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Kylie Kelce—who is pregnant with her and Jason Kelce’s fourth child—shared that one of her baby name options was inspired by Kate Hudson's character in the 2003 movie How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. 
How to come up with a cute baby name: Kylie Kelce edition. 
The Not Gonna Lie podcast host—who is currently expecting her fourth baby girl with her husband Jason Kelce—shared that Kate Hudson's character Andie Anderson from the 2003 film How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days inspired one of the monikers she's considering for her family's new addition. 
"How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days is one of my favorite movies of all time, but absolutely my favorite rom-com," Kylie told Kate in a clip from the March 6 episode of Not Gonna Lie. "We've even considered Andie as a name for our fourth girl."
And the 32-year-old—who already shares daughters Wyatt, 5, Elliotte, 3, and Bennett, 2, with Jason—added that the moniker goes with the couple's theme of opting for gender neutral names.
"Our first is Wyatt, our second is Elliotte, our third is Bennett," Kylie continued. "We were like, 'Andie would fit in there, and it would be so cool.'" 
Recalling that she met another mom who had already named their daughter after the same movie character, the former field hockey player continued, "They said that they named their daughter Anderson, as in Andie Anderson, and call her Andie. It's so badass."
And the name idea got approval from Kate herself. As the Almost Famous star told Kylie during the episode, "Andie would be so cute."
Noting that Anderson is a "great name" as well, Kate added, "I love that." 
As for the other names the couple are considering? Kylie is keeping those private—though she previously revealed that you can count on them having one commonality. 
“We’re doing a little crossover action,” she shared on her Not Gonna Lie podcast Jan. 9. “I feel like we have to lean a little bit towards those sort of gender neutral names for our fourth because we have Wyatt, Elliotte, Bennett.”
For Kylie—who announced her pregnancy in November—it's all about keeping the peace among the siblings. 
"If we do a full commit to a girly name at this point, it would not sit well with the other three,” she confessed. “I think eventually, they’ll be like, ‘Why did they get a cute girly name?’”
Keep reading to look back at Jason and Kylie’s cute family moments…
Love at First Sight
After a not-so-smooth first date, Jaso Kelce and Kylie Kelce would hit off when they went out again, with the two making their relationship Instagram official in November 2015.
Total Touchdown
After tying the knot in 2018, Kylie reflected on celebrating the wins in life alongside her now-husband.
"This off-season was my favorite yet," she wrote in a social media post that July. "It was short but oh so sweet. I am so incredibly proud to call this man my husband, and I can’t wait to watch his hard work and dedication through another season."
Baby on Board
By October 2019, the couple expanded their family, welcoming baby Wyatt into the world.
Family of Four
Two years later, their second daughter Elliotte, joined her big sister.
Party of Five
Just one year later, Kylie shared that "another Kelce lady" would be added to the bunch with an adorable set of photos.
Baby Bennett
In February 2023, the couple welcomed their third child, with her arrival coming nearly two weeks after Jason faced off against brother Travis Kelce at the 2023 Super Bowl.
Golden Girls
The NFL star shared a glimpse at his oldest daughters holding a huge prize in May 2023, writing on Instagram, "Never in a million years did I think I’d hold the Larry O’Brien trophy, let alone that it would be in my house!! Unbelievable honor to see it in person. The size is incredible, looks so small when NBA players are holding it, but it’s actually massive!! The girls were very interested in it."
Perfect Teammates
The couple shared a look at the family of five while on the field that August, joking in a joint Instagram post, "Here for the Rita’s and obstacle courses with dad after practice."
Fly, Eagles Fly
The family rang in Wyatt's fourth birthday in October 2023 on the Philadelphia Eagles' home turf, with Kylie quipping on Instagram, "We were celebrating a 4th birthday when the Birds went 4-0."
Lucky Charms
Kylie shared this pic of her and Jason's daughters Wyatt, Elliotte and Bennett on Instagram in June 2024, writing, "Parents know… 2 out of 3 isn’t bad!"
Jason and brother Travis Kelce's mom Donna Kelce commented, "The cutest beautiful bunch of 'lucky charms' under that rainbow!!!!
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On the day that oil giant Chevron disclosed it would acquire Hess in a merger deal valued at $53 billion, Hess issued a separate but equally significant press release.
“An Important Hess Announcement,” read the October 2023 statement, which wasn’t filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission but could move the market — the toy-collectibles market, that is. “We want to assure all of you that the Hess Toy Truck, a long-standing, cherished tradition, will continue on for future years!”
For its everyday business, Hess is a huge oil and gas producer that ranks 378th on the Fortune 500. It jams gargantuan drills into the ground and builds towering steel rigs offshore in the Gulf of Mexico to extract crude oil and natural gas from the ground. It even explores for petroleum products in places like Guyana and Malaysia. 
Oh, and it also makes some of the hottest Christmas toys on the planet.
Every year, Hess sells over 1 million toys, largely around the holiday season, and it claims to be the largest direct-to-consumer toy seller in America. Doing some back-of-the-envelope math, with a selling price of $46 each for the flagship Hess toy truck, you could ballpark the company at around $46 million in revenue from toys each year — much lower than what it gets from drilling, but still not an insignificant chunk of change. 
Hess trucks are its best-known product, but the company has also made helicopters, trains, space shuttles, and basically any vehicle that rolls or flies. 
“It’s not competitive with anything else,” said Christopher Byrne, a toy-industry expert known as “The Toy Guy.” Hess trucks sit somewhere between Tonka, Green Toys, and branded construction toys from John Deere, Caterpillar, and corporate offshoots from the likes of McDonald’s, which launched Happy Meal toys in 1979.
Credit for this unusual side business goes to the energy producer’s founder, Leon Hess, who grew up during the Great Depression and began a heating-oil delivery company in New Jersey in 1933. In 1960 the company opened its first Hess-branded gas station and four years later began selling its first toy, a Hess Tanker Trailer. Every year since, in time for the holidays, Hess rolls out a new truck. 
