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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Health
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12 Bath Products For Babies and Toddlers
Splish splash, it's time for baby's bath. Rubber duckies, bubble bath soap, and cozy towels are all classic baby bath time staples. Now, in addition to those childhood favorites, there are more products on the market than ever before for parents to choose from. Between shampoo and wash, toys and aftercare, the drugstore aisle can get a little overwhelming. Don't fret. Instead, here are some suggestions for suds (and other helpful stuff) that make for a more blissful bath time. Bath Support Assuming your bathtub is too big for a little baby (which is more than likely), here's a tool to help them lay comfortably in the tub and free your hands for soaping, shampooing and rinsing. Wash Time to get fresh and clean, without worrying about skin sensitivities. Shampoo & Wash Save time (and space) with these 2-in-1 bath products. Bath Toys Add some entertainment to bath time with toys. Who said getting clean isn't fun? Hair Brush Even babies have flyaways and messy hair. Thankfully, there are tools to gently fix baby's bedhead. Booger Help Stuffed noses happen, but nasal assistance is on the way! Baby Oil Although baby oil can be used to moisturize on it's own, it can also be added to bath time. Lotion Dermatologist-tested lotion for the whole body (and the whole family) is a win. Apply after bathing and as needed. Towels When the bath ends, it's time to dry off with absorbent towels that are soft to the touch. Toothbrush It's never too early to start a good oral hygiene routine.
Yahoo
06-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Golden Retriever Crashes Mom's Peaceful Bath With Exactly Zero Regrets
Golden Retriever Crashes Mom's Peaceful Bath With Exactly Zero Regrets originally appeared on Parade Pets. Dogs either love or despise taking a bath, with little room in between. But for those who enjoy splashing around and getting wet, a tub filled with water and one of their favorite humans is an invitation they simply can't resist. That was certainly the case for Murphy, the Golden Retriever. Though his mom may have been aiming for a peaceful solo soak, Murphy wasn't about to let that happen. So, in the most polite and adorable way possible, he invited himself in to join her. Watch the hilarious invasion in this video from August 2: As much as I love my dogs, neither is a big fan of bath time, and after seeing this, I'm thinking that might be for the best. But at least Murphy was exceptionally polite about his entering the tub to join Mom, Belle (@belleandmurphy), this Golden Retriever took a few sips of bathwater and then gracefully hopped in. His face beamed with pride, and he looked so happy to share the space with her. While we can't know exactly what dogs are thinking, Murphy's joyful expression made it clear he had only the best intentions and heaps of love to offer. Dogs' Affectionate Behavior and Bath Time According to the American Kennel Club (AKC), many dogs view their people as part of their 'pack' and feel compelled to stay close during personal moments, such as bath time. Some simply enjoy the water, others associate it with bonding, and a few just want to be as close to their people as possible. Then again, Murphy might just like the tub as you can see in this funny video from August 4: Fans were thoroughly amused. Viewer @tayyely responded, 'I love that you just accepted it LOL.' While @otisgoldenboy shared, 'Everything is for them always.' And @josic_ll added, 'His smile is everything!' It truly is. Whether they're crashing our baths or just claiming our space, dogs have a knack for making everything a little brighter, even if they don't quite grasp the concept of alone time. 🐶SIGN UP to get 'pawsitivity' delivered right to your inbox with inspiring & entertaining stories about our furry & feathered friends🐾🐾 Golden Retriever Crashes Mom's Peaceful Bath With Exactly Zero Regrets first appeared on Parade Pets on Aug 5, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade Pets on Aug 5, 2025, where it first appeared. Solve the daily Crossword
Daily Mail
30-07-2025
- Daily Mail
Grandfather, 75, who died after becoming trapped in a scalding hot hotel room bath may have lived if old taps had been replaced, inquiry finds
A grandfather who died after getting trapped in a scalding hot hotel room bath may have lived had the old taps been replaced, an inquiry has found. Wallace Hunter, 75, was staying at the Pitlochry Hydro in Perthshire, Scotland when he became stuck in the tub. Guests and emergency services desperately tried to smash in the door but were unable to open it in time as it was bolted from the inside and opened outwards. The pensioner was eventually found lying unresponsive in the bath with water running that was so hot firefighters and police had to wear gloves to get him out. He died from third degree burns to 83 per cent of his body. Now Sheriff John MacRitchie has told a fatal accident inquiry at Alloa Sheriff Court that Mr Hunter's death in December 2019 could have been avoided had the annual tap checks been carried out. He added that a 'full analysis' should have been conducted by the hotel after other guests complained about the water temperature. A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation found the mixer tap was more than 30 years old, the probe heard. Its temperature control was 'very sensitive' and did not satisfactorily isolate the hot water when the cold water shut off. In a written judgment, Sheriff MacRitchie said: 'At the time when it was first realised that Mr Hunter was having difficulty in operating the tap, he was conscious and able to describe to Mrs Hunter that he was having these difficulties. 