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While Prem2Pram is not the largest manufacturer of premature baby clothes, what we lack in size we more than make up for in customer service, below is just a sample of the comments left by satisfied customers.

For those of you who have never heard of a burp cloth, you might like to read our post What is a burp cloth?

You too can have your early baby sleepsuit embroidered with your babies name, various fonts and styles are available.

Personalised baby clothes

Sadly not every pregnancy has a happy ending; in fact 17 babies are born asleep or die shortly after birth every day in the UK.  Over the last several months Prem2Pram has created some of the most beautiful baby burial gowns available in premature baby sizes, made of beautiful broderie anglais fabric with delicate swan lace trim, which would be perfect for any baby’s final sleep. Created with love I hope that they may go a small way to helping a family during a very difficult and emotional time.

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More microchips than ever are being used to spy on people putting rubbish in their wheelie bins.

Thousands of bins across Lancashire are equipped with microchips that allow the council to monitor exactly what is being thrown away.

Many of these microchips have now been activated, while other councils have the chips in place for possible future use.

Councils in Lancaster and the Ribble Valley are now using microchips.

Lancaster Council has spent £100,000 in the past 12 months on microchips for 100,000 bins.

A spokesman for Lancaster Council said: “It was easier to get the chips than install them later on.

“We don’t monitor the chips as we don’t have the facilities to do that.”
Bosses at Ribble Valley Council have spent £17,500 on installing or operating microchips.

The council said a 25p chip containing the address of each bin would be fitted under the rim.

A spokesman said: “This will help reduce lost or stolen bins, as well as providing…

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As the world of online gaming continues to grow many children enjoy playing virtual games such as Neopets, Neopets is a big community site based around the virtual pets that inhabit the virtual world of Neopia.  Players can take care of up to four virtual pets.

Another online game that is fast becoming popular is Second Life an online 3D virtual world where you enter a world with infinite possibilities and live a life without boundaries, guided only by your imagination.

A South Korean couple left their baby daughter to starve to death at home while at an Internet café they played an online game that simulated child rearing.  The couple would spend up to 12 hours playing an online virtual game where they “raised” an online girl character while neglecting their own prematurely born daughter.  It is alleged that the couple only fed their daughter once a day in between the 12-hour stretches at a neighbourhood Internet café.

The man aged…

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Some of you will already know that on Monday I went to visit Empress Mills only to discover that they had moved (note to self do not rely on Google maps).  So today hubby took me to find where Empress Mills had moved to.  For those of you who are unaware of their new location they can be found at The Empress Centre, Glyde Works, Byron Road, Colne in Lancashire BB8 0BQ.  As it happens they have only moved ¼ of a mile from their previous location.

There is a car park at the back of the building and I have to say their amenities are very clean indeed. My husband Andrew confirmed that the gents are just as impressive as the ladies.

The Empress Centre has a fabric section, a haberdashery section and row upon rows of wool, embroidery, sewing and over locking thread; there is even a small café where you can take the weight off your feet and just enjoy the atmosphere. I would say it’s well worth a visit if you don’t mind your bank balance taking a hit, as you won’t be able to…

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The difference between printed clothing and embroidered clothing might at first glance seem obvious, however.

Printing is a process that uses inks that are applied to clothing.  Commonly printed articles of clothing include t-shirts, bibs and sleepsuits. The process is called printing because ink is pushed through onto the garment creating a finished design. Some advantages of printing over embroidery are that you can create high-end designs with shading and gradients and if you have a large print run of the same item it is fairly inexpensive per article printed.  However, printed designs start to fade from the first time the garment is washed and by the time the garment has been washed twenty or more times the ‘print’ can be so badly faded that the design is barely visible.

Embroidery uses a process where thread is stitched into the fabric of the product.  Some of the more popular items that embroidery is used for include sleepsuits, baby blankets and corporate wear. …

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Q: When is Mill Lane not Mill Lane
A: When it’s Mayfield Road

Confused….. So is everyone else, if you look at the map below you can clearly see Mill Lane and Mayfield Road.

So if you were looking for either number two or four Mayfield Road common sense would suggest you turn into Mayfield Road! Correct?

No if you turn into Mayfield Road you will not find either number 2 or number 4 because numbers 2 and 4 Mayfield Road are actually on Mill Lane (see map below).

Just to further confuse everyone number 2 and 4 Mayfield Road, Up Holland are classed as being in Skelmersdale and yet they have a Wigan postcode.  Why?  As the village of Up Holland is listed as being under the township of Skelmersdale.  Yet the Postcode is WN8 as the postal town is Wigan.

Confused?

Well it gets even worse as there is a Mill Lane in Skelmersdale that is also a WN8 postcode.

Also there is a Mill Lane in the village of Appley Bridge which is a WN6 postcode, it is also only 3 miles away and causes…

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Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) is also known as Hyaline membrane disease (HMD).  It is one of the most common breathing issues that can affect premature babies.

Between 24 and 28 weeks of gestation, a foetus begins producing “surfactant” in his or her lungs. Surfactant is a slippery, protective substance produced by cells in the airways and contains phospholipids and proteins. Sufficient amounts of surfactant are extremely important because they help keep the alveoli open during the oxygen/carbon dioxide transfer in the lungs. If there are insufficient amounts then alveoli will collapse. The cells that produce the surfactant are hyaline membranes. Usually by 35 weeks, a foetus has developed enough surfactant for his or her lungs to function normally.

It can also be the result of genetic problems with lung development.

Symptoms usually begin within minutes of birth, although they may not be seen for several hours. If treatment is not administered, the baby will…

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Microsoft’s latest operating system Windows 7 has been slowly filtering it’s way into public use, but is it an operating system that should be used for life critical environments?

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Windows 7 updates are by default stealth updates, i.e. they download and apply themselves without asking, sometimes rebooting the PC. In some cases even when you say no the PC will reboot itself and even XP users will have experienced the slowing down of their computers when an update wants to be installed or rebooted to take effect.

Recently a doctor was using his home computer to remotely connect to his clinic computer in the early hours of the morning in order to discuss a roadside accident scan with a surgeon. The doctor received a pop up message informing him should reboot his computer due to an update. The doctor selected “no” to the reboot message; however, Windows 7 ignored the doctors’ choice not to reboot and restarted his computer by itself. Thereby…

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The Health, Well-being and Local Government Committee are beginning an inquiry into neonatal services in Wales.

Of the 33 thousand babies born in Wales each year, four thousand are admitted to Wales’s 13 specialist units.

The Committee will examine whether these units have sufficient funding and staff to cope with the increased demand, which may emerge with increased birth rates.

Chair of the Health, Well-being and Local Government Committee Darren Millar AM said: “The staff in neonatal units are caring for the most fragile and dependent people there are – premature and low birth-weight babies.

“It is essential they have adequate resources and support to cope with increasing demand and these are two of the main questions the Committee will examine in this inquiry.

“Inquiries such as these are always very emotional affairs both for the Committee members and for those giving evidence. But I would urge anyone who has experience of neonatal services…

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