Hess got the idea to begin making toys after a meeting with toy manufacturer Louis Marx and Co., which later sold to Quaker Oats and was liquidated in 1980. Hess trucks, despite being wildly popular, have remained quite distant from the rest of the toy world. They’ve never been connected to the industry’s titans, Mattel and Hasbro, nor sold in any retailer — not even Toys R Us. For the first 50 years, the only way to buy a Hess Toy Truck from the company was to visit a local gas station.
“He thought it would be a really great way to thank his gas-station customers,” Justin Mayer, general manager of Hess Toy Trucks, said. “One of the reasons I love the job is because I feel a little bit like Santa.”
The original 1964 Hess Tanker Trailer, a replica of the company’s B61 Mack truck and trailer, had working headlights and a rubber hose, rare for toys sold at the time. It sold for $1.29 (some collectors say $1.39), which is worth roughly $13 today. Hess’ marketing evolved from newspaper ads to television commercials that began to air in 1980. The toy even got a jingle: “The Hess Truck’s back and it’s better than ever!” 
The annual release proved so popular that each Thanksgiving weekend, traffic would engulf Hess stations across New Jersey. It became such a hassle that the Garden State’s then governor, Thomas Kean, asked Leon Hess to move the launch date. He wanted to avoid paying state troopers overtime.
Hess now launches the holiday toy in October, and this year is selling a Hess fire truck that comes with a car and motorcycle and retails for $45.99. The newest rig comes as Hess’ deal with Chevron is trucking along, winning conditional Federal Trade Commission approval in late September.
Since 1998, Hess expanded the toy portfolio and now sells a miniature collection, plush toys meant for younger children, and premium-priced toys for collectors. “When they’re sold out, that’s it,” Mayer said.
Mayer has worked at Hess since 2007, primarily in marketing roles associated with the gas-station and convenience-store businesses, but he became fully focused on the toy trucks after Hess sold the company’s gas stations to Speedway. That led to another freak-out among fans, resulting in Hess having to publicly offer reassurance that the toy trucks would retain their branding even after the gas stations were renamed.
If Mayer is Hess’ Santa, then Michael Roberto is “Father Hess.” Roberto’s the author of a self-published Hess Toy Truck encyclopedia that’s meant to guide collectors. “We’re all still kids inside,” Roberto said. 
His introduction to the brand was a cherished memory with his father, who took him to a Hess station in the Bronx and bought him the toy truck that would remain his lifetime favorite, the 1977 Hess Tanker Truck. 
“Little did my dad know that that one little, simple act of taking me to go get a Hess truck would shape my life,” Roberto said. 
At one point Roberto owned three versions of every annual release from Hess. One toy would remain untouched in the box, another would be placed in an airtight display case, and a third would be opened for his children to play with. But when Roberto was stung badly by the 2008 financial crisis, he was forced to sell some of his prized possessions to cover expenses.
There’s also a rabid market for Hess truck collectors. The highest known price for a Hess toy truck sold online between two collectors is $12,000, for a rare 2003 Hess truck and racer set. 
Jack McCaffrey, a 25-year-old schoolteacher in New Jersey, recalled that he once had an opportunity to complete his Hess toy collection, but at a staggering price of $3,000. McCaffrey received his first Hess toy in 1999, the year of his birth, and has collected every holiday truck ever since. One glaring omission from the collection he’s amassed so far: the original 1964 Hess Tanker Trailer.
“There’s something oddly charming about Hess,” McCaffrey said. “It appeals to that part of all of us that doesn’t want to grow up.” 
He has backfilled his collection and now owns every holiday launch since 1980, as well as the 1977 Hess Tanker Truck. McCaffrey also runs a Hess fan page on YouTube, where he reviews each Hess toy he owns.
Completing his collection is only a matter of time. But the more pressing issue is that he would like to move out of the home he shares with his parents. 
McCaffrey said, “It’s really a question of, where does my toy collection go when I move out?”
John Kell is a New York-based freelance writer, covering consumer trends, technology, leadership, and sustainability. He has reported for Fortune Magazine, Business Insider, Fast Company, Forbes, and The Wall Street Journal.
Potbelly shares are trading down more than 18% on Friday after the sandwich chain with roughly 450 locations reported earnings Thursday afternoon.
The chain — the only major publicly traded sub joint, by our count — beat Wall Street estimates on revenue but issued guidance for a same-store sales decline of up to 1.5% for the current quarter. The reason: blisteringly cold temps and brutal winter weather in the Midwest, particularly Illinois (where more than a quarter of Potbelly stores are located).
Q4 capped off a fiscal year of stagnant or declining company-owned same-store sales for Potbelly, a steep drop from previous growth rates.
It’s hard to say whether Potbelly is doing uniquely poorly at the moment or if America is just more broadly out on hoagies at the moment. Larger rivals like Subway, Jimmy John’s, and Jersey Mike’s are all privately owned, with several having been scooped up by private equity in recent years for party-length sums.
Blackstone snagged Jersey Mike’s for $8 billion last year, and Roark Capital bought Subway for a reported $9.6 billion in 2023.
US airlines are having their second-worst week since peak Covid, with the S&P Composite 1500 Passenger Airlines index down more than 13% as of Friday afternoon.
Only the week of March 4, 2022, when the index fell nearly 15%, saw the sector post a worse weekly performance since the peak of the pandemic.
Delta, JetBlue, United Airlines, and American Airlines are all down at least 10% over the past five days, as investors grip the armrest with one hand and slam the help button with the other over President Trump’s tariffs.
Carriers were smacked when tariffs went into effect on Tuesday, then climbed briefly Wednesday as exemptions were announced. Ultimately, fears around the effects of tariffs and a market drawdown on discretionary spending skidded airlines into their latest downturn.
The Trump administration’s move to end the collective bargaining agreement it has with 50,000 TSA officers — a move similar to plans spelled out in “Project 2025” — also can’t be helping.
After years of store closures and slumping sales, the ’90s mall staple may finally be finding its footing.
