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In the News: #Reporter’sNotebook

Investigating UPPAbaby Flame-Retardant-Free Car Seats

Investigating UPPAbaby Flame-Retardant-Free Car Seats

The Cost of Baby’s First Year

The Cost of Baby’s First Year

Ditch the Piggy Bank – Kids & Money

Ditch the Piggy Bank – Kids & Money

Lead In Sippy Cups And The Moms Making A Difference

Lead In Sippy Cups And The Moms Making A Difference

Cleaning Up A Teen’s Online Footprint

Cleaning Up A Teen’s Online Footprint

Questions About 2016 Ecology Center Car Seat Flame Retardant Report

Questions About 2016 Ecology Center Car Seat Flame Retardant Report

Should Your 10-Year-Old Use A Booster Seat?

Should Your 10-Year-Old Use A Booster Seat?

EpiPen Alternative: The Investigation & Price Check

EpiPen Alternative: The Investigation & Price Check

Ergo Baby “Exiting the Orbit Baby Brand”

Ergo Baby “Exiting the Orbit Baby Brand”

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In Depth: Featured Investigations

Toxic Safety: Car Seat Flame Retardants

Toxic Safety: Car Seat Flame Retardants

KPIX-CBS / NewsMom Continuing Coverage:A child’s car seat is the only consumer product that is required by law in all 50 states. Car seats are crucial to keeping children safe in the car. However, critics argue that a 1970s-era federal motor vehicle flammability regulation is needlessly exposing … Read More...

Preventing Child ID Theft: Child Credit Freeze How-To

Preventing Child ID Theft: Child Credit Freeze How-To

KPIX-CBS / NewsMom Continuing Coverage:  After years of reporting on child identity theft and credit freezes, KPIX Consumer-Investigative Reporter Julie Watts set out to freeze her own toddler’s credit. What she discovered led to a year-long series of editorial blogs that … Read More...

In Depth: NewsMom Editorials

EpiPen Is Not the Only Choice: My Switch to an Off-Brand

EpiPen Is Not the Only Choice: My Switch to an Off-Brand

NOTE: This is in no way intended as a product endorsement, but rather one mom’s experience. Please consult your doctor and insurance provider about any changes in medication --The first time I bought a set of EpiPens, in 2015, I balked at the price.“Did insurance not cover this?” I asked the … [Continue...]

“Chemicals Are in Everything, Why Should I Care?”

“Chemicals Are in Everything, Why Should I Care?”

One of the most common critiques I get about my reporting on chemical flame retardants in car seats can be summed up with this Facebook comment on one of my posts:Look at how many of us survived... using car seats. Then look at the ones who survived before car seats were a thing. Does your child … [Continue...]

Investigating Car Seat Chemicals

Investigating Car Seat Chemicals

What began as a NewsMom editorial, expanded into a six month KPIX-CBS investigation exposing alleged false advertising, apparent legal loopholes and outdated federal regulations that systematically expose millions of children to concerning car seat chemicals.First, we established that even the … [Continue...]

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Featured News & Editorials

UPDATE: Girl Who Fed Homeless Vet in Viral Video Needs Your Help!

UPDATE: Girl Who Fed Homeless Vet in Viral Video Needs Your Help!

You've likely seen the viral video of the adorable Northern California 8-year old who gave her dinner (silverware and all) to a homeless man outside a restaurant. It's been viewed … [Continue...]

Survive an Underwater Car Accident: Seatbelts, Windows, Out (Children First)

Survive an Underwater Car Accident: Seatbelts, Windows, Out (Children First)

#ReportersNotebook - Seatbelts, Windows, Out (Children First)It is an overused TV cliché: "A parent's worst nightmare." However, an underwater car accident is literally one of my … [Continue...]

Peanut-Allergic Boy V. Kellogg’s: Peanut Powder in Cheese Crackers

Peanut-Allergic Boy V. Kellogg’s: Peanut Powder in Cheese Crackers

#ReportersNotebook:When Kellogg's announced it was adding peanut flour to some of its snack crackers, a boy with a passion for activism and an allergy to peanuts decided he … [Continue...]

Now Our Clek Car Seat Tested Positive for TDCPP

Now Our Clek Car Seat Tested Positive for TDCPP

"Which Car Seat Do You Use Now?”That is by far the most common question people ask following our continuing coverage of flame retardants found in kids’ car seats (and potentially … [Continue...]

Remember ‘That’ Biomonitoring Study? Car Seats Are Just the Beginning…

Remember ‘That’ Biomonitoring Study? Car Seats Are Just the Beginning…

If you’ve seen my coverage of chemicals in car seats, you likely know that a biomonitoring study found high levels of a known “cancer-causing flame retardant” in my child; the same … [Continue...]

Morning Sickness Medicine – New Evidence It May be Safe!

Morning Sickness Medicine – New Evidence It May be Safe!

