Even though breast feeding is making a comeback, many moms might not like the idea of feeding their baby in public. This is why Sherri Spaw of Wesley Chapel started selling maternity ponchos. ...more

March 25, 2009

Children who want to be vegetarians need to "fill in the blanks" of their low-protein diets by eating alternatives to red meat, fish and poultry, experts say. ...more

January 12, 2009

A Tampa baby's near-death experience after his mother tried to make ends meet by diluting his formula too much is gaining national attention. ...more

December 3, 2008

A financially strapped young mother trying to stretch her infant formula supply almost killed her newborn, hospital officials say. ...more

December 1, 2008

The nation's leading pediatricians group says children from newborns to teens should get double the usually recommended amount of vitamin D because of evidence that it may help prevent serious diseases. ...more

October 13, 2008

WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) -- Mooove over, Holsteins. PETA wants world-famous Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream to tap nursing moms, rather than cows, for the milk used in its ice cream. ...more

September 26, 2008

With one hand, Yang Aiping held her squirming 4-month-old son amid the crowd in the maternity hospital. With the other, she dug through her purse for the near-empty bag of milk powder that she worried had sickened him. ...more

September 26, 2008

The note posted in July on the Web site of China's food safety inspection agency came from a doctor: There had been a sudden rise in infants turning up at his hospital with kidney stones after drinking the same brand of formula. ...more

September 24, 2008

Increased breast-feeding during the first months of life appears to raise a child's verbal IQ, according to a study of nearly 14,000 children released Monday. ...more

May 6, 2008

The big double doors at the front of the house opened, and Karoline and Ben Byler walked into the foyer with the first of their sextuplets to come home. Brady Christopher, toted in his car seat by mom, was quickly greeted by sister Zoe, 4, and the family dog, Sasha. ...more

October 19, 2007