'He was still conscious and making sounds after Ms Cespedes had come from reception and gone up to the second floor and into Room 211. 'In those circumstances, there remains a real and lively possibility that Mr Hunter had not, by the time his difficulties in shutting off the tap had become known to Mrs Hunter, reached the stage yet of his having been subjected to the excessive water temperatures that resulted in his being fatally scalded. 'It is correct to state that it is not possible to definitively state whether earlier rescue would have resulted in Mr Hunter's survival. 'However, because it is known that Mr Hunter remained conscious for a significant period of time without any indication that he was being scalded, after he stated that he was having difficulty turning off the tap, there remains the real and lively possibility that had Mrs Hunter or others been able to enter the bathroom and assist Mr Hunter from the bath and/or turn off the tap at an earlier time Mr Hunter may have survived.' The sheriff added: 'The lessons learned from the death of Mr Hunter should now be utilised to prevent such events from happening again elsewhere, and the findings of this inquiry should alert all hotels or other establishments to recognise the real potential for such a fatal scalding to take place, and to analyse relative risk accordingly.' He also concluded that Mr Hunter's death could have been prevented by doors which opened from the outside. The sheriff said: 'The lessons learned from the death of Mr Hunter should now be utilised to prevent such events from happening again elsewhere, and the findings of this inquiry should alert all hotels or other establishments to recognise the real potential for such a fatal scalding to take place, and to analyse relative risk accordingly.' The inquiry heard Mr Hunter, who had a mild cognitive impairment, was very independent but suffered a lack of confidence around technology. It's not known why he became trapped in the bath, as scalding water gushed from the tap but he had been able to communicate with his wife. A guest in the bedroom below spotted water pouring down their bathroom mirror and contacted reception. The former manager of the Pitlochry Hydro hotel told the inquiry that replacement locks with a safety release would have only cost an estimated £80 a room. The Daily Mail has approached Pitlochry Hydro for comment.
Yahoo
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Five-year-old 'runs away' from home to avoid bath
This is the hilarious moment a five-year-old tried to run away from home to avoid taking yet another bath. London Bird, from Utah, had endured daily baths to tame her coarse, curly hair during a busy school week. On day five, she silently packed essentials and marched out—only to return minutes later, claiming her mum had said they were off to the park. Mom Shannon, who filmed the drama, said London was 'completely resolute' until she changed her mind.
Yahoo
21-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
What to know as the Senate tries to pass Trump's agenda bill next week
It's go time in the Senate for President Donald Trump's 'big, beautiful bill.' After months of negotiations, Senate Republicans are gearing up for a potential vote next week on Trump's sweeping domestic policy bill. It will be a major test for Republican Leader John Thune and Trump's own hold on the upper chamber that aides say will be cast as a binary choice for the rank-and-file: you either are with the president or you aren't. Thune has predicted the Senate could begin consideration on the bill as early as the middle of next week. That would mean a massive sprint starting this weekend to draft final text, whip votes and iron out a series of major sticking points that will satisfy holdouts – without pushing the bill in such a different direction that it stalls out in the House of Representatives where it passed by a single vote. The bottom line is next week is crunch time and all the hard decisions that have been punted will need to be made in the next several days. Aides and members say that if everything goes according to plan (and that's far from certain), the 20-hour clock to debate the bill could start as soon as Wednesday. Republicans would yield a big part of their time back and vote-a-rama – an hours-long voting marathon – could begin Thursday evening into Friday. That could always get pushed into Friday evening, but right now the goal is to have this finished by the end of next week. Over the next several days, a myriad of technical work and hard-fought negotiations have to unfold in order to get the bill to a place where it is even ready for the floor. Some of these negotiations will be substantial, others will be a way to give members an off-ramp to vote 'yes' because members really do want to back the president here. One of those tasks is already underway and will continue this weekend: the Byrd Bath. Simply put, the Byrd bath is a critical process led by the Senate parliamentarian that ensures all the provisions of the