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OMMEY Baby Protection Spray: Safe, DEET-free protection
Many insect repellents found in the market today, even the ones meant for babies and children, have a
chemical called DEET included as their active ingredients, despite growing concerns about the harmful
side effects it can cause. Lately, there have also been reports of mosquito resistance to DEET! This is why
knowledgeable parents today turn to OMMEY Baby Protection Spray to keep mosquitoes and bugs away.
Unlike most other insect repellants available today, OMMEY omits the use of DEET in this special insect
repellant spray. Instead, it uses safe and effective essential oils of Citronella, Neem and Vanilla. These plantbased
ingredients work in synergy to ward off biting insects including the potentially dangerous Aedes
mosquito. It’s no hassle to use too - just spray and rub. By keeping a bottle of OMMEY Baby Protection
Spray at home, in the car and in the handbag, parents can rest assured that their baby and other family
members can be protected from insect bites safely and effectively, without the side-effects of DEET.
Folic acid may lower risk of being
obese or overweight
Children born to women who have high blood levels of
lead are more likely be overweight or obese, compared to
those whose mothers have low levels of lead in their blood,
according to a study funded by the National Institutes of
Health and Health Resources and Services Administration.
Researchers analyzed data on 1,442 mother-child pairs from
the Boston Birth Cohort, a large observational study that
aims to determine the causes of preterm birth. Mothers’
blood samples were analyzed for lead exposure 24 to 72
hours after they gave birth. Children had their weight
assessed periodically throughout childhood. At an average
age of 8.1 years, children born to mothers with high lead
levels were more than four times as likely to be overweight
or obese than children born to mothers with low lead
levels. Among women who had high lead levels, the risk
of their children being obese or overweight decreased if
the women had adequate levels of folate 24 to 72 hours
after giving birth. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
recommends that all women of reproductive age consume
400 micrograms of folic acid (the synthetic form of folate)
each day to help prevent neural tube defects, a class of birth
defects affecting the brain and spine.
Effects of mothers’ pregnancyrelated
anxiety
A study has shown a potential link between pregnancyrelated
anxiety and how a baby’s brains respond to sad
speech. Researchers at Aalto University and the University
of Turku in Finland showed that mothers with high anxiety
scores at 24 weeks of pregnancy gave birth to babies who
had reduced brain responses to sad-sounding speech. The
effect was significantly smaller at 34 weeks of pregnancy,
suggesting the effects of pregnancy-related anxiety may
be transferred more easily to the unborn baby in midrather
than late pregnancy. “Areas of the baby’s brain
that deal with emotion and speech were less active when
listening to sad speech if the baby’s mothers had reported
high pregnancy-related anxiety” said Dr Ilkka Nissilä,
a research fellow at Aalto University who is one of the
authors of the study.
BabyTalk | December 2019 11