Congratulations to Bryce Dallas Howard and her actor-husband, Seth Gabel on the safe arrival of their baby boy.

The baby’s particulars have yet to be released.

Howard, 25, announced she was expecting in August at the British premiere of her movie, Lady in the Water. “I can’t talk about the pregnancy too much,” Howard said at the time amid congratulations. “I’m a little superstitious.”

Howard and Gabel wed in June after five years together. This is their first child.

Bryce is the daughter of director Ron Howard.

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Skating with Celebrities champions Kristy Swanson and Lloyd Eisler welcomed a son on Friday, their publicist Cheryl J. Kagan tells PEOPLE.

Magnus Hart Swanson Eisler was born at 1:36 p.m. in Los Angeles and weighed 7 lbs., 11 oz. This is Swanson’s first child and Eisler’s third. He has two children from a previous marriage.

“We are absolutely ecstatic at the arrival of our first child. Magnus is a wonderful little boy,” Swanson said through her rep.

Swanson, 37, an actress best known for her role in the 1992 movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Eisler, 43, a former Olympic figure skater, met last year while filming the FOX reality competition.

“I love being a father and there is nothing that can replace that little smile from your baby knowing that you have made that happen,” Eisler said in a statement.

I get a lot of requests for a general idea of how big the fetus is inside the uterus. I found this chart at babycenter.com and wanted to post it for all of those curious mommies to be.

∗This is an average of the baby’s size. If your baby is bigger or smaller, please don’t be alarmed. Contact your physician if you are concerned about any issues you are having with your pregnancy.

Studio UK has a great line of soft fun play spaces for kids. Named Play+, the company offers many unique nooks for your kids to play and roll in.

The nido is a protected place. A small space for playing, talking or resting, alone or in a group. The ‘cocoon’ responds to two opposing and co-existing needs of children: the desire for protectiona dn the desire for movement.

A forest of cacti, with soft ‘plants’ of different sizes, attached to the base in such a way that it is easy to change their position and so modify the overall appearance. The base can be turned over to function as a normal mat.

A truncated cone shelter with an hole for access and two ‘eyes’ to look out without being seen (or to peek inside to see who’s there). The opening at the top allows light to enter and enables adult intervention if needed.

Isola is an area dedicated to play, containing objects, toys, stories and conversations. A safe area for younger children, allowing independent movement within the island.(130 x 250 x 30 cm)

Atollo creates a small area delimited by soft boundaries for younger children, or a backrest/armrest. The two homogenous elements can be arranged in many different forms as the situation demands.

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Jazwares, Inc. is recalling about 30,000 “Link-N-Lite” magnetic, light-up puzzles sold under the Disney and Marvel brand names.

Small magnets used to connect the puzzle pieces can fall out. Magnets found by young children can be swallowed or aspirated. If more than one magnet is swallowed, the magnets can attract each other and cause intestinal perforation or blockage, which can be fatal.

The firm has received reports of nine incidents where magnets became loose from these puzzles. No injuries have been reported.

The recalled Link-N-Lite Magnetic Light-Up Puzzle, which is a double-sided plastic magnetic puzzle for ages 3 and up, has two designs.

The Disney-brand puzzle shows the Disney Princesses on the front and Ariel, from The Little Mermaid, on the back. The Marvel-brand puzzle shows “Spider-Man & Friends” on both sides. Each puzzle measures 8 inches by 10.5 inches, contains nine pieces with four or six magnets per piece, and lights-up when all pieces are in place. A 9-volt battery is placed in the center bottom piece that contains a battery case.

The puzzles were sold at Target and Kohl’s stores nationwide and on Amazon.com from June 2006 through January 2007 for about $15.

Consumers should immediately stop using the puzzles and contact Jazwares for a free replacement toy that does not contain magnets.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Jazwares Inc. at (800) 370-1827 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit Jazwares’ Web site at www.jazwares.com.

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

Fisher-Price is recalling about 500,000 “Laugh and Learn” bunny toys sold in the United States due to a choking hazard. Another 700,000 toys were sold worldwide.

The bunny’s pink pompom nose can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.