bill comply with special Senate rules that allow Republicans to move this bill with a simple majority rather than being subject to the normal 60-vote threshold. Those rules are specific and nuanced, but the Budget Control Act set parameters that required provisions within a bill that is going to pass with a simple majority to have more than just an 'incidental' budget impact. The parliamentarian traditionally makes a call on whether a provision qualifies. It's named after the late Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, who came up with the rule to stop either side from abusing the reconciliation process and trying to use it to just pass legislation that bypassed a filibuster. The way it works is Democrats and Republican staffers of each committee with jurisdiction in the bill privately meet with the parliamentarian and make their arguments for whether provisions meet the confines of the process. The Senate Finance Committee is expected to undertake this process Sunday evening, a critical step in moving forward because so many of the tax and health care provisions that are the heart of this bill are in Finance's purview. Several other committees have already begun, including the Senate Banking Committee, which Democrats say led to some of the provisions in that committee's jurisdiction from being ruled out of compliance with reconciliation. 'The Parliamentarian agreed that the funding cap for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), elimination of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), gutting of the Office of Financial Research and Financial Stability Oversight Council, and slashing Federal Reserve staff salaries violate the Senate's Byrd Rule,' Sen. Elizabeth Warren's office announced in a statement. State and local tax deductions: This may be the biggest hurdle right now. Unlike in the House, where a number of swing district members hail from high-tax states, there is absolutely no interest in the Senate in investing hundreds of billions of dollars to raise the cap on how much constituents in New York, California, New Jersey and Illinois can deduct in state and local taxes on their federal taxes. The Senate bill currently keeps the cap frozen at $10,000, a placeholder that Senate leaders have indicated they may be willing to negotiate on. But the coalition of House Republicans who raised the cap to $40,000 for certain income thresholds under $500,000 aren't interested in renegotiating the hard-fought deal they cemented in the House. Sen. Markwayne Mullin, a Republican from Oklahoma and former House member, has been leading the talks over the issue, but so far there is no deal. There is some discussion, two sources say, over dialing back the income threshold for who qualifies for the $40,000 deduction but so far that's been a nonstarter for the group of House Republicans who got this concession in the House bill a few weeks ago. To say there is palpable frustration in the Senate with a handful of House members dictating the future of a provision in the Senate bill that no one in that chamber cares much about is putting it mildly. Medicaid: A number of Senate Republicans have made clear they could vote against the Senate bill if there aren't protections to ensure rural hospitals are protected from some of the changes to Medicaid in the bill, like the slash to how much hospitals can be held harmless when it comes to the provider tax. Led by Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, a group of these Republicans are pushing leadership to create a kind of stabilization fund that states could use. Aides close to the process say that it could go a long way to win over some skeptical Republicans, including people like Sen. Jim Justice of West Virginia and Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley. The particulars of how the fund would be structured and how much it would cost are still being considered and it's important to note that the fund helps hospital but wouldn't do much for others who could lose coverage because of other changes to Medicaid, including new work requirements. Green energy tax credits: While the Senate bill takes a slower approach to phasing out some of the clean energy tax credits that were a key part of the Biden administration's environmental legacy, there are still some Republicans who have warned that some of the phaseouts may happen too quickly. Other conservatives have warned that they need to be eradicated more expeditiously, setting up a massive clash and one that could rear its head again if the Senate passes a bill that ultimately doesn't go as far as the House did. A last-minute negotiation is ultimately what got House conservatives to vote for the bill so any changes to the timeline could be an issue when the bill goes back to the House. Once the Senate passes its version of Trump's bill, it will go over to the House. There, Speaker Mike Johnson and his GOP conference will have to decide whether to back the new bill – or begin the drawn-out process of trying to negotiate. Do they swallow the Senate's big changes and allow the bill to move quickly to Trump's desk for a huge policy win? Or do they fight for their own version and begin the rigorous, and time-consuming, process of a conference committee, where both chambers will formally iron out their differences? Johnson and Trump are both hoping to avoid the latter option – but will the fractious House GOP conference agree?