Walgreens is officially leaving Wall Street.
Shares of the beleaguered pharmacy chain leapt nearly 8% Friday morning, cruising toward the agreed-upon takeover price of $11.45, after the company agreed to be sold to private equity firm Sycamore for $10 billion.
Stocks typically rise to just under the deal price once a merger deal is official, pricing in a bit of risk in case something derails the process. In this case, shareholders will also get up to an additional $3 a share in cash depending on how much certain Walgreens assets get sold for in the future.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the firm is expected to sell off parts of Walgreens’ business or partner with others to support a turnaround. The deal, set to close in Q4 of this year, values Walgreens at a fraction of its 2015 peak. Including debt and potential future payouts, the transaction is valued at nearly $24 billion, making it one of the largest leveraged buyouts of the past decade.
Stocks typically rise to just under the deal price once a merger deal is official, pricing in a bit of risk in case something derails the process. In this case, shareholders will also get up to an additional $3 a share in cash depending on how much certain Walgreens assets get sold for in the future.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the firm is expected to sell off parts of Walgreens’ business or partner with others to support a turnaround. The deal, set to close in Q4 of this year, values Walgreens at a fraction of its 2015 peak. Including debt and potential future payouts, the transaction is valued at nearly $24 billion, making it one of the largest leveraged buyouts of the past decade.
Nintendo shares sank more than 9% during Tokyo trading, their biggest sell-off since August. Just after the US market open, ADRs listed here are trading down 6.8%.
The dip appears to be a reaction to President Trump’s increased tariffs on China, which jumped to 20% on Tuesday. A huge amount of console manufacturing occurs in the country, and many parts are sourced from there. Investors also sold off Tokyo-traded shares of Sony, which fell 4% overnight, and Konami, which dropped 7%. (Sony ADRs were down only 1.5% in US trading after the open.)
Investors are worried that Nintendo could raise the price point of the Switch 2 in response, potentially hurting initial sales. About 40% of Nintendo’s console sales come from the US. Video game analysts that spoke with Sherwood News called trade policy uncertainty “the paramount risk” for Nintendo’s upcoming Switch 2 release.
Nintendo addressed tariffs on its earnings call last month, stating that Switches are also produced in Vietnam and Cambodia.
“A certain impact is expected, but the impact on our performance this fiscal year will be minor,” Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa said at the time.

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A new law requires more secure battery compartments, but gaps remain. Here’s how to keep your family safe.
Cute strings of fairy lights, little flameless candles, goofy flashing headbands and dress-up clothes, and tons of toys that blink, beep, and buzz. Around the holidays especially, the market is awash with all sorts of playful electronic gizmos and gadgets. Many of them are powered by what are called button cell (or coin cell) batteries, aptly named because of their shape and small size. 
Photo: Scott Meadows/Consumer Reports Photo: Scott Meadows/Consumer Reports
These batteries are powerful and compact. Unfortunately, they’re also uniquely dangerous if they get into the hands of young kids.
The choking hazard is obvious. But there are other hidden dangers if they are ingested: Fluids in the body can activate the battery’s electrical current, even in a used or “dead” battery. A battery can burn through a child’s esophagus or throat in as little as 2 hours. In contact with stomach acid, a battery can leak corrosive elements, too, posing the risk of poisoning. And if a curious child puts a battery into his or her nose or ear, body tissue there can be damaged.
Batteries that are swallowed or inserted often have to be surgically removed, and the damage they leave behind can be lasting. 
There were an estimated 54,300 emergency room visits and at least 25 deaths attributed to button battery exposure from 2011 to 2021, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. An estimated 78 percent of those emergency room visits involved a child age 6 or under.
Enacted in 2022, Reese’s Law—championed by mom Trista Hamsmith, whose daughter Reese died after swallowing a button battery—sets federal requirements for button cell batteries. After the law’s passage, the CPSC created a new safety standard that requires many items with such batteries to have more secure compartments for them as well as specific warning labels. 
But the CPSC requirements don’t yet apply to toys, which are already covered under a different mandatory standard that CR safety experts believe is too weak. They say that standard does not require rigorous enough testing to ensure that the battery compartments and fasteners used to secure them are durable.
Moreover, the CPSC regulations apply only to items manufactured or imported after March 19, 2024. 
So Consumer Reports decided to buy a bunch of button-battery-powered devices online to get a view of how safe the marketplace is right now.
The battery compartments of these tea lights are very easy to pop open. The manufacturer tells CR that a newly designed version of these lights has a screw securing the battery compartment shut.
Consumer Reports bought 31 products that run on button batteries to evaluate how they were built and what, if any, warning labels they had. Our list, which included children’s items as well as general household goods, was informed by the types of toys and decor popular around the holidays and that have been tied to button-battery-related emergency room visits.
In our haul: LED “fairy lights,” tea lights, and candles; costume items including a light-up tutu, gloves, and a Christmas-themed headband; LCD writing tablets for kids; and party favors and stocking stuffers like fidget-spinner bracelets and glow sticks. 
The results were alarming: Ten out of the 31 products we bought had dangerously accessible button batteries, and many more lacked clear warnings about the risks they posed.
Here’s what you need to know to keep your kids safe.
Photo: Scott Meadows/Consumer Reports Photo: Scott Meadows/Consumer Reports
First, the good news. Many of the products we bought were built in such a way that kids couldn’t easily get to their button batteries. If the items’ batteries were meant to be replaced, opening the battery compartment required the use of either a screwdriver or a coin, or two independent and simultaneous hand movements. If the items had nonreplaceable batteries, the compartments weren’t accessible. 
Toys like a Tamagotchi, a Furby, and a Blippi talking figure all passed this construction test. Several of the string lights, the LCD writing tablets, and some of the fake candles did, too. Five of the products we bought included a remote control with button batteries, and all had secure battery compartments that a child could not easily open. 
In all, 21 of the 31 products we bought are safer from button battery risk, according to Juan Alberto Arguello, PhD, who led CR’s tests.
