Sep 28 2006
The light pastels and traditional look of most nursery decor didn’t appeal to Melissa Van Flandern when she was pregnant. She yearned for modern colors and contemporary nursery design but compensated by painting the walls a vivid lime green and covering the floors with red, fuchsia and orange carpet. Her friends teased, “Is (the baby) [...]
Sep 28 2006
Nurseries are growing up. OAS_AD(‘Right3′); Winnie-the-Pooh, Peter Rabbit and pastel shades of pink or blue still have their fans, but many of today’s new parents are outfitting babies’ rooms with sophisticated style. At one time, getting the nursery ready meant climbing into the attic to retrieve the hand-me-down bassinet, giving an old dresser a fresh [...]
Sep 26 2006
Rabab Ahmed may have a new definition for the term “airborne.” She gave birth to a baby girl on a British Airways flight that made an emergency stop at the Halifax International Airport. Ahmed went into labour while traveling from Boston to her home in Egypt Sunday night. British Airways staff quickly diverted the flight [...]
Sep 16 2006
A 14-pound girl delivered by Caesarean section is so large that her feet reach over the edge of her small crib, hospital officials said Tuesday. Isabel Vitoria, who was born Sunday, measures nearly 23 1/4 inches. She is far from the largest ever born in Brazil. There was a 16-pound, 11-ounce baby born in January [...]