I remember calling my mother when Jack and Molly had their first hand-slappy, indignant-shrieky, all-out-bawling fight. "I thought had YEARS," I said, stricken. "YEARS before they started fighting!" ... My mother just the laughed the laugh of the Been There, Done That, Oh Listen To Silly Ignorant You mother ... read more ...
There are all kinds of rules for introducing solids to babies. You're supposed to do it in a certain order ... Some things should not be introduced before a certain age. Your baby should show certain signs of readiness before you hand her a sirloin steak. You should always cut the blue wire, never the red ... ... read more ...
The reasons to breastfeed are so numerous—both scientifically and anecdotal—that I feel I might talk for hours if anyone ever let me monologue about it, but here I will narrow the benefits down to five easily-digestible (pun intended) reasons why every mother should breastfeed their children proudly and confidently for as long as possible ...
As many of you know, I’m a leukemia patient/survivor. I say patient slash survivor because I am still in treatment. I always will be. My disease is chronic (chronic myelogenous leukemia) and I manage it with a pill I take every day. I had to go off that pill while I was pregnant with both Alex and Nora, which was a little risky, but obviously completely worth it ... ... read more ...
From the The GazetteLiisa Galea is an award-winning researcher at the University of B.C. with a PhD in neuroscience.So it was more than a little embarrassing for her when, pregnant with her second child, she couldn’t remember where her car was parked. She knew she’d left it in the parkade across the street from her [ ... ]Related posts: Childhood Radiation Tied to Pregnancy Problems Pregnancy Weight Early Symptoms of Pregnancy ...
"As a full-time working mother, not only did I have to figure out the breastfeeding thing, I had to figure out how to pump and store milk as well."Related posts: Breastfeeding-Should Every Mom Do It? Swedish Dad Tries to Breastfeed Court Allows Breastpumping Mom to Be Fired ...