Photo: Scott Meadows/Consumer Reports Photo: Scott Meadows/Consumer Reports
Ten products were deemed problematic, though. Among the worst were five that had battery compartments that were incredibly easy to open (potentially even for a baby). These included red tea lights made by a company called LumaBase, some novelty light-up gloves for kids made by Cotruere, a light-up costume tutu meant for two-to-eight-year-olds by Zeyue, a Christmas-themed headband by Elcoho US, and a thermometer marketed for use by adults and kids, made by Boncare.
Photo: Scott Meadows/Consumer Reports Photo: Scott Meadows/Consumer Reports
Arguello says the thermometer’s battery compartment can be popped open easily with one hand. For the others on that list, “You only need one finger to open up these compartments,” Arguello says. “The plastic is very soft and weak.”
Photo: Scott Meadows/Consumer Reports Photo: Scott Meadows/Consumer Reports
In addition, five more products in our evaluation, while having batteries that weren’t quite so dangerously accessible, were found to still pose a risk because the battery compartments were so flimsy. Among these were items children might get at holiday time or as prizes at school: a fidget spinner bracelet made by a company called Maegawa, light-up plastic tubes by Kannove, Cokoka LED finger lights, light-up glasses by Zaaaslsm, and blinking rings by Wakestar. These five had battery compartments that easily snapped apart with a small amount of force and no tools. They could also fairly easily break, exposing their batteries, if they were dropped onto the floor, Arguello says.
CR attempted to contact the manufacturers of these 10 products to alert them to the risks we found and to ask whether they had plans to redesign their products to make their battery compartments more secure. LumaBase, the maker of the red tea lights we bought, said that as of “late summer” the battery compartments now have screws, so we must have bought some old products. A second LumaBase product that we evaluated—a set of mini string lights—did have a secure battery compartment.
Neither Boncare nor Wakestar responded to our request for comment. Contact information for Cotruere, Zeyue, Elcoho, Maegawa, Kannove, Cokoka, and Zaaaslsm could not be located.
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The CPSC’s rule is specific about the warnings that must be included in the warning label on (nontoy) products that use button batteries and on the packaging of the batteries themselves. In plain language, the label must state the dangers and instruct consumers on what to do if someone has ingested or inserted one of the batteries anywhere in their body.
CR’s experts believe that even though warning labels aren’t enough to keep consumers safe on their own, they can help. Ideally warnings should appear in as many places as possible: on the outer package, in the instructions, and on the product itself. 
Photo: Scott Meadows/Consumer Reports Photo: Scott Meadows/Consumer Reports
Of the 31 products we bought, 16 of them had no warning label at all. 
Of the 15 products that did have a warning label, only eight had all of the text CR safety experts would like to see, while the rest had only some of it. Partial warnings are insufficient: For instance, one warning label only described the choking hazard, which doesn’t fully capture the danger of a child swallowing a button battery. And only two products had warning labels on all three parts of the package—on the outer packaging, on the instructions, and on the product itself. 
“It’s unacceptable that so many button-battery-powered products, including children’s toys, lacked lifesaving information on their warning labels,” says Gabe Knight, senior policy analyst at Consumer Reports. “In addition to safer design and sturdier compartments, clear, conspicuous, and informative warnings on these products can help alert parents and caregivers to the potential danger.”
That there is any meaningful protection from button batteries in most products today is due to one family’s tragedy and what followed from it.
Reese Elizabeth Hamsmith of Lubbock, Texas, was 16 months old in October 2020 when her parents took her to the pediatrician with symptoms resembling croup, according to her mother’s later testimony before Congress.
Only the next day, when Reese’s parents noticed that a remote control in their home was missing a battery, did they think there might be a connection. They rushed Reese to the emergency room to get an X-ray, and, when a battery was found to be lodged in her throat, Reese had emergency surgery, testified her mother, Trista Hamsmith. The battery had been in her body for over 30 hours at that point, Hamsmith estimates, burning through her esophagus and trachea. 
The damage would prove irreversible. Reese was hospitalized for several weeks and underwent several complicated surgeries, her mother testified. She was 18 months old on Dec. 17, 2020, when she died.
In the weeks and months after her crushing loss, friends of Trista Hamsmith’s talked about how she could honor her daughter in a meaningful way. Getting a park named after her was one suggestion.
“No, I don’t want a park,” Hamsmith remembers thinking. “I want a law.”
Without knowing exactly where to begin but propelled by a sense of purpose, she made phone calls—first to local lawmakers, and then to state and federal representatives, to tell Reese’s story. She started a nonprofit advocacy group, Reese’s Purpose. She testified before Congress about Reese’s story and about the need for stronger protections from small batteries for all kids. 
“I was nervous . . . I don’t like for people to see me cry,” Hamsmith says. “But my whole mission was that other parents don’t have to know what it’s like to bury their kid.” 
When Reese’s Law passed Congress in 2022, support was unanimous. The law required the CPSC to create a new safety standard for strong packaging, secure battery compartments, and detailed warning labels on nontoy devices with button batteries. Consumer Reports safety experts supported both the federal law and the subsequent CPSC rule. 
Hamsmith has dedicated herself to raising awareness of the risk of button batteries among parents and increasing oversight of manufacturers and retailers. But she also knows how important it is to alert doctors. Reese’s Purpose is now funding the development of a medical device to be used in any doctor’s office that could quickly and easily detect a button battery in a child’s body without an X-ray. 
When she learned the results of Consumer Reports’ product evaluation, Hamsmith said that it was “sickening” to hear how many dangerous items remain out there for sale today. 
Part of the problem is that older products that aren’t compliant with the CPSC rule have been allowed to stay on the market. But Hamsmith says she is confident the marketplace will get safer over time as old products sell out or are taken off the shelves. As for companies that sell unsafe items in violation of Reese’s Law, she says, “My message is, you will get busted, you will get caught. Our children’s lives matter more than your bottom line.”
