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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced two unrelated nut recalls — Kroger’s Simple Truth Dry Roasted Macadamia Nuts and Ava’s Organic Cashews Roasted & Salted — because they may be contaminated with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes.

Although most people suffer only short-term symptoms from listeria, the infection caused by exposure to the bacterium, pregnant women, their unborn children or newborns, the elderly, and people with weakened immune systems can suffer serious complications or death, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Macadamia nuts affected by the recall have a UPC code of 11110-02478 and a sell-by date of May 2, 2018, and they come in 12-ounce packages. According to the FDA, they were sold in Kroger, Gerbes, Backers and Dillons stores in Ohio, Southeast Indiana, Kansas, Northern Kentucky, Missouri and Nebraska. The company hadn’t received any reports of illness as of Wednesday morning, but it advised anyone who bought the product to return it to their place of purchase for a full refund or replacement.

The recalled Ava’s Brand cashews were sold in 8-ounce tubs and distributed in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut, according to the FDA. Their UPC code is 8-10111-01035-1, and they have a best-by date of April 28, 2018 and were sold in lot No. 11817-L2.

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Ava’s also hadn’t received any illness reports as of Wednesday morning, according to the FDA. Food inspectors traced the contamination to manufacturing equipment used on one of the product’s ingredients, the company said, and although test results indicated the cashews were not exposed to Listeria monocytogenes, Ava’s recalled the products out of an abundance of caution.

Customers who purchased the affected Ava’s product can also return it to their place of purchase for a full refund.

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A devoted dad is gaining supporters worldwide after sharing a photo of himself posing shirtless with his young son who was born with a congenital heart defect. Robert Selby, whose 3-year-old son Chace requires a feeding tube, fastened one of his own and glued it to his abs for the photo.

CAN Y'ALL PLEASE REPOST, TAG A FRIEND, EMAIL, SHARE THIS STORY ON ALL SOCIAL PLATFORMS so we can Help Fight and Bring Awareness to CHD. ???. . . My Mr. #stealyourheart #teamchace ?? is sucking in his stomach, trying to show off his abs like his daddy but all you see are his little ribs. ???? I just cut and glued one of his G-tube on me to show support for him and bring awareness. My son was born with a Congenital Heart Defect (#chd) called Tetralogy of Fallot (#tof) and he uses a Feeding-Tube (#gtube) to help with him being under weight due to him not eating orally as much since he was a baby. But as long as I'm breathing, I'll always support my son and he'll never be in a fight alone. ???? 05 || ²2 || ¹7. . . #tloce #thelifeofchaceelijah #congenitalheartdefect #chdwarrior #chdawareness #chdsurvivor #heartdefect #heartwarrior #heartsurgery #tetralogyoffallot #clothdiapers #openheartsurgery #smib #pha #feedingtubeawareness #openheartsurgery #childernshospital #daddyduties #theblackmancan

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“My Mr. @stealyourheart #teamchace is sucking in his stomach, trying to show off his abs like his daddy but all you see are his little ribs,” Selby wrote in a May 22 Instagram post. “I just cut and glued one of his G-tube on me to show support for him and bring awareness.”

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Selby, who posts under the username @thelifeofchaceelijah, went on to share that Chace was diagnosed with tetralogy of fallot, which causes oxygen-poor blood to flow out of the heart and into the rest of the body. Infants and children diagnosed with the condition may turn blue and require surgery to correct it. Chace has undergone two open-heart surgeries since his birth.

Selby shared that Chace requires a feeding tube because he is underweight due to the condition.

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“But as long as I’m breathing, I’ll always support my son and he’ll never be in a fight alone,” Selby posted.

The post received more than 7,900 likes as of Wednesday, and was picked up by the account @MiraclesandMesses where it gained an additional 118,500 likes. 

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A mother in Canada is pleading with other parents to be cautious when using aerosol spray sunscreen on their children after her 14-month-old daughter suffered second-degree chemical burns on her face. Rebecca Cannon, of Botwood, had purchased Banana Boat Kids SPF50 to protect her daughter Kyla from the sun despite overcast weather, according to a May 8 Facebook post.

“As the day went on, she got a little redder and redder and the next morning she woke up and was swollen, she was bright red, there were  blisters starting to pop up,” Cannon told CBC.ca. “We immediately took her up to the doctors and found out she has second degree burns.”

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While Cannon acknowledged that she should have used baby-specific sunscreen, she figured that using a child-specific block advertised as alcohol-free to protect her daughter against the sun was better than nothing. 

“I figured just putting it mildly on her face, for some protection rather than having none at all, would be OK and yeah, it didn’t go over well,” Cannon told CBC.ca.

Cannon told the news outlet that her 3-year-old nephew had used the same sunscreen without any adverse effects, but that a doctor treating Kyla said it wasn’t the first case he had seen, and it had the potential to be a severe allergic reaction.

Cannon updated followers on Facebook in a May 11 post that included details from a visit to a dermatologist. She said the doctor confirmed Kyla suffered second degree chemical burns to her face.