The recall involves the Laugh and Learn Learning Bunny that measures about 10-inches tall. The yellow bunny with one green and one orange ear has musical and counting sound effects. The words, “Laugh and Learn” are printed on the bunny’s shirt.

Product numbers involved in the recall are: K0468, K2960, K2961, K2962, K2963, K2964, K2965, K3440, K6898, K7884, L0327, and K5862. The product numbers are located on the fabric tag sewn to the body of the bunny. Only bunnies with three dimensional pompom noses are included in this recall. Bunnies with flat or embroidered noses are not subject to this recall.

The bunnies were sold at discount department stores and toy stores nationwide May 2006 through December 2006 for about $15.

Consumers should immediately take these recalled toys away from children and contact Fisher-Price to arrange for the return of the bunny to receive a voucher for a replacement toy of the customer’s choice.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Fisher-Price at (866) 447-5003 anytime, or visit the firm’s Web site at www.service.mattel.com.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers not to eat certain jars of Peter Pan peanut butter or Great Value peanut butter due to risk of contamination with Salmonella Tennessee (a bacterium that causes foodborne illness). The affected jars of Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter have a product code located on the lid of the jar that begins with the number “2111.” Both the Peter Pan and Great Value brands are manufactured in a single facility in Georgia by ConAgra. Great Value peanut butter made by other manufacturers is not affected.

If consumers have any of this Peter Pan or Great Value brand peanut butter in their home that has been purchased since May 2006, they should discard it.

Symptoms of foodborne illness caused by Salmonella include fever, diarrhea and abdominal cramps. In persons with poor underlying health or weakened immune systems, Salmonella can invade the bloodstream and cause life-threatening infections. Individuals who have recently eaten Peter Pan and Great Value brand peanut butter beginning with product code 2111 and have experienced any of these symptoms should contact their doctor or health care provider immediately. Any such illnesses should be reported to state or local health authorities.

Both brands are manufactured at the same plant and, thus, is believed to be at similar risk of contamination.

Consumers who have questions should contact ConAgra at 866-344-6970.

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While we were in the NICU we were introduced to many unusual practices to improve our son’s health, but Viagra was never one of them.

In a last attempt to save his life doctors gave desperately-ill Lewis Goodfellow Viagra.

The baby weighed only 1lb 8oz when he was born 16 weeks premature with seriously underdeveloped lungs.

The male impotence drug worked by opening some of the small blood vessels in the lungs to help carry oxygen around the body in his blood.

Now, after five months in hospital, Lewis is at home with his parents Jade Goodfellow and John Barclay, weighing 10lb 7oz and making excellent progress.

“He really is a miracle baby and we decided we would never give up hope until he had taken his last breath,” said Jade, 17, who lives with Mr Barclay, a lifeguard, in Walker, Newcastle.

“At one point we were told we might have to make a decision about stopping treatment because he was so poorly and we even started to plan his funeral, but everyone prayed so much for him and he pulled through.

“All the nurses, doctors and consultants were fantastic, and when they tried Viagra it was very much a last resort but it worked.

“When Lewis came home it was wonderful. We were able to finally be a proper family and take him out in the pram.”

Lewis was one of the first babies to be given the drug, also called Sildenafil, at the Royal Victoria Infirmary’s special baby care unit in Newcastle.

Alan Fenton, consultant neonatologist at the infirmary, said: “Sildenafil is a fairly new form of treatment which we’ve been using on the unit for around a year.

“It has been used successfully in full-term babies but it is unclear whether it works as well in very premature babies. So far we’ve used it in around six premature babies.” Lewis was due on December 1, but Jade unexpectedly went into labour at just 24 weeks, and her baby was born on August 16.

When Lewis was three weeks old, he needed open heart surgery to correct a faulty valve, but doctors became increasingly worried about his lungs. Although Lewis was being given maximum supplies of oxygen, his lungs were still struggling to get it into his blood supply.

At this point they tried Viagra through a drip and Lewis started to improve. He was still not out of the woods, however, and in November he had laser surgery on his eyes.

It is amazing to me the things the Neonatologists will try to keep these babies alive. I am not sure what I would have thought if our doctors had suggested it for our son. In the end, you do what you need to in order to bring your baby home.

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