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As birth weight approaches 10 lbs., vaginal delivery can put the mother and baby at risk. Delivering giant babies vaginally can injure the mother’s birth canal, tearing vaginal tissue and potentially rupturing the uterus, which can lead to severe bleeding and, if left untreated, death. Meanwhile, even if the enormous kid somehow makes it out of their mother, studies suggest the child is more likely to develop diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure, and abnormal cholesterol levels, opening the door to a life of long-term cardiovascular problems....

According to the Association of Parade Raining Experts, it depends on who you ask. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists trick-or-treating as a high-risk activity and encourages families to find alternatives. Having said that not every expert is in agreement. “Trick-or-treating will make sense for some parts of the country, and it won’t make sense in other parts of the country,” says Sandra Albrecht, an epidemiology professor at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and the chief epidemiologist of the COVID-19 communication campaign Dear Pandemic....

“I don’t think this method to teach babies to swim is safe or advisable. Although it seems to work for some children, there is a significant risk water getting into the lungs if a baby doesn’t hold his or her breath for long enough, or at the right time,” Dr. Andrew J. Bernstein, a pediatrician and fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, told Fatherly. “This can lead to a lack of oxygen to the brain, pneumonia, or death....

Adults who skip breakfast eat fewer vitamins and minerals in a day than those who chow down in the a.m. Skipping breakfast is particularly highly linked to a nutritional gap in folate, calcium, iron, and vitamins A, B1, B2, B3, and D, according to the study, which included more than 30,000 adults in the U.S. who recalled what they ate during a 24-hour period. The research was supported by a regional dairy association....

Johnson & Johnson Rank: 26 2017 Rank: 21Number of Employees: 134,000 New Jersey-based pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson, the company behind popular household brands like Band-Aid, Tylenol, and Johnson’s Baby Power, remains one of the largest companies on this list with over 134,000 employees. This last year, J&J expanded its parental leave policy internationally, building on policies that have been in effect stateside since 2015. The company now offers eight weeks of paid time off to all parents in every country where it has operating companies....

“I’m a very patriotic dude,” he adds. “I’m California all the way. This is my spot.” So what’s a big-time director turned locked-down dad and potential target for bigots to do? Chu is hosting fruit punch cocktail hours for his 3-year-old daughter Willow and hanging out with 8-month-old son Heights, born on set in NYC. He calls the shelter in place order a mixed blessing. He’s happy to be with family, but he’d be happier to be with family somewhere else — or a variety of other places....

The study followed 10,775 participants between the ages of 35 and 74 for nine years beginning in 2008. Researchers analyzed what percentage of participants’ daily caloric intake was from ultra-processed foods, as well as cognitive performance assessed by immediate and delayed word recall, word recognition, phonemic and semantic verbal fluency tests, and standardized tests measuring executive function. Data indicates that after an average of eight years, individuals with ultra-processed food consumption above the first quartile showed a 28% faster rate of global cognitive decline and a 25% faster rate of executive function decline than those in the first quartile....

What Is Happening With Jupiter On September 26? Jupiter will give us a spectacular show, the first in 59 years, thanks to an event called opposition. “When in opposition, a planet is on the opposite side of Earth from the sun, so you could draw a straight line from the sun to Earth to Jupiter, all in alignment,” NPR explains. Why Is This Jupiter In Opposition So Special? Every 13 months, Jupiter is in opposition, but this one is particularly exciting since it will be the closest to Earth since the 60s....

Decreasing phone use for at least one hour per day for a week can result in less smartphone use long-term, according to the new study. The researchers divided a group of more than 600 people into three cohorts — one group that discontinued smartphone use entirely for one week, one group that decreased smartphone use by one hour per day for one week, and a third group that did not alter smartphone use at all....

Remember those lifts you put on your dorm room bed in college, right before you had the terrible idea to loft it? Kaboost is kind of like that. It uses spring-loaded arms to attach to the bottom of most 4-legged chairs. Once locked, the chair can be elevated 3.75-inches or 4.5-inches depending on the setting chosen. Kids sit up as tall as they would in a standard booster seat — except now they feel all grown up....

In an interview with Slate, Karamo’s two sons, Jason, 21, and Christian, 18, spoke about what it’s like being raised by “the guy who makes you cry,” including his ability to give emotional support for his sons and his unique disciplinary tactics. Jason and Christian said that their dad, who is known to get very vulnerable on Queer Eye, is every bit as caring with them as he is on the show....

The film in general, the first SpongeBob movie to be entirely in CGI, seems to be about the search for Gary — like an even more anthropomorphized Finding Nemo — who gets stolen from SpongeBob. Despite being in CGI entirely, the film manages to hold on to some of the more pop, drawn-animation qualities by belying a quality of stop-motion to the film, despite the fact that it really is just CGI....

What Kia Models and Years Were Recalled? The recall, which can be looked up on the Kia website, as well as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website (NHTSA), includes 2107 Kia Forte Koups, 2017 and 2018 Kia Fortes, 2017, 2018 and 2019 Kia Sedonas, 2017, 2018 and 2019 Kia Souls, and 2017, 2018, and 2019 Kia Soul EVs. The recall was made because there were safety concerns about the airbags potentially not deploying in car crashes....

But I also realize that my father was a courageous and important man. He meant so much to so many people that he couldn’t be just my dad. That was a sacrifice our family made. We lived in Los Angeles: my mom, my sister Hana and me. I have step-siblings, but we never lived together. From a young age, I was repulsed by the fakeness of the people who surrounded my father, coasting off his fame....

Recreating the Dark Knight’s vehicle took builders more than 1800 hours to put the 300,000 LEGO blocks together (50 less than you’ve stepped on since becoming a dad). The LEGO Batmobile is 17-feet long, weighs more than 1,700 pounds and is equipped with Wi-Fi and bulletproof windows. Sadly, it doesn’t have any grappling hooks or shark repellent bat spray. After seeing the brick Batmobile, your kid may beg you to exchange your Kia Sportage for it....

While liberals and conservatives are more divided than ever on political issues, there is one thing both groups appear to agree on: economically, future generations are screwed. That said, the degree to which they are screwed depends largely on whether your run with the elephants or the asses. Half of Republicans surveyed by Pew felt that today’s kids would be worse off in the future. Slightly less than half, at 45 percent, had a rosier view....

As with all toys from littleBits, makers of last year’s fantastic R2 D2 coding kit, the Avenger Hero Inventor Kit centers around a number of “bits” — electronic components that kids assemble and write programs for. This includes an accelerometer, button, low energy Bluetooth chip, light sensor, power button, speaker, and LED matrix. Kids connect and assemble those pieces onto a wearable gauntlet ala Iron Man’s cuff. A specialized app, Avengers Hero Inventor, connects a smartphone or tablet to the Bluetooth chip....

Make no mistake about it: the choice you make during the open enrollment period can have a big impact on your checking account. And yet, a lot of employees choose a plan without giving it a whole lot of thought. If you’re optimistic about your health, you’ll tend to go with the high-deductible plan that gives you a lower monthly premium. If you’re risk-averse, you’ll likely opt for a top-tier plan, even though it means a bigger withholding from your paycheck....

Economics is an inherently complicated field, and the various interests of the people in the debate can cloud the issue even further. Here’s what families should know about the current inflationary period and why things aren’t as bad as they seem. Inflation is uneven geographically… The Wall Street Journal assembled a map using data from the Department of Labor that shows how much the consumer price index has increased in each state in the past year....