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I?m pretty sure that there is an unwritten life rule out there that says that no matter what, on Mother?s Day, little children everywhere have to act like they were raised by wolves and therefore do not have to celebrate or even recognize the date?s existence, and they can instead proceed to snarl at each [...]
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Hi Everyone!
I thought I would properly introduce myself before I start posting some questions. So here goes…
My name is Kristi and have a DD who is 6 and a DS who is 3.
I thought we were done having babies but low and behold here comes #3. This time around I am a lot more concerned however since I am 37 and the risks are a bit higher than with my previous 2 kiddos. But I am optimistic since those pregnancies were great and my kids are very healthy.
I am very blessed to be a stay-at-home mom and a permanent resident of the beautiful island of Oahu. If anyone needs travel advice about Hawaii I am more than happy to help! 
I’m looking forward to getting to know all of you!
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Brooke Shields and her family hit the blue carpet at “The Smurfs” premiere. Credit: Steve Sands, bauergriffinonline.com
Brooke Shields just seems to get better looking with age. The 46-year-old stunner hit the appropriately colored blue carpet recently for the New York premiere of “The Smurfs,” which opens nationwide Friday.
With her were her funnyman hubby, Chris Henchy, and their daughters Rowan, 7, and Grier, 5.
We love the matching mother and daughter clutches. Smurf-tastic!
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Brace yourselves for a shocker. Kids with special needs — who struggle with medical, emotional or emotional issues — tend to have more problems in school and are bullied more often than other kids.
Researchers at the Poindexter Institute for the Painfully Obvious reached this conclusion after examining their middle school yearbooks and remembering how they spent all of seventh grade trapped inside their lockers while asking if someone would please pass them their inhalers.
Their conclusions were backed up by researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
According to U.S. News & World Report, researchers there tracked more than 1,450 kids in fourth through sixth grades from 34 rural schools. A third of the kids had problems such as asthma, chronic pain, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), learning disabilities or emotional and behavioral problems.
These children were a more likely to be (wait for it, wait for it) bullied or feel socially isolated. These conclusions were further confirmed by everyone who has ever attended public school.
“Health affects school performance,” lead researcher Christopher Forrest tells U.S. News. “Special health care needs have manifold effects on school outcomes that increase the likelihood that these kids are not going to successfully transition to adulthood.”
Researchers obtained data from kids and their parents from a questionnaire. Children were classified as having a special health care need if they had a condition lasting at least 12 months and needed prescription drugs, therapy, counseling or other services.
School records on attendance, grades and standardized tests also were analyzed.
Kids with special health care needs “have significant differences in their engagement in school and their school relationships as well as academic achievement,” Forrest adds. “It sets up a trajectory for these kids that’s highly distressing.”
Communities can help if they look at the whole child, he says.
“I also believe it’s the kind of challenge we’re starting to understand in the 21st century,” Forrest says. “We have to look at the child as a whole person … and recognize that individuals need health systems and education systems to work together.”
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No, MJ is not the name of his local dealer, he is talking about THE Michael Jackson!
In an interview exposing their relationship together, Aaron Carter tells OK! how Jackson gave him drugs and alcohol when he [Carter] was just 15 years old.
“I never talked about it… This is the first time. I do… I miss Michael… I have spent such incredible times with him. I did things with him that nobody else did… But I was also troubled about what he did to me,” Aaron reveals.
Aaron goes on, “Yes, he gave me wine. I mean, I could have refused, but I was 15.”
“He gave me cocaine. I felt weird about that and other stuff… We spoke afterwards, hours and hours, on the phone. I admired Michael, but his behaviour bothered me a lot. Then my mother called the police…” Carter adds.
That’s so typical of Aaron Carter to try and leech of the attention of the anniversary of Michael’s death.
Not to say what Michael did wasn’t wrong, but it’s just so desperate of Carter to bring it up now.
Read more at Allie is Wired
Source: http://www.opposingviews.com/i/aaron-carter-michael-jackson-gave-me-cocaine
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Ozone House youth working at Food Gatherers Community Kitchen Photo Courtesy Ozone House One of the greatest challenges facing Michigan today is the high rate of youth unemployment. While the unemployment rate for adults in Michigan and across the…
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Eva van Dok Pinkley, a Brooklyn, N.Y., actress and magazine researcher can’t breast-feed her newborn because she had a double mastectomy last year.
No matter. The London Daily Mail reports 25 women are pumping and donating their breast milk.
“What they are doing, it’s not easy to do,” van Dok Pinkley tells the newspaper. “I’m just stunned at the amount of trouble that they are going through for me. I think of them and what they have done and give thanks.”
Van Dok Pinkley got pregnant last September after a battle with breast cancer so intense she had given up having children. She had abandoned hope after miscarriages, failed fertility treatments and then her cancer.
When she and her husband, Stuart, finally found out they were having a baby, she knew she couldn’t breast-feed. So she began doing research on the Internet.
After consultations with doctors and lactation consultants, the Mail reports, she began asking for donations from other expecting mothers at her yoga studio, via email lists and through friends.
Among the women who responded was Kristi Guigliano, the mother of an 8-month-old boy.
“The first time Eva and I met, it was a very emotional thing to, first of all, have found someone so perfect, so close and so in need of the milk,” Guigliano tells the newspaper.