And while the CPSC’s current button-battery standard doesn’t apply to toys, a promising new rule has been proposed that would bring the existing toy requirements up to the same strong standard that applies to all other products. So, for instance, the safety of battery compartments in toys would have to be tested more rigorously to make sure they won’t break or pop open in real-world scenarios, such as when the product is dropped on the floor. Consumer Reports safety experts expressed their support for the proposed toy rule, together with the American Academy of Pediatrics, the advocacy group Kids in Danger, and several other advocacy groups. 
The Toy Association has expressed the industry’s support for Reese’s Law but argues that a new rule specifically for toys is unnecessary because there is already an adequate standard in place and an established process for amending it. “CPSC’s proposed rulemaking would serve to unilaterally forgo the established and well-regarded consensus standards process, already underway,” Joan Lawrence, the Toy Association’s senior vice president of standards and regulatory affairs, wrote to CR in an emailed statement.
The CPSC says that the agency is in the process of reviewing comments to the proposed rule. CPSC staff declined to comment on the specific products CR evaluated for this article but said that “manufacturers and importers that fail to comply with all the requirements of Reese’s Law—including standards associated with battery compartments, warnings on the product, its packaging and in instructions and manuals—risk enforcement action including civil penalties up to $120K per knowing violation.”
CR safety experts say that responsibility also lies with the retailers, websites, and apps that sell button-battery-powered products. They have the power to take risky products off the shelves—whether old or new, and from whatever category.
“Whether people shop online or in person, convenience should never come at the expense of a child’s safety,” Knight says. “Online marketplaces have an opportunity to lead by putting stronger measures in place to ensure that only products that meet the strongest current standards are sold on their platforms.”
CR bought almost all of the products in our evaluation from Amazon, with a few ordered from other online retailers, including Home Depot and Target. Amazon, which sold us nine of the products in the “most dangerous” category above, told CR that all of the products we flagged have now either been removed from the site or are in compliance, or that their compliance is under investigation.
“We require all products offered in our store to comply with applicable laws, including Reese’s Law,” an Amazon spokesperson told CR. “We continuously monitor our store, and if we discover a product was undetected by our automated checks, we address the issue immediately, refine our controls and remove noncompliant products.” 
Home Depot spokesperson Beth Marlowe told CR that the retailer has now stopped selling the LumaBase red tea lights after the problem was brought to their attention. The battery compartment in the one product we bought from Target was secure.
Photo: Kathryn Marx/Consumer Reports Photo: Kathryn Marx/Consumer Reports
Button batteries are ubiquitous in consumer products, and it may not be reasonable to banish them entirely from your home. But if you live with young children or elderly or cognitively impaired people, it’s a good idea to evaluate the battery-powered products you already own, and be smart about any new ones you buy. 
Button batteries are dangerous to kids, but these three tips from @TheRealDrDarria will help keep your kids safe. CR is here to help you make safe choices for your home—tap the link in our bio or visit CR.org/drdarria for a special discounted CR membership. #kidsafety #batterysafety #parentsoftiktok #parentingtips
Lauren Kirchner
Lauren Kirchner is an investigative reporter on the special projects team at Consumer Reports. She has been with CR since 2022, covering product safety. She has previously reported on algorithmic bias, criminal justice, and housing for the Markup and ProPublica, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting in 2017. Send her tips at lauren.kirchner@consumer.org and follow her on Twitter @lkirchner.
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The moment Kelly Severide (Taylor Kinney) told his wife, Stella Kidd (Miranda Rae Mayo), that he wanted to start a family with her, Chicago Fire fans have been swooning. 
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Stella was initially weary about Severide’s pitch; as a fellow Lieutenant at Firehouse 51, she’d be forced to pause her work life to accommodate a pregnancy. And with a turbulent upbringing, she was fearful about making mistakes raising a child. However, after setting aside that perfectionism-driven paralysis and realizing she did want to start a family with Severide, she asked him if he’d be willing to go the adoption route so she wouldn’t need to overhaul her career dreams. Severide merrily jumped onboard, and the firefighters have been taking steps to prepare for a little one on the way.
RELATED: Stella & Severide Are Becoming Parents on Chicago Fire: DETAILS
In Chicago Fire Season 13, Episode 15 (“Too Close”), we learned that Severide and Stella have made significant progress in their adoption journey, and Firehouse 51 couldn’t be more excited. 
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The episode started with Severide and Stella hosting a home visit from an adoption agency rep. The couple took special measures to ensure everything was polished, perfect, and baby-proofed. However, they were embarrassed after their guest of honor, adoption rep Terry, pointed out their lack of corner guards for the sharp edges of their tables. 
“We appreciate you stopping by,” Severide said with a smile.
“It is my job,” Terry said blankly, giving Stellaride little indication of how the tour went. After the visit, Stella and Severide pivoted their focus to their Zoom interview with the agency. The interview went well, with both Severide and Stella giving excellent answers. Still, it was hard to figure out how the agency perceived them. 
RELATED: Revisit The Epic Stellaride Love Story
But toward the end of the episode, Terry showed up at Firehouse 51 out of the blue.
“Hey, Terry,” Stella greeted him nervously.
“Hey, guys,” Terry said.
“Do you want to go inside the firehouse, have a seat?” Severide asked.
“No thanks,” Terry said. “Look, I was on my way home, and I wanted to come by and talk in person. It never does seem right to deliver this information over the phone, so.”
After waiting a cruel pause, Terry continued. “I’m here with good news,” Terry clarified. “You’ve been approved as adoptive parents.”
“Really?” a stunned Stella asked.
“Really,” Terry confirmed, smiling for the first time. Stella and Severide shared a sweet kiss and embrace as they processed the happy news.
“It’s a huge responsibility, raising a child, and having high-risk jobs like you both do just adds to that,” Terry explained. “But based on my experience with your application process, we’ve learned that the people here would go the extra mile for you. And that’s a lucky group for any child to be a part of.”
As if on cue, a call came over the radio, pulling the firefighters away from this meeting. Terry told them he’d be in touch soon with more information as Stella and Severide rushed off with huge smiles on their faces. We’re one step closer to a Stellaride baby, and the firefighters couldn’t be happier.
