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All posts tagged "Babies and Pregnancy"

  • The stroller made for Tokyo’s tight and narrow spaces.

    Hopping on and off busy trains in Tokyo with small kids in tow is relatively easy with Nuna’s TRIV stroller. Parents new to Tokyo are aghast by how tight and narrow spaces are between ticket gates at...

    • Posted November 7, 2021
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  • When is the right time to go back to work after having a baby?

    Having a baby is exciting, exhausting, and expensive. At some point between midnight feedings and mountains of diaper changes, you will need to decide when or whether to return to work. This choice is often fraught with...

    • Posted February 9, 2021
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  • Adorable Pokemon-themed baby wear will delight new parents

    If you’re wondering what to dress the newest spoilt member of the family for the holiday season, here’s some good news for new parents. “Mon Poke”, an official Pokemon maternity and baby wear brand for up to...

    • Posted December 22, 2020
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  • Babies with crawling experience better at handling heights, experts say.

    Parents always keep an eye on their walking toddlers to catch them when they fall. But did you know that babies as young as 12 months old naturally become aware of avoiding heights? A group of researchers...

    • Posted December 10, 2020
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  • Thai hospitals put face shields on newborns for virus protection.

    Moms giving birth today are faced with a conundrum of ‘coronavirus situations’, a melee of mommy-madness that simply would not go away soon. Thanks to the forward-thinking medical staff at the Paulo Samut Prakan hospital in Thailand,...

    • Posted April 10, 2020
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  • Baby in Yamanashi diagnosed with coronavirus in serious condition.

    Yamanashi Prefecture has reported its youngest person diagnosed with the new coronavirus. The baby under the age of 1 was rushed to the Yamanashi hospital after the mother noticed something unusual. The baby who had a cardiopulmonary...

    • Posted April 2, 2020
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  • Family breathes sigh of relief as 2-week old baby girl recovers from COV-19 without medication.

    On February 2, a coronavirus patient in Wuhan, China, gave birth to a baby girl named Xiao Xiao at the Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University. The mother had been confirmed to have the COV-19 disease before going...

    • Posted February 25, 2020
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  • The costliest Japan-made stroller is a whopping one million yen!

    Combi, purveyor of strollers and child seats in Japan, releases its luxury stroller brand, Eggshock HH Crystal designed for babies 1 month up to 36 months (with weight restriction up to 15 kg). The costliest of all...

    • Posted June 17, 2019
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  • Glico has a new baby formula milk brand for emergency use

    Early this month, GLICO, one of Japan’s largest purveyors of confectionery and dairy products, has started selling ICREO, a liquid type of baby formula milk developed with infants in disaster-struck areas in mind. The ready-to-drink baby formula...

    • Posted March 18, 2019
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  • Top Japanese sunscreens for babies and children

    Only 42% of parents use sunscreen on their children according to a questionnaire conducted by Tokiwa Pharmaceutical industry. Taking your baby to have some fun in the sun without protection is a big no-no. For babies 6...

    • Posted July 23, 2018
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  • Is it possible to predict if your baby will be left-handed or right-handed in the womb? “Yes,” say Italian researchers.

    Many famous people are born lefties such as ex US presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, musician Paul McCartney, artist Leonardo de Vinci and international boxing champion Manny Pacquiao. Social science claims lefties are more intelligent than...

    • Posted December 8, 2017
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  • Top 20 popular baby names in Japan

    Akachan Honpo, Japan’s purveyor of baby goods and supplies has announced yesterday 2017’s Top 20 Most Popular Names for baby boys and girls. Data from 42,416 boys, 40,501 girls have been collected from 108 Akachan Honpo stores...

    • Posted November 16, 2017
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  • Here comes a kiddie gourmet that babies love

    Babies need a balanced solid food from 4 months until two years. Parents who have tried making baby food at home and have given up because they can’t keep up with daily routine, cite time and storage...

    • Posted November 13, 2017
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  • Pregnant in Tokyo

    Congratulations! Your personal journey with parenthood has begun. It’s a long and complex path that you will walk for the rest of your days. Surely you have some very immediate concerns and could benefit from a...

