Green Baby, Clean Baby, California Baby

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I started looking into various organic and sodium laurelth sulfate free products after the birth of my first child in 1998. I have very sensitive skin and my son does also. He was prone to eczema and would have outbreaks after eating certain items and after using certain products on him at bathtime. So, I began my quest to find something that wouldn't make my poor baby break out in these horrible itchy eczema patches.

Upon research, investigation, and recommendations I found out about California Baby and bought gift set of 2oz sizes of all of their products at a local health food store and have been hooked ever since. I now love their 17.5oz pump bottle of their combo hair and body wash in Calming. When you are washing the little ones it's nice to be able to pump out the hair and body wash with one hand, so I can keep the other on that slippery little sucker !

"California Baby products are free from common allergens such as milk, egg, peanut, walnut, cashew, almond and pecans, fish, shellfish, soy, and wheat. California Baby products are also free of gluten and casein.NO Sulfates, DEA, Colors, Dyes, Synthetic Fragrances or Numbing Agents." To read more about their ingredients and what they do and don't have in their products, see the link below.

I am thrilled to see that now Target carries California Baby ! I love Target and shop their often and it is very convenient for me to pick it up when I am there. However, I do still support my local health foods store and continue to purchase California Baby from them when I am in buying vitamins.

SOURCE & MORE INFO:

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Salma Hayek Breastfeeds Baby in Sierra Leone

Salma Hayek Breastfeeds Baby in Sierra Leone
- edited version 1:15
- from abc news
- 2009.february

Here is the edited version. See post below for more info about Salma's successful mission to bring awareness to plight of developing countries and health issues regarding breastfeeding and tetanus vaccines.

Salma Hayek Breastfeeds African Baby

Salma Hayek Breastfeeds African Baby
- unedited 8:10 version
- from abc news
- 2009.february

African mothers are stopping breastfeeding their babies way before their time. The WHO and doctors in Africa would like mothers to breastfeed until their babies until they are at least 2 years old because it is a baby's single source of best and sanitary nutrition. Men are urging and even forcing their wives to stop breastfeeding as quickly as possible because of cultural customs that forbid sexual intercourse with breastfeeding women.

"It is the best thing you can do for your child, not only the bonding, that's how you build the immune system, so in a country like Africa imagine how important it is for the mothers do that," she said. "But here, there is the belief that if you are breast-feeding you cannot have a sexual life so the husbands, of course, of these women are really encouraging them to stop and this is just a taboo", Salma Hayek UNICEF and Pampers representative.

Salma Hayek was visiting Sierra Leone during her work with the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF. In 2008, Hayek became a spokeswoman for the Pampers "One Pack = One Vaccine" campaign to support UNICEF's efforts to eliminate tetanus. For each pack of specially marked Pampers diapers sold, parent company Proctor and Gamble donates the cost of one tetanus vaccine to UNICEF. The North American campaign has generated funding for more than 45 million vaccines since the beginning of 2008. "What really excited me about this was the concept of mothers from around the world working together to protect children," said Hayek, who is the mother herself.

To most people in the United States, tetanus brings to mind rusty nails and a quick trip to the doctor's office for a shot. But in developing countries like Sierra Leone, maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT) is a top cause of death among mothers and their babies.

Why is tetanus so rampant in Sierra Leone and other developing countries? The tetanus bacteria are spread when dirt enters the body through a cut or wound. Mothers are often infected by contaminated instruments during childbirth. It similarly spreads to their infants when traditional birth attendants cut the umbilical cord with an unsanitary knife, or, as is often the case, the umbilical cord is dressed by the traditional method of packing it with dirt, clay or cow manure.

Sierra Leone has the highest infant and child death rate in the world. One in five children die before reaching their fifth birthday and tetanus is a big contributor - 21 percent of all infant deaths are related to tetanus. Related tetanus deaths are preventable with routine vaccinations. UNICEF has launched an initiative to eradicate the disease worldwide by 2012. In Sierra Leone the cost of immunizing one person is about 74 cents.






SOURCE: http://www.abcnews.go.com/, http://www.unicef.org/, www.pampers.com/en_US/unicefhome