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Should You Check Your Adopted Child’s DNA via Mail Order?
Should you send for a mail order DNA kit to test your adopted child’s DNA? Will this test help you know if your adopted child is predisposed to a genetic condition? If your child came to you through...
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What is Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome?
Many parts of the body are affected by Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. Infants affected with this syndrome are considerably larger than normal. Technically, it is referred to as macrosomia....
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Moms Are Not Willing Vaccinate Young Daughters Against HPV
A new study is indicating that more than half of mothers are declining their doctors’ offers and the government’s guidelines to vaccinate their young daughters, those under 13 years, with Gardasil....
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No Tanning Salons for Your Adopted Teenager
Many of us rushed off to the tanning salons when they began opening all over the country. Today, even the smallest towns seem to have at least one tanning salon making them easily accessible to...
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Does a Big Neck Equal Sleep Disorder Breathing?
Does your adopted child have a big neck compared to peers? The University of Virginia recently completed a study indicating that these children are more likely to develop a sleep related breathing...
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Are You Putting Your Adopted Child at Risk for Asthma?
Are you putting your adopted child at risk for developing asthma? A study of 3000 healthy children over a six-year period suggests that many parents are. Is your home is close to a busy road? Yes, then...
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Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease in the U.S., and Asia Outbreak Warning
Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) usually affects infants and children under 10 years old. It is a viral illness that is considered moderately contagious and last for 7 to 10 days. Like most viral...
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Sleeping Issues With Foster Adopted Children
Many older children who enter the U.S. foster care system have sleep issues. Sleeping issues include trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, night terrors, and bedwetting to name a few. It shouldn’t...
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Could Lecithin Supplements Help My Fetal Alcohol Effect Child
Talk is all over the Fetal Alcohol Support Groups at Yahoogroups about the positive effects of Choline on the brain. It is especially powerful on the developing brain. The researchers say that when...
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New to Special Needs Parenting
Hi. I’m new here. Not to adoptionblogs, but to this blog: Parenting Children with Special Needs. I currently blog here for adoptive parenting, Guatemala, international adoption, and now, parenting...
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