    • Posted October 29, 2017
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  • Snoove

    If you haven’t checked out Aprica’s new premium class 3-wheeler SNOOVE stroller yet, you may be in for a surprise. While it is packed with new safety and comfort features to suit a Tokyo lifestyle such as...

    • Posted July 27, 2017
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  • When is toe walking bad?

    We all know babies toe walk in the early stages of their development. Toe walking is an attempt to move with the ball of the foot instead of having the heel and bottom of the foot touch...

    • Posted May 16, 2017
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  • Facebookers awed by science experiment proving breast milk fights bacteria

    A facebook posting by Vicky Greene, a microbiology student at South Devon College in Paignton, England has evoked immediate reaction among facebookers. The posting got over 4,300 comments, 30,000 likes and was shared 27,000 times in just...

    • Posted March 9, 2017
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  • Taking too much time to put baby to sleep?

    Sleep training a baby can be the most demanding of all parenting jobs. If you’ve done your homework but still can’t get your child to sleep when he needs to, Jodi Mindell, Ph.D., psychology professor and author...

    • Posted February 15, 2017
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  • Babies with big heads are intelligent, study reveals

    For a long time, you might wonder why people called someone as a form of insult, a ‘bird brain’. Well, science has the answer. A study by Edinburgh University (headed by Professor Ian Deary), on the link...

    • Posted February 9, 2017
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  • Q. Should you be worried if sedation on your baby is required for MRI to diagnose a Venusian dimple?

              Dr. Joe Kurosu of Primary Care Tokyo gives his medical opinion on the matter. In general, what are referred to as “Venusian dimples”, located on the sides of the lower back, are...

    • Posted December 22, 2016
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  • 10 surprising facts about babies

    Did you know that your little bundle of joy is quite unique? Here are some really awesome facts about babies. 1. The chances of giving birth to twins are high in certain West African countries. In Nigeria,...

    • Posted August 17, 2016
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  • Solution to a gassy tummy

    We’ve all experienced gas pain at some point. It’s that uncomfortable feeling when bubbles are trying to mess up our digestive system. Although gas pain is very common in babies during the first 3 months, it rarely...

    • Posted August 14, 2016
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  • New Lightweight stroller made for Tokyo cruising

    For 8 straight years, the Mechakaru line of Combi lightweight strollers has been selling like hotcakes in Japan. A new addition to the Mechakaru series for release this month is the ‘White Label Mechakaru,’ the first 2016...

    • Posted April 23, 2016
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  • Look baby, hands-free! The future self-driving stroller is coming soon.

    Smartbe a self-driving stroller developed by a startup company in New York city is in its crowd funding stage to produce a revolutionary concept in design and functionality that offers solutions for urban babies and parents. The...

    • Posted February 23, 2016
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  • Emergency Daycare from 2 mos to 6 years old: AI PORT

    Life can be challenging in a foreign country with kids to look after and no family around to turn to for emergency child care. There are of course a few options available but rarely on short notice....

    • Posted February 23, 2016
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  • Stroller Review: Rolling in Tokyo

    A stroller or ‘baby car’ as it is called in Japan, is the most indispensable transporter you need to move around with your child in urban Tokyo. Shopping for a stroller in Japan need not be difficult...

    • Posted July 10, 2015
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  • Educational video shows what goes on inside a baby’s brain

    Did you know that when a kid turns 6, new neuro connections are formed in the brains every second? A recent CNN video shows that there indeed is a lot going on in the brains of a...

    • Posted September 30, 2014
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  • Top 10 baby names in Japan and the USA

    One of the largest life insurance companies Meiji Yasuda Seimei released the official results of its research on the most common names of Japan-born babies in 2012.For the first time in eight years since 2004, the name...

    • Posted February 3, 2013
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  • Yoga for pregnant women

    ISHTA, an acronym for “Integrated Science of Hatha Tantra and Ayurveda,” was created in South Afriva during the late 1960s by Yoga entrepreneur Alan Finger and his father Kavi Yogi Mani. “Yoga invites transquility and stability into...

    • Posted March 29, 2010
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  • Meet Abigail Terrien

    Where is your family originally from and what brought you to Japan? We are a very international family. My husband is French, I am half Swiss, half English, so my kids have three nationalities and languages plus...

    • Posted April 29, 2009
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