normal in an inexperienced mother.

She is being fed by zoo workers until the mother is ready to feed her.

SOURCE:BBC

Next Step sippy/tumbler cups are being recalled. The impact of being dropped or banged can cause the cup to break into pieces, resulting in sharp or jagged edges that pose a laceration hazard to children.

Artcraft and Foremost Inc. has received 90 reports of the cups breaking into pieces and/or the handles breaking off, resulting in six reports of minor injuries such as cuts to the fingers and thumbs.

This recall involves plastic sippy/tumbler cups bearing the “Next Step” logo. The 7-ounce cup has an aqua blue cap and a yellow, rubber-like material covering the handles and bottom of the cup.

The cups were distributed by Mead Johnson Nutritionals as a promotional giveaway to physicians and consumers nationwide via direct mail from September 2006 to October 2006.

Consumers should take the cups away from children and discard them immediately. Consumers can contact Mead Johnson Nutritionals for information on how to receive a $10 coupon toward the purchase of Next Step LIPIL baby formula.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, please contact Mead Johnson Nutritionals at (800) 222-9123 between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, and between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. CT Saturday; or via e-mail at EnfamilResourceCenter@Enfamil.com

The recall is being conducted in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

Having to take my son to get needles is the worst part about being a parent. Not only does he absolutely hate it, the last time I thought he was going to stop breathing. It took him 20 minutes to stop crying and he was miserable the rest of the day.

Now Doctors are saying that in order for the flu shot to be completely effective children should receive 2 doses or as I see it 2 more needles.

Infants and toddlers given two doses of the influenza vaccine are less likely to contract flu, pneumonia and influenza-like illnesses, but one dose does not appear to have any effect, according to findings published in the Journal of Pediatrics.

Dr. Mandy A. Allison, of the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, and colleagues examined the effectiveness of the currently recommended two-dose influenza vaccine for young children, as well as the effect of one dose of the vaccine, in preventing visits to the doctor for influenza-like illness.

They analyzed data for 5193 healthy children between the ages of 6 and 21 months who were seen at five Denver pediatric practices during the 2003-2004 flu season. The average age of the children was 15.5 months.

The kids were defined as being partially vaccinated if they had one shot more than 14 days before the first influenza-like illness visit, and fully vaccinated if they had the full two shots more than 14 days before the first visit.

Overall, 28 percent of the children were seen for influenza-like illness and 5 percent had a visit for pneumonia/influenza.

Full vaccination was 69 percent effective in preventing office visits for influenza-like illness and 87 percent effective in preventing office visits for pneumonia/influenza. This is comparable to the effectiveness of the vaccine in adults.

However, the partially vaccinated children were just as likely to be seen for influenza-like illness or pneumonia/influenza as were unvaccinated children.

The results confirm the effectiveness of two doses of flu vaccine and “lend support to the recommendation for universal immunization against influenza in 6- to 23-month-old children,” Allison’s team concludes.

SOURCE:REUTERS