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Lil Links: Moms Unite to Fight Tetanus
- lilsugar blog featured on UNICEF — UNICEF
- Know what to expect when you're expecting: sign up for the pregnancy newsletter — Cookie
- Win a six-month supply of Pampers! — Celebrity Baby Blog
- Double the swing, double the fun! — Celebrity Baby Scoop
- Signs of labor: missing the mucus plug — Cafe Mom
- Twin saves sister though telepathy — Parent Dish
- Four things you didn't know about natural remedies — Health
- Easter basket gift ideas — Alpha Mom
- Are you a paranoid parent?
Win a Year's Supply of Pampers!
Parents everywhere are seeking ways to save on everyday costs and cutting back on excess spending, but there are some necessities we can't raise families without. That's why we are thrilled our friends at Pampers are offering one very lucky lilsugar reader a year's supply of Pampers (that's coupons for 50 packages)! As an added humanitarian bonus, Pampers will donate the cost of 50 tetanus vaccines to the US Fund for UNICEF through the One Pack = One Vaccine campaign.
Lil Links: UNICEF Makes Moms Believers
- UNICEF made BostonMama a believer — UNICEF
- Clive Owen credits his wife for making life easier — Celebrity Baby Blog
- Fergie's girls are all grown up — Celebrity Baby Scoop
- Octomom bill to limit number of Embryo implants — CitizenSugar
- The Jonas Brothers make fans go wild — The Poop
- Barbies banned in West Virginia — ParentDish
- How to start a family budget — Alpha Mom
- Times are tough, would you donate your eggs to make money? — Cafe Mom
- Coping with a bipolar partner — Health
- Tips for traveling with kids — Momversation
- Big Apple rattle for babe — Cookie
- Larry Flynt voices his opinions on the Octomom — GiggleSugar
- Tween whiz fashions trash into shelter for homeless — Inhabitots
Five Facts About Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus
It is rare for a child to die of tetanus in the United States, but around the world one child dies every three minutes from the completely preventable illness. The painful death can be prevented with a vaccine that costs between just five and seven cents. Caryl M.
Lil Links: Salma Hayek Is Helping Save Babies and Raising One
- Alpha Mom interviews Salma Hayek on her work with UNICEF (Part 1) — Alpha Mom
- Alpha Mom talks to Salma about raising Valentina (Part 2) — Alpha Mom
- Hugh Jackman's got a biker baby! — Celebrity Baby Blog
- Maggie Gyllenhaal isn't a leave-them-in-their-cribs-to-cry type of mama — Celebrity Baby Scoop
- Do you let your kids watch TV and play video games? — Cookie
- Do you have a preconception checklist?
Would You Breastfeed a Sick Baby Like Salma Hayek Did?
While on a UNICEF mission in Africa to raise awareness for tetanus in partnership with Pampers, actress and producer Salma Hayek showed a mother's compassion to an ailing one-week-old baby. The humanitarian nursed the hungry baby. Would you do the same?
Salma Hayek Breastfeeds Sick Baby on UNICEF Trip
One child around the world dies every three minutes from a completely preventable illness — tetanus. A recent ABC news report followed actress and producer Salma Hayek to Africa on a UNICEF mission to raise awareness for tetanus in partnership with Pampers. Salma stood bedside with a young mother as her seven-day-old daughter, Fatima, took her last breath.
Wee Are the World: I Believe in Zero, Do You?
As a mom, I take tucking my two safe and healthy kids into bed for granted. In the time it takes for us to go to work, to school, to the playground and run errands, laugh, eat, and make memories, 25,000 children around the world die of preventable causes. It's unfathomable — the pain their mothers endure and that this is happening in 2009.
Lil Links: I Believe in Zero, Do You?
- New Year's Resolution: Advocate for UNICEF's Believe in Zero Campaign — Alpha Mom
- Win $5,000 worth of baby gear — Fit Pregnancy
- Jennifer Meyer Maguire keeps it casual — Celebrity Baby Blog
- Violet Affleck is just a normal girl going on a playdate — Celebrity Baby Scoop
- What did your kids get you for Christmas? — The Poop
- 8 ways to get cheaper childcare — CafeMom
- 6 things your teen needs to know about sex — Health
- I don't like my kid's friends — Momversation
Wee Are the World: Trick-or-Treat For UNICEF
Dress your lil monsters up and take them out to make a difference this Halloween by trick-or-treating for UNICEF. It's a great alternative to soliciting sweets for 13 percent of lilsugar readers that don't let their kids eat treats. And, for mamas who aren't concerned about candy consumption, let your children go door to door double fisted on the night of fright by adding one of these festive orange boxes to their costumes.
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