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Jill and Whitney are two Oregon twin sisters (United States) who have always shared a special bond. But now that link has become stronger even if it fits, because Jill expects twins for her sister, who because of a strange disease can not have children. It is not the first case of free and altruistic surrogacy that we have known, but personally, the act of love and generosity will never cease to amaze me so much that it hides behind such stories.

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The classic stories are in the sights of the debate. Today we have learned that a public school in Barcelona withdrew from its library 'Little Red Riding Hood' and another 200 classic children's stories for considering them "toxic" and reproducing sexist patterns. When reviewing the library catalog of books for children between two and six years old, they found that most of them reinforce gender stereotypes and promote values ​​that are not suitable for children.

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They call it the "alphabet of the devil", and it is an injurious viral game that has become fashionable among the children of an Asturian institute. However, this terrible game is not new, and the numerous videos posted on YouTube on the subject are a sample of this. From Babies and More we want to alert you to this challenge, inform you of what it is and give you some keys to prevent children from falling into the practice and dissemination of this type of viral games.

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In the last analysis of child restraint systems conducted by the OCU, two of the models were found to be unsafe in the frontal crash tests. These are the Babystyle Oyster + Base Duofix Isize chairs and the Chicco Oasys i-Size + Base i-Size chair. Babystyle Oyster + Base Duofix Isize In the first case, during the frontal crash tests performed with a dummy (the test dolls) that simulates a 1 and a half year old child, the Babystyle Oyster + Base Duofix Isize chair was dismissed from the Forward base, which implies a risk of severe damage to the child in the event of an accident.

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If a week ago we were excited about the story of Santino, an abandoned baby who was adopted by the nurse who took care of him in the hospital, today we feel something similar after learning about the history of struggle and unconditional love of Liz and Giselle. Liz wanted to be a mother, and Giselle was looking for a family to recover from the serious health consequences of her prematurity and neonatal withdrawal syndrome.

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Basque parents can enjoy 16 weeks of paternity leave before the rest of Spain. The Basque Government has announced that it will extend by decree the paternity leave to 16 weeks to all parents from autumn. A few months ago we announced in Babies and more that the measure would be effective for parents who already had a child, and for the first time it would be from 2021, but now they have said that it will be extended to all parents, also first-time children.

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It is finally a reality. Those who are parents as of today, April 1, will have eight weeks of paternity leave. The three-week extension (from five to eight) that the government established by decree enters into force, and will be extended until reaching 16 weeks in 2021, matching that of the mother.

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The 26-year-old Portuguese canoeist Catalina Sequeira suffered an acute asthma attack while pregnant for 12 weeks. He was in an induced coma for a while and when he was 19 weeks pregnant, he entered brain death. Doctors and family then decided to keep her artificially alive for three months so that her baby, whom they called Salvador, could be born.

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There are several studies that have been conducted that ensure that pregnancy is "contagious." That is, if a woman becomes pregnant, the chances that her friends or women from her closest environment will also multiply. And this is what has happened to nine nurses of the same maternity hospital in Maine, in the United States, who will give birth between the months of April and July.

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