Baby News on the Web: Week of 2/13/12

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Check out this week's headline news focusing on all things mama and baby...the good, the bad and the ugly. This week's topics include breastfeeding moms protest Facebook, cesarean section higher risk for for premature infants, Houston Judge stands behind company firing breastfeeding mom, spanking can harm child's long-term development, FDA finds lead in 400 lipsticks plus much more. Want to keep up to date on Baby News? Sign up for our free newsletter.

Judge backs firing of Houston breastpumping worker stating that, "...lactation is not pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition."

Adding more fuel to the controversial topic of children and spanking, two Canadian child development experts have published a new analysis that warns that physical punishment poses serious risks to a child's long-term development.

Chinese baby born weighing 15.5 pounds!

American Academy of Pediatrics emphasizes importance of vaccination after measles cases reported in Indiana.

Allowing babies who are being weaned to feed themselves with finger foods rather than spoon-feeding the baby with pureed foods may reduce their risk for obesity later.

Small, premature infants born by cesarean section are at 30 percent higher risk for serious breathing problems than those delivered vaginally.

40 people have protested outside of Facebook's office in Dublin over the removal of photos of breastfeeding mothers off profile pages.

Higher urinary concentrations of phthalates most commonly used in personal care products were associated with body size measures in overweight children.

More than 4,500 U.S. children were hospitalized in 2006 due to child abuse, researchers at the Yale School of Medicine found.

Activists in Homs have reported that at least 18 premature babies died on Wednesday at a local hospital after electricity was cut, causing their incubators to shut down.

A new analysis of lead in lipstick conducted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reveals that the problem of lead in lipstick is worse and more widespread than previously reported.

Some U.S.-born children with parents who are illegal immigrants have been denied food stamps under Alabama's new immigration law.

Many kids still exposed to secondhand smoke in cars.

Higher blood levels of cadmium in females, and higher blood levels of lead in males, delayed pregnancy in couples trying to become pregnant.

An increased risk for coronary artery disease can be passed genetically from father to son on the male Y chromosome, a new study says.

Breastfeeding backlash starts movement.

Kids who were breastfed as babies may have better lung function, and a lower risk of asthma, than those who were formula-fed.

Birth and abortion rates among U.S. teens fell to record lows in 2008 as increased use of contraceptives sent the overall teen pregnancy rate to its lowest level since at least 1972.

Screening and treating expectant moms for thyroid problems at the end of the first trimester doesn't improve children's IQs at age 3.

A new study finds that the babies of women who had chemotherapy while pregnant aren't at higher risk for a variety of medical disorders, a sign that the treatment should be safe for the fetus in most instances.

The babies of women who develop an epidural-related fever while in labor are at greater risk of having problems right at birth, including poor muscle tone, breathing difficulties, low Apgar scores and seizures.

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