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The so-called butter sleep hack reportedly began with U.S. parents before making its way to the UK and New Zealand.
By Himanshi Bahuguna Updated Mar. 07, 2025
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Parents will try just about anything to get their baby to sleep through the night. From white noise machines to gentle rocking, every family finds their own routine—but sometimes, viral parenting hacks promise a quick fix. The latest? Feeding babies a spoonful of butter before bed.
Yes, you read that right. Some parents on TikTok swear by the practice, claiming that a small scoop of butter helps their little one stay asleep for longer stretches. But before you reach for the butter dish, experts are sounding the alarm. Not only is there no scientific evidence that butter promotes sleep, but there are also potential health risks to consider.
So, where did this trend come from? And what actually helps babies sleep? Let’s dive in.
Like many modern parenting trends, this one started on TikTok, where exhausted moms are willing to try just about anything for a good night’s sleep. The so-called butter sleep hack reportedly began with U.S. parents before making its way to the UK and New Zealand.
One TikTok mom, @millieellis, documented her experience trying the trend with her baby, Ivy. On the first night, she gave her daughter a spoonful of butter before bed and claimed Ivy slept all night—except for one feed and a brief wake-up due to noisy neighbors. Encouraged by the results, she tried it again. On night two, Ivy woke up fewer times, but Millie admitted she wasn’t sure if it was the butter or simply the fact that her baby was overtired from a busy day.
Trying the butter trend, let’s see if Ivy will sleep all night 😂 #firsttimemum #maternityleave #family #foryoupage #buttertrend #butter #sleepallnight #baby
Another mom, Paige Balloch from New Zealand, decided to test the hack with her 15-month-old, who had never slept through the night. “What do I have to lose?” she asked in her TikTok video. Unfortunately, the answer was not much sleep—her toddler woke up three times within an hour of bedtime.
Despite mixed results, the trend continues to gain traction, leaving many parents wondering: Could butter actually help babies sleep, or is this just another social media myth?
At first glance, the idea that butter could help babies sleep might seem reasonable. Fat-rich foods can be filling, and some adults even swear by warm milk or high-fat snacks before bed to help them feel drowsy. But when it comes to babies, there’s no scientific evidence that butter has any impact on sleep quality.
Sleep in infants is primarily regulated by circadian rhythms, melatonin production, and natural developmental milestones—not dietary fat. Here’s what science tells us about how babies sleep:
While some babies may happen to sleep longer after eating butter, correlation does not equal causation. Factors like daily activity levels, feeding schedules, and overall sleep hygiene play a much bigger role in how well a baby sleeps.
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Parents are both curious and cautious about the butter sleep hack. Some are asking for more details before trying it out:
Others are skeptical, especially about the quality and safety of the butter being used:
Despite the concerns, some parents are still willing to give it a try, eager to see if it works:
While some parents are eager to try the butter sleep hack out of desperation, experts strongly advise against it—and for good reason. There are a few key concerns when it comes to giving babies a spoonful of butter before bed.
Butter is high in saturated fat and salt, neither of which are necessary in large amounts for babies. In fact, excessive saturated fat isn’t recommended for infants, as their primary source of fat and nutrients should come from breast milk, formula, or balanced solid foods as they start eating solids.
Charlotte Stirling-Reed, a leading baby nutritionist, told The Independent that social media is “rife with misinformation”, and while butter in small amounts is fine in cooking or on toast, giving babies spoonfuls of it isn’t recommended.
A spoonful of butter has a slippery texture, which could pose a choking hazard—especially for younger babies who are still developing their oral motor skills. Unlike spreadable butter on toast, a large chunk can be difficult for babies to swallow safely.
Perhaps the biggest issue with the butter sleep hack is that it sets unrealistic expectations for tired parents. Baby sleep is complex, and no single food or “hack” can make a baby sleep through the night. Night wakings are normal and often linked to hunger, developmental leaps, teething, or separation anxiety—not a lack of butter in their diet.
Instead of reaching for unproven TikTok trends, experts recommend focusing on evidence-based sleep strategies that support healthy sleep habits.
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Instead of turning to viral trends like the butter sleep hack, parents can focus on evidence-based sleep strategies that are proven to support healthy sleep habits. Here’s what experts recommend:
Babies thrive on routine, and a predictable wind-down process helps signal that it’s time for sleep. Try a calming bedtime sequence that includes:
This triggers melatonin production and helps babies associate these cues with sleep.
A dark, quiet, and cool room promotes better sleep. White noise machines can also be helpful for blocking out disruptive sounds, like noisy neighbors or older siblings.
If hunger is waking your baby at night, ensuring full feedings during the day (instead of small, snack-like feeds) can help. For older babies, incorporating nutrient-rich foods like bananas, yogurt, and oatmeal at dinner can help them feel satisfied before bed.
It’s completely normal for babies to wake during the night—especially in the first year. Sleep regressions, growth spurts, and teething can all lead to temporary disruptions. Instead of looking for quick fixes, understanding that sleep is a developmental process can help ease frustration.
Parents will try almost anything for better baby sleep, but the butter sleep hack isn’t the answer. Not only is there no scientific evidence behind it, but experts warn it could pose choking and nutritional risks.
Instead of quick fixes, focus on expert-backed sleep strategies—a calming bedtime routine, a sleep-friendly environment, and full feedings during the day. Sleep takes time to develop, and no single food can change that.
When it comes to baby sleep, science—not social media—offers the best solutions.
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Teaching kids the value of a dollar, budgeting, and the work ethic that goes into earning money is one of the greatest gifts we can give them.
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The couple, en route to Michigan for a work trip, had just settled in when Sarah noticed a suspicious brown spot creeping up Dawson’s clothing.
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“You have such a kind heart.”
But why do toddlers resist naps like they’re giving up their life’s greatest work—only to knock out five minutes later in a corner?
Some might call this selfish; I call it setting healthy boundaries for myself.