#ReportersNotebook I was lucky enough to have two very normal and uneventful pregnancies. Even with my twins, I never suffered from morning sickness and was able to carry them to … [Continue...]

Virtual Kidnapping – A New & Terrifying Threat for Parents

Virtual Kidnapping – A New & Terrifying Threat for Parents

Updated: 9-18-16A chill ran through my body and I immediately felt sick to my stomach when I read this NextDoor post from a local mom. The tale of her child's virtual kidnapping … [Continue...]

What’s In Your Cleaning Products?

What’s In Your Cleaning Products?

New parents tend to top the list of people concerned about toxic cleaning products. So, like many, I went out and bought the brands that appeared to be green and had names or … [Continue...]

Postpartum Depression:  What to Learn From Panettiere’s Return

Postpartum Depression: What to Learn From Panettiere’s Return

New motherhood is hard. The sleep deprivation, the hormones, the crying, the body changes, the guilt and the worry can team up to leave moms of newborns feeling harried, wondering: … [Continue...]

When to Skip the Organic Produce

When to Skip the Organic Produce

Do I Really Need Organic Produce? We'd all love to feed our little angels an all-organic diet... but who can afford it when organic produce can cost almost 50 percent more? I … [Continue...]

Frequent Locations – Your iPhone Is Documenting Your Every Move

Frequent Locations – Your iPhone Is Documenting Your Every Move

Most people know that phones (and apps) know your location. You've probably even turned off location tracking for some of your apps under "Location Services." But buried four menus … [Continue...]

Politics Stall Child Credit Freeze Law?

Politics Stall Child Credit Freeze Law?

After years of reporting on child ID theft and struggling to freeze my own child’s credit, it was rewarding to learn that California Assemblyman Mike Gatto introduced state … [Continue...]

Alba’s Honest, Ergo Baby’s Orbit: Why Green Companies Are Found with Concerning Chemicals!

Alba’s Honest, Ergo Baby’s Orbit: Why Green Companies Are Found with Concerning Chemicals!

Here we go again. Independent testing found a chemical in a “green” children’s product that the company itself called “toxic”.The Wall Street Journal reports that it found SLS … [Continue...]

UPDATE: Keep Car Seats in the Middle, A Fatal Seat Flaw Exposed

UPDATE: Keep Car Seats in the Middle, A Fatal Seat Flaw Exposed

Did you know your front driver and passenger seats can severely injure your child? Here's the latest in another excellent report from CBS News Transportation Correspondent Kris Van … [Continue...]

Car Seat Chemicals: Resources for Parents

Car Seat Chemicals: Resources for Parents

A car seat is the only consumer product required by law in all 50 states, but critics say many of those seats are unnecessarily exposing kids to potentially dangerous … [Continue...]

How I Found “Cancer-Causing” Flame Retardants In My Child… And In Her ‘Green’ Car Seat

How I Found “Cancer-Causing” Flame Retardants In My Child… And In Her ‘Green’ Car Seat

I'm not a particularly green mom. Though, as a consumer reporter I've covered enough studies over the years to know I should try to reduce my child's exposure to concerning … [Continue...]

How to Protect Kids From ID Theft… One Year Later

How to Protect Kids From ID Theft… One Year Later

More than a year after my first NewsMom blog on the topic, we finally aired the TV version of "How I Forced the Bureaus to Freeze My Child’s Credit."The two-part TV news series … [Continue...]

Want to Test Your Home for Lead, Concerning Chemicals and Flame Retardants? Here’s How.

Want to Test Your Home for Lead, Concerning Chemicals and Flame Retardants? Here’s How.

A new friend recently asked me about testing her child's room for formaldehyde. She noticed that the newly-installed closet in her nursery had a strange order, and she wanted to … [Continue...]

NewsMom Blog Prompts Child Credit Freeze Legislation

NewsMom Blog Prompts Child Credit Freeze Legislation

UPDATE 9/23/16: The governor has signed California's Child Credit Freeze Legislation AB 1580. California parents can now freeze their child's credit!My first-ever NewsMom blog … [Continue...]

Wake The Baby! Don’t Use Car Seats as Stroller Seats

Wake The Baby! Don’t Use Car Seats as Stroller Seats

All together now… “That’s unrealistic!”If this was a TV news story, I’d be starting off with a montage of moms rolling their eyes and replying “that’s unrealistic” when I tell … [Continue...]

Why My Toddler Has a Credit Card

Why My Toddler Has a Credit Card

SEE FEB 2016 UPDATE: How to Protect Kids From ID Theft… One Year Later Over the years, I've covered far too many news stories about identity theft. I’ve interviewed adult … [Continue...]

Concerning Chemicals Found in Orbit Baby & Other Car Seats

Concerning Chemicals Found in Orbit Baby & Other Car Seats

While picking out car seats two-and-a-half years ago, my husband and I spent a fortune on the Orbit Baby car seat and stroller system solely because we were led to believe there … [Continue...]

