Baby News: Baby Bubbler, The Cost of a Child, Pregnancy and Bipolar Disorder, Recalls, more
June 9th 2010 by Dr.MOZ in Baby News
Hey baby fans! Did you hear about the latest CPSC children’s bed recall? Ever wonder what it costs to raise a child? If so, you’ve come to the right place because I cover these topics (and many more) below:
- A Child Born in 2009 Will Cost $222,360 to Raise According to USDA Report: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today released USDA’s new annual report, Expenditures on Children by Families, which finds that a middle-income family with a child born in 2009 can expect to spend about…(more at USDA.gov)
- Health-care law improves insurance coverage for pregnant women and new mothers: By the time women reach 44 years old, roughly 85 percent have given birth. Yet even though pregnancy and childbirth are such commonplace events, health insurance coverage and support services to keep mothers and babies … (more at The Washington Post)
- Childhood constipation often lingers into adulthood: Stubborn cases of chronic constipation in childhood may become an adulthood problem for a significant percentage of kids, a new study suggests… (more at Yahoo News)
- Bayside Furnishings Recalls to Repair Youth Beds Sold at Costco Due to Entrapment Hazard: This recall involves the Bayside youth bed: the Pirates of the Caribbean Twin Trundle Bed. The pre-assembled headboard has a brown wood base…(more at CPSC.com)
- Do pregnancy and bipolar disorder mix? As recently as 10 years ago, doctors advised women with bipolar disorder not to have children. While that thinking is now dated, bipolar women often face tough decisions about how to handle…(more at CNN.com)
- Does Tourette’s Run in Families?: Dozens of readers had questions about Tourette’s syndrome, the odd and poorly understand disorder that causes uncontrollable tics and vocalizations, after the disorder…(more at NYT.com)
- ‘Baby Bubbler’: Student Invention Helps Infants With Respiratory Ailments: The Baby Bubbler — or in its more technical guise, the Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) device — helps children with acute respiratory infections breathe naturally as they recover. According to the…(more at ScienceDaily)
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Have fun and stay healthy,
June 10th, 2010 at 7:25 pm
It may be best for females with bipolar disorder not to have children. I guess it is up to the individual and their family though. I’m sure there has been a lot of cases where bipolar women have children and everyone has been fine.
June 12th, 2010 at 2:53 pm
@ Andrew – Thanks for the comment! I’m not sure I agree with you on this, but it’s certainly a complicated and controversial topic.
A useful bit of advice that came from the article was that women with bipolar disorder may want to plan an evaluation from a qualified perinatal psychiatrist. As mentioned in the article, the high-risk time needing the most caution is after the pregnancy during the postpartum period.
~ Dr.MOZ
June 15th, 2010 at 8:05 pm
Some interesting and controversial stuff covered here. Much of it makes having a baby seem scary but I guess one should not get bogged down in such things. Having a baby is up to you and only you know your own situation and capabilities.
June 16th, 2010 at 8:23 am
We are thinking about having children and here I read many things I could never think of…Thanks, looks like we need more time to prepare for that event.
June 16th, 2010 at 8:17 pm
It is expensive to raise children these days. I can’t believe it takes $222,360 in order to raise a child. I am glad that I was born when I did because my mom would take one look at this price tag and decide against having me.
June 22nd, 2010 at 6:09 am
These are some remarkable findings. I can’t believe that it takes over $222,000 to raise a child. Thanks for sharing these amazing articles.
June 28th, 2010 at 8:41 am
It must be a tough decision for a bipolar woman to have a baby or not. I’ve seen how one bipolar went through her excessive mood swings, and I hope science will discover a “pregnancy-safe” medicine for the bipolars.
July 13th, 2010 at 7:11 am
Thanks for sharing with us! There are lot of things which I didn’t consider but we are planning to fulfill those things.
July 27th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
Thanks for the valuable info. about pregnancy and bipolar disorder. A lot of women with chronic mental illnesses, including bipolar disorder become pregnant or plan to have children at some point in their lives.
September 21st, 2010 at 1:51 pm
Having BD is exhausting!
October 3rd, 2010 at 6:42 pm
Mental health issues are very important in my family. We have depression, bi-polar disorder, anxiety (PTSD) from the long wars, and just plain old alcohol problems. I am convinced my family has bad genetic material for so many of us to be this messed up.
October 28th, 2010 at 11:10 am
Is that statistic for point number 1 per year or overall? Because if it’s overall it seems kind of a low figure.