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When doing these exercises always speak in a gentle soothing voice, use rhythm and repetition, and slow down as you speak. As your child seems more relaxed pause between some words, and elongate sounds.
And kids are healthier for it, too.
"I’m not really sure how people go about handling the transition from one to two kids. It’s really hard in so many different ways."
“I have the next five hours to myself.”
Every time they left a doctor’s appointment, he would play a game with the car, slowly pulling forward and reversing while she tried to get in.
Motherhood is full of choices, and when it comes to feeding your baby, having the right tools can make all the difference in feeling confident and supported.
Infertility grief is complex, and this viral story reveals why pregnancy announcements require more compassion.
"Whenever anyone asks, ‘Do you want more kids? Do you ever think you’ll have more?’ I’m just like… would you, like, start over?"
The timing of Noah’s birth—just hours after the passing of his great-grandmother—felt like something more than coincidence.
"The princess arrived at 6 months. I’ve cried and cried, I’ve compared and compared, blaming myself because I wasn’t able to give her all that she needed."
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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Nicole Chan Loeb, a 38-year-old photographer and videographer from Boston. It’s been edited for length and clarity.
My kids are 1 ½ and 4 years old, and I’ve never bought them any physical presents for birthdays or holidays.
For birthdays, I make a cake, and instead of buying toys and clothing, I invest money for them to set them up for a more secure financial future. Plastic toys and knickknacks are temporary fun, but they cause clutter and landfill waste.
When I was growing up, my mom would tell me about the stocks or funds she invested in for me. Every week, we’d take the figures in the newspaper, chart them on graph paper, and stick them on the fridge. We mostly invested in mutual funds. That was fun, and I especially loved the special time my mom and I spent together. I similarly want to teach my kids financial responsibility and literacy.
My husband and I met in college in 2004. We both worked in the finance and accounting industry — I was in management consulting, and he was in internal audits — before deciding it wasn’t for us. I quit in 2010, and he quit shortly afterward. We both became entrepreneurs. I’m a photographer and videographer, and he owns an escape-room company.
It was a considerable risk, and I was absolutely terrified. But since my parents taught me financial literacy, I’ve learned how to save to be comfortable no matter what. Plus, the flexibility and fulfillment this lifestyle provides is very worth it.
My husband and I don’t exchange gifts in general. If we want something, we’ll just purchase it for ourselves — after all, our money is pooled — so I find gift giving challenging. Instead, we share and enjoy dinners, experiences, shows, and vacations. We give each other cards — it’s more about the sentiment.
This year, my husband and I maxed out our kids’ custodial Roth IRAs and deposited $7,000 each. My kids have been models for children’s clothing lines, toy companies, and hospitality campaigns in my work as a commercial and advertising photographer, so the money is considered their earned income.
We decided to start investing for the kids last year because, from conversations with friends, we realized that we all wished topics like taxes, saving for retirement, and smart investing were taught in high school or earlier. We decided not to wait and agreed to start teaching these concepts to our kids as soon as they could grasp the basics.
Also, both my husband and I were lucky enough to leave school without a massive amount of debt because of our parents. These investments will allow our kids to graduate from college without an insurmountable amount of debt.
We’re focused on Roth IRAs for now, but we plan to open investment accounts for them within the following year. If they don’t have earned income in the coming years, we will set up a custodial brokerage account and invest for them that way. Because we both own our businesses, our salaries and incomes fluctuate, so we look at our finances each year and decide how much to invest.
My kids are young, so the concept of expecting gifts has yet to solidify. And they don’t really need anything. We’re lucky to live in a great neighborhood where the parents pass on toys when their kids have outgrown them. I rarely purchase large toys or gifts, but I don’t hold back from ad hoc purchases of crayons, markers, kids’ card games, and board games.
Our children are happiest when we spend time together, doing things like lunch dates, playing board games, and baking. Happiness comes from experiences and relationships, and having fewer material things promotes creativity.
They spend a lot of time outside making up their own games, and we often play with things like sticks, stones, water, acorns, and pine cones. We want contented, balanced kids who aren’t overwhelmed with things and toys and chasing the next new, shiny object.
My husband and I find a lot of interest and joy in investments, and we hope our kids will as well. My 4-year-old is very bright, and in the next year or so, he’ll understand that you can put money in specific vehicles to grow, learning the concept of delayed gratification.
I’m hopeful that our kids will start making their own side income in high school and start to learn to invest for themselves as teenagers, just as I did while growing up.
If you have a unique way of teaching your children financial literacy and would like to share your story, email Jane Zhang at janezhang@businessinsider.com.
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Los Angeles, March 9, 2025-
Hollywood Singer-songwriter Rihanna recently celebrated motherhood on International Women’s Day.
The singer, 37, shared a pair of photos on her Instagram which were taken just after she welcomed each of her sons, RZA, now 2, and Riot Rose, 19 months, reports ‘People’ magazine.
“By far the most powerful thing I’ve ever done as a woman…my little miracles! #InternationalWomensDay”, she captioned the post, noting that the first snapshot showed her elder son and the second photo was taken after Riot Rose’s birth.
As per ‘People’, the delivery room photos show the always-glamorous pop star sporting a gold necklace and pearls as she welcomed RZA into the world, and a pair of pink sunglasses after giving birth to her younger child.
“And yes I gave birth in pearls and sunglasses…don’t ask, a lot was happening”, she joked in the caption.
Rihanna shares her two sons with partner A$AP Rocky, whom she’s been with since 2020. The entrepreneur has often been candid about how she loves being a mother.
Shortly after she gave birth to RZA, she posed for the cover of British ‘Vogue’ with both Rocky, 36, and their then-baby son. The cover featured a sweet family photo of them walking along a beach, as Rocky holds the smiling infant while giving him a kiss on the forehead and Rihanna walks in front of them.
In the corresponding story, Rihanna called motherhood “legendary”, adding, “It’s everything. You really don’t remember life before, that’s the craziest thing ever”.