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“We are greatly concerned when any person encounters a reaction using our products,” Banana Boat told CBC.ca in a statement. “We have spoken with the consumer and asked for the product so that our quality assurance team can look into this further. Without examining the product, it is difficult to determine what may have caused the problem as described.”

Cannon has been sharing other consumer horror stories online and told the CBC.ca she doesn’t understand how the product is still available for purchase.

“I would have never — in a million years — imagined her to get a burn so severe from sunscreen,” Cannon told the news outlet. 

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A company in Australia that has been making jewelry and various mementos for parents using actual raw materials from development—think breast milk, hair, the placenta and cord stump—has taken things a step further, and critics are appalled.

Baby Bee Hummingbirds, started by midwife Amy McGlade in 2014, was just profiled by parenting blog Kidspot, which notes that the company has now added embryos to the mix.

"My embryos were my babies—frozen in time," one mother of a 4-year-old and 21-month-old twins says of her difficult IVF journey. "When we completed our family, it wasn’t in my heart to destroy [the extra embryos]. Now they are forever with me in a beautiful keepsake." She says she carries her seven embryos in a heart-shaped pendant so that they will forever be close to her heart.

McGlade’s company has reportedly made 50 pieces of jewelry so far using "embryo straws," which it "preserves and cremates" into what it calls "embryo ash" that’s then set in resin.

Belinda and Shaun Stafford, who had a pendant made, say donation "wasn’t an option," disposal was "unimaginable," and continuing to pay to store them was a "financial strain." But many conservative bloggers are taking issue with what the company bills as "sacred art." Wesley J.

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Parents may be unknowingly giving their young children too much fruit juice, as an influential group of doctors now say kids under 1 should not be given any at all. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) announced on Monday new guidelines to address one of the most commonly asked questions among parents.

“An AAP policy statement published in 2001 and reaffirmed in 2006 recommended no juice for children younger than 6 months of age, 4-6 ounces daily for children ages 1-6 years and 8-12 ounces for children 7 and older,” the AAP said in a statement on its website. “Since then, however, considerable concern has been expressed about increasing obesity rates and risks for dental caries.”

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The new policy, which was detailed in Fruit Juice in Infants, Children and Adolescents: Current Recommendations, indicates that 100 percent fruit juice should not be provided to children younger than 1 unless there is a medical reason for it “in the management of constipation.”

For children ages 1-3, the AAP recommends a maximum daily intake of 4 ounces. Children ages 3-6 should receive no more than 4-6 ounces of fruit juice daily, while those 7 and older should receive a maximum of 8 ounces.

“Families of small children with dental caries should have a discussion with their pediatrician about the child’s fruit juice intake and its possible contribution to the caries,” the AAP wrote.

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The group said that while a correlation between fruit juice and childhood obesity remains uncertain, it recommends eliminating 100 percent fruit juice from the diets of children with excessive weight gain, but not from the diets of all children.

“The policy clarifies that there is virtually no role for juice during the first year of life and that expensive juice products designed specifically for infants are not of value,” the AAP wrote. 

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School officials in New Jersey are warning parents and students about the tragic consequences of a dangerous “choking game” that killed a youth earlier this week. The game, also known as “flatliner,” “fainting game” and “space monkey,” involves people choking themselves to achieve euphoria through brief hypoxia, which is a loss of oxygen to the brain.

The victim, whose name and age have not been released, was a student in the school district of Bernards Township, which is about 13 miles southwest of Morristown. Superintendent Nick Markarian sent a letter home to parents earlier this week, encouraging them to talk to their children about these games and review the browser history of their media devices.

“The early-adolescent brain does not process information in the same manner as an adult brain, and so children in this age group are not able to fully understand the serious consequents,” said Markarian, according to MyCentralJersey.com.

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The superintendent said parents should watch for mood swings, broken blood vessels, bloodshot eyes, disorientation, bruising or frequent headaches in their kids — all of which may be signs that they participated in the game. He told MyCentralJersey.com that parents should be alert for possible evidence including knots in neckties, belts, ropes or plastic bags.

The district has set up a page dedicated to crisis prevention on its website.

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The student’s death comes at a time when districts across the country are on alert for dangerous trends spreading through social media. In Alabama, the Baldwin County Public Schools district sent a warning home to parents about the alleged “Blue Whale Challenge,” which is believed to have started in Russia. Though no injuries or deaths have been attributed to the alleged game, parents were warned to be wary of children downloading it. The game instructs players to complete a range of challenges, like cutting themselves and committing suicide, over 50 days.

“Anything that could be a potential harm or danger to students we want to put that out so parents can be aware of it as well,” Anthony Sampson, the school system safety supervisor, told WKRG. 

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After struggling to conceive for 17 years, a couple in Virginia welcomed sextuplets into their family with the help of a 40-person medical team. Ajibola Taiwo, whose age was not disclosed, gave birth to three girls and three boys at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Medical Center on May 11.

The babies, who ranged in weight from 1 pound, 10 ounces, to 2 pounds, 15 ounces, are reportedly thriving at Children’s Hospital of Richmond’s neonatal intensive care unit.

Taiwo and her husband, Adeboye Taiwo, who are from Nigeria, were overcome with joy when they saw four heartbeats at a November ultrasound. In January, doctors at VCU Medical Center informed the parents-to-be that there were actually two more.