The Mail reports the women are either ongoing donors, one-time donors or soon-to-be moms who have pledged milk if they have some left over.
“When they told me what they were doing, I thought, ‘Only in New York,’ ” Stuart Van Dok Pinkley tells the Mail.
Only in New York? Not really.
In 2009, ParentDish reported on Robbie Goodrich, a widowed English professor in Marquette, Mich. When his wife died shortly after his son, Moses, was born, more than two dozen women shared their breast milk with the infant.
Related: Women Rally Around Widower to Breast-Feed Infant Son
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I have never been one to use a fabric softener, but then again, I commit the laundry green sin of using my dryer because I am lazy and don’t like stiff crunchy clothes. It’s not every load that I use the dryer for, but maybe if I used fabric softener, the air dried clothes would [...]
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Mitt Romney says it?s ?fine? if gay people adopt, but he is certainly not asserting that gay couples are equally capable of raising a child as heterosexual couples. He has clarified his ?preference? that children are raised by a mother and father in a series of recent news articles.
I’m on baby #3 and I’m very prone to thrush. Had it terrible with my first, moderately with my second, and now bordering on terrible with my third.
Since two weeks prior to delivery, I have been taking 6 pills of GSE per day and acidipholous with a dosage of 14 billion parts and I’m still taking that now.
He is now 6 weeks. About 4 weeks he clearly had thrush in his mouth (my other two never displayed signs) so I began treatment with GV per (I think) Jack Newman’s list of instructions. I also had slight nipple pain which I assume was thrush also. I applied 1x per day for four days. My son’s mouth and diaper rash thrush was gone by the 2nd day. My pain stayed the same. I stopped after four days. My nipples felt raw, I just assumed it was from the medication and wanted to take a break to see if the break helped. Plus we were traveling and I just couldn’t keep up the purple treatment during that time.
As I expected, my nipple pain continued and I could see a slight return in thrush to my son’s mouth. I gathered the supplies for GSE nipple treatment and did that for two days. It wasn’t really helping so I started GV again. 1x a day at night. During the day, I’m doing the GSE nipple treatment regularly. I am now on day 5 of my second round of GV. Wednesday was my 6-wk checkup and I got a prescription for Diflucan. I have 14 days with one refill.
On day two I was optimistic because I felt better. But, ever since it has gotten worse every day. It is very painful when he’s first latched, and the pain now lasts the entire feeding. I am almost at the point where I’ll have to stop nursing and pump. With my first son it was much less painful to pump.
What else can/should I be doing? I’m following other recs to clean/sanitize pacifiers and using disposable nursing pads. My son is not displaying symptoms now but is getting the purple mouth from my nipple treatment.
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One of my favorite discussions with children is their awareness that they have a life that is uniquely their own, a life for which they are responsible, partially now and completely soon enough. What’s possible?
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No, MJ is not the name of his local dealer, he is talking about THE Michael Jackson!
In an interview exposing their relationship together, Aaron Carter tells OK! how Jackson gave him drugs and alcohol when he [Carter] was just 15 years old.
“I never talked about it… This is the first time. I do… I miss Michael… I have spent such incredible times with him. I did things with him that nobody else did… But I was also troubled about what he did to me,” Aaron reveals.
Aaron goes on, “Yes, he gave me wine. I mean, I could have refused, but I was 15.”
“He gave me cocaine. I felt weird about that and other stuff… We spoke afterwards, hours and hours, on the phone. I admired Michael, but his behaviour bothered me a lot. Then my mother called the police…” Carter adds.
That’s so typical of Aaron Carter to try and leech of the attention of the anniversary of Michael’s death.
Not to say what Michael did wasn’t wrong, but it’s just so desperate of Carter to bring it up now.
Read more at Allie is Wired
Source: http://www.opposingviews.com/i/aaron-carter-michael-jackson-gave-me-cocaine
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Like monkeys, people have little insight into themselves and the “bananas” they’re holding onto. This can get them into big trouble. Especially when they’re in a high conflict relationship.
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A teacher in suburban Philadelphia blogged that her students are “rude, disengaged, lazy whiners.”
No doubt. They’re high school students.
But can anyone be that honest and remain employed? Natalie Munroe has defied the odds. Reuters news service reports the English teacher will return to face a fresh crop of rude, disengaged, lazy whiners in the fall. She might just select different adjectives.
Munroe was suspended with pay earlier this year after her comments (“My students are of out of control,” she blogged) turned parents into a chorus of scorched cats.
Although school officials have reinstated her, Reuters reports Munroe has misgivings about returning to Central Bucks East High School on Aug. 30. She had to be escorted from the building in February.
“She wants to be an effective teacher and does not know what environment she will be going back to,” her lawyer, Steven Rovner, tells Reuters.
Meanwhile, Munroe is blogging again. This time, Reuters reports, she’s outlining the sequence of events that led to her return. She whines (uh, make that complains) she had to contact the district five times about returning and portrays the phone calls as unpleasant.
Not that it will keep her out of the classroom. She would just prefer a different high school.
“She’s a teacher and will be glad to be going back to the classroom,” Rovner tells Reuters. “As a teacher, she is like a celebrity now. Emotions