She told ‘Vogue’ at the time, “You literally try to remember it, and there are photos of my life before, but the feeling, the desires, the things that you enjoy, everything, you just don’t identify with it because you don’t even allow yourself mentally to get that far. Because it doesn’t matter”.
The singer revealed that she was expecting her second baby during her 2023 Super Bowl halftime show performance, and Riot was eventually born in August of that year.(Agency)

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LANSING, Mich. (WILX) -Rueben Jacob Scheffel, was a retired grocer in Lansing, who became well-known for making wooden toys for neighborhood kids.
Mr. Scheffel passed away in 1978, but his legacy lives on thanks to the R.J. Scheffel Memorial Toy Project.
Senior volunteers get together at an inconspicuous building in north Lansing three mornings a week, from January through November.
When you step inside you would swear you just walked into Santa’s workshop… it’s full of buzzing saws and sanders, and busy paint brushes…
It’s also filled with a lot of jolly folks, sporting white hair, a group of spirited retirees who you might call Santa’s helpers.
Every one of them makes wooden toys for underprivileged kids, and kids in medical crisis.
You might call Chris Costigan, the head elf of the of R.J. Scheffel Memorial Toy Project.
“To me, it’s making toys to make kids happy,” Costigan says.
And boy do they make toys… anywhere from 10,000 to 12,000 a year.
There are 38 different wooden toys, everything from tiny horses on wheels, to four different doll beds.
“This year we made five hundred doll beds,” Costigan says.
They also made 375 wooden stools.
The toys are sent out to 32 different charities, and the Salvation Army gets the most.
Every toy is crafted by hand, then painted, sanded, and painted again.
For 35 years the Scheffel Toy Project has been providing wooden toys to disadvantaged children for Christmas.
While the toys have evolved over the years, the reason these dedicated volunteers keep showing up has never changed.
“Just the camaraderie with the other people that work here,” says a Santa’s helper named Jim.
They come for the camaraderie and stay for the cause.
“Knowing that we’re providing toys for disadvantaged children, provide them joy,” says Santa’s helper Darryl.
They are some of Santa Claus’s most dedicated
elves, turning raw timber into toys of joy.
The Scheffel Toy Project is completely supported by donations from the community.
Here’s a link to donate: https://scheffel-toys.org/donations.html
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FINLEY Vile, 22, works in marketing and lives in Devon with boyfriend Dalton, 22, a warehouse worker, and son Archie, 11 months.
“Looking through my wardrobe, I couldn’t decide what to put on. ‘What on earth does a pregnant woman wear on a date?’ I thought, before deciding on a cosy jumper and heading out before I changed my mind.
It was November 2023, and at 19 weeks pregnant, I was going on a first date with a man I’d met on Tinder.
Three months earlier, my ex of five years and I had decided to part ways.
Two weeks after that, I found out I was pregnant. I felt shock and terror, but also joy – I’d always wanted kids.
However, being an expectant, single mum at 20, while I was building my career in marketing, wasn’t something I’d planned.
Although my ex and I initially decided to co-parent, we soon realised it wasn’t going to work out – I’d be raising this baby on my own.
Thankfully, I was still living with my mum Natalie, 54, an administrator, and my dad Ji, 54, a handyman, in Devon, while I continued to work, and they were super-supportive.
I’d joined Tinder soon after the break-up.
Of course, once I discovered I was pregnant, dating was the last thing on my mind. This baby was a blessing and I wanted to be its mum more than anything, but the thought of being single forever loomed over me.
I knew lots of guys would be put off, but perhaps there would be some who wouldn’t mind? If I found one, then great, and if not, so be it.
I could always start dating again when my baby was older.
Collating a selection of my favourite pictures and a photo of my ultrasound, I made sure that I disclosed I was pregnant in my Tinder bio.
Surprisingly, I had a handful of matches from some good-looking blokes. But as I suspected, they soon ghosted me when they spotted I was pregnant.
Then, one night, a profile caught my eye. Dalton had the warmest smile and kindest eyes. Swiping right, I hoped for the best, and a few minutes later I got a message from him saying hello.
‘You know I’m pregnant, right?’ I nervously typed, waiting for him to disappear. Instead, he just said: ‘Yes.’ I explained what had happened, and he didn’t seem deterred in the slightest.
Later that week, we arranged to meet on Exmouth Beach. I had lots of first-date nerves, but they soon melted away as we chatted about our upbringings, favourite films and everything in between – we had an instant connection.
When I asked why he didn’t mind I was going to have someone else’s baby, he replied: ‘Because I know an amazing person when I see one.’
When I asked why he didn’t mind I was going to have someone else’s baby, he replied: ‘Because I know an amazing person when I see one'
We quickly became inseparable. Being from a blended family, Dalton was used to a non-traditional household, and his family were just like him – warm, kind and loving, especially his mum Anna, 47, who welcomed me with open arms.
My family were also happy for us, with my mum agreeing that when something’s right, you just know.
Meanwhile, my bump was getting bigger and bigger. Whether it was a check-up with my midwife, an ultrasound or a late-night ice-cream run, Dalton was always there for me.
Like me, he’d never been that into partying, so although our lives were very different from your average 21 year old’s, he never minded sitting in with me rather than going out.
On March 29, 2024, Archie was born, weighing 7lb 2oz. As I held him in my arms, Dalton and I both cried tears of joy.
He moved in with me and Archie at my parents’ that month, and we’re saving for our own house. I never feel awkward if I have to explain our situation to other people.
Families come in all shapes and sizes these days, and Archie is such a happy baby.
He and Dalton have the closest bond. If Archie wants to have a relationship with his biological father later on, I will be supportive, but he will always know Dalton as the dad who raised him.

We’d love to have more children, but for now we’re happy as a family of three.
If I’ve learned anything from the past year, it’s that sometimes the best things in life take you by surprise – and then you just have to go with it.”
Supermodel Heidi Klum fell in love with singer Seal while pregnant with her ex-boyfriend Flavio Briatore’s baby.
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