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“I was excited,” Adeboye said. “For the very first time, we were expecting.” 

It is not clear if the sextuplets were conceived with the help of in vitro fertilization, but a pregnancy that size is rare in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), of the nearly 4 million live births in the U.S. in 2015, only 24 were quintuplets or other higher-order births.

“We’re going through this extraordinary journey together with the family,” Ronald Ramus, M.D., director of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at VCU Medical Center, told the hospital blog. “It’s not every day that parents bring home sextuplets. Mrs. Taiwo was eating, sleeping and breathing for seven. A lot of the support and encouragement we gave her to make it as far as she did was important, and one of the biggest contributions we made as a team.”

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Taiwo gave birth via C-section at 30 weeks, two days gestation. She was discharged on May 18 and the couple helps to care for their children in the NICU.

“I hope for the smallest of my six children to grow up and say, ‘I was so small,and look at me now,’” said Taiwo, according to a hospital blog post. “I want my kids [to] come back to VCU to study and learn to care for others with the same people who cared for me and my family.

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After struggling to conceive for 17 years, a couple in Virginia welcomed sextuplets into their family with the help of a 40-person medical team. Ajibola Taiwo, whose age was not disclosed, gave birth to three girls and three boys at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Medical Center on May 11.

The babies, who ranged in weight from 1 pound, 10 ounces, to 2 pounds, 15 ounces, are reportedly thriving at Children’s Hospital of Richmond’s neonatal intensive care unit.

Taiwo and her husband, Adeboye Taiwo, who are from Nigeria, were overcome with joy when they saw four heartbeats at a November ultrasound. In January, doctors at VCU Medical Center informed the parents-to-be that there were actually two more.

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“I was excited,” Adeboye said. “For the very first time, we were expecting.” 

It is not clear if the sextuplets were conceived with the help of in vitro fertilization, but a pregnancy that size is rare in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), of the nearly 4 million live births in the U.S. in 2015, only 24 were quintuplets or other higher-order births.

“We’re going through this extraordinary journey together with the family,” Ronald Ramus, M.D., director of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at VCU Medical Center, told the hospital blog. “It’s not every day that parents bring home sextuplets. Mrs. Taiwo was eating, sleeping and breathing for seven. A lot of the support and encouragement we gave her to make it as far as she did was important, and one of the biggest contributions we made as a team.”

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Taiwo gave birth via C-section at 30 weeks, two days gestation. She was discharged on May 18 and the couple helps to care for their children in the NICU.

“I hope for the smallest of my six children to grow up and say, ‘I was so small,and look at me now,’” said Taiwo, according to a hospital blog post. “I want my kids [to] come back to VCU to study and learn to care for others with the same people who cared for me and my family.

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An aunt who stood by her sister as she went through nine miscarriages and a failed in vitro fertilization attempt gave birth to her healthy twin nieces after offering to be a surrogate for her sibling. Lisa Auten, 35, delivered twins Ashlynn and Tierney via Caesarian-section on March 26, PEOPLE reported.

“I am so incredibly grateful for what Lisa did,” Melissa Kayser, the girls’ mom, told PEOPLE. “She gave up a year of her life to help us become a family, and that is something I could never repay. We have two beautiful little girls, all because of my incredible sister.”

The journey to parenthood for Kayser, of Omaha, Nebraska, and her husband, Court, was littered with heartbreak until they decided to give surrogacy a try. Auten, who watched the couple suffer loss after loss and does not have children of her own, offered to carry a baby for them.

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“Nobody knew if I could carry,” Auten told PEOPLE. “But if I could help in any way, I was going to.”

Doctors implanted two embryos in Auten, and six days later Auten held a positive pregnancy test. The sisters, who already considered themselves best friends before the experience, grew even closer throughout Auten’s nine-month pregnancy.

“We had conversations we’d never had before,” Auten told PEOPLE. “Pregnancy can be somewhat personal, so I had to open up and let her in to know where we each stood emotionally.”

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They plan to be open about the surrogacy with the girls, and Auten is very involved in her nieces’ lives.

“I don’t think I could ever put into words what it meant to have my sister as my surrogate,” Kayser told PEOPLE. “She made this journey exciting, beautiful and a lot of fun.”

 

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A California family was expecting their newest addition to be big, but nobody predicted that Raymond Reyes would making his debut on April 30 weighing a whopping 13.5 pounds.

“Nothing fits him,” Jenna Reyes, Raymond’s mother, told ABC 7. Reyes explained her new bundle of joy uses size 2 Pampers and wears clothes typically made for 3- to 6-month-old babies.

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A nurse who works in labor and delivery at Mercy Medical Center, in Merced, California, told the news outlet he’s the biggest baby she’s seen in her seven years at the hospital.

Reyes said her older children were big babies, but not close to 13 pounds. She had been expecting Raymond to weigh around 10 or 11 pounds, and opted for a Caesarian-section delivery. Raymond spent about a week in the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit to treat jaundice and low calcium and sodium levels, ABC 7 reported.  

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The family is thrilled to have Raymond home. and Reyes said he would be her last baby.

 

 

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