Child Organ Donation & The “TV Good Luck Charm”

Child Organ Donation & The “TV Good Luck Charm”

#ReportersNotebook The day after Thanksgiving, I had to work a rare night shift. I was resigned to the fact that I was probably going to be assigned a Black Friday story, and I … [Continue...]

Nail Polish: Out of Bottle, Into Your Body

Nail Polish: Out of Bottle, Into Your Body

#ReportersNotebook Normally I blog about the stories I cover on CBS San Francisco. But in the case of this report on nail polish chemicals, it was the other way around. The TV … [Continue...]

Before You Pay for Credit Monitoring or ID Protection…

Before You Pay for Credit Monitoring or ID Protection…

#ReportersNotebookEvery other day it seems like there's a new breach. Between the Anthem and Premera insurance hacks alone, it's estimated 1 out of 3 Americans have been … [Continue...]

The State Owns Your Newborn Blood Spot DNA

The State Owns Your Newborn Blood Spot DNA

#ReportersNotebook Do you know if your child’s  DNA is being stored in a government database? If you live in California, or at least 20 other states, it likely is. In this … [Continue...]

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The Lighter Side

A Different Kind of Resolution: Choosing Joy

A Different Kind of Resolution: Choosing Joy

I smiled to myself as I clicked "buy" on something that seemed so out of character: A pair of leggings with a space invaders inspired pattern on them. Yep, a grown woman with … [Continue...]

A Tale of Two Carriers: Tula Vs. LÍLLÉbaby

A Tale of Two Carriers: Tula Vs. LÍLLÉbaby

If you've decided to "wear" your baby, chances are you've scoured the internet searching for the right option that'll leave your hands free while carrying your little one. The … [Continue...]

The Carryon Overnight Kit: A Must for Airplane Travel With Kids

The Carryon Overnight Kit: A Must for Airplane Travel With Kids

Of course we couldn't have known our 20 hour trip would lengthen into 48. So of course we didn't pack a carryon overnight kit.It began as we loaded up the hired car in the … [Continue...]

Car Seats in Taxis: Difficult But Doable

Car Seats in Taxis: Difficult But Doable

In the few months since I committed to stop baby wearing in taxis, my little guy officially outgrew his infant bucket car seat. I’ve opted for public transportation and … [Continue...]

Adventures in Baby Travel: Useful Products for Jet-Setting Families

Adventures in Baby Travel: Useful Products for Jet-Setting Families

For those who procreate and yet still insist on feeding their wanderlust, many baby travel products promise to make adventure a breeze. Below is a rundown of a few I've found … [Continue...]

Baby Gear: If I Could Go Back, Instead I’d Buy…

Baby Gear: If I Could Go Back, Instead I’d Buy…

When I was newly pregnant for the first time, I went into baby gear research hyperdrive. Overwhelmed by the vast options—how do I choose something for someone I've never … [Continue...]

A Car Seat Conversion: Why I’m Changing My Taxi-With-Kids Habits

A Car Seat Conversion: Why I’m Changing My Taxi-With-Kids Habits

I have a confession to make: I've let my kids ride in taxis without car seats. It seemed mostly justified at the time, but a recent bump on my chin forced me to … [Continue...]

Instagram-Filter Baby Names & Other Millennial Trends

Instagram-Filter Baby Names & Other Millennial Trends

Ok, so you may have a favorite Instagram filter, but do you really love it enough to name your kid after it? Well, apparently Instagram-filter baby names are gaining … [Continue...]

Parenting VineDeas

Parenting VineDeas

Vine videos with random ideas, info and tips for parents... in 6 seconds or less. Q: What is vine? A: It's like Twitter for video. Looping video clips - 6 seconds … [Continue...]

Small Space Nursery #ApartmentLife

Small Space Nursery #ApartmentLife

Creating A Small Space Nursery In 4 Simple Steps   #ApartmentLiving with a little one can require some "out of the box" ideas. As a first-time mom-to-be, I had to … [Continue...]

10 Must-Haves for Travel With Toddlers

10 Must-Haves for Travel With Toddlers

Travel with Toddlers Isn't Easy—But These Can Help! We travel... A lot.  At 21 months old, my toddler had logged over 60 flight hours, and she continues to sleep in … [Continue...]

5-in-1 Convertible Car Seat Stroller

5-in-1 Convertible Car Seat Stroller

Thanks to veteran KPIX ‪#‎NewsMom‬ Kate Kelly for this recommendation! She used one of these for her (now college-aged) boys. Based on her recommendation, we purchased … [Continue...]

Baby Flight Vest

Baby Flight Vest

#NewsMomReview The Baby Flight Vest is intended to keep lap children 'in' mom's lap during turbulence. As a reporter, I've heard far too many horror stories about lap … [Continue...]

NewsMom Must-Haves for Parents

NewsMom Must-Haves for Parents

From products for infants to toddlers, we've probably purchased and tried them all. Here's a collection of must-haves for parents, from parents who report on products for a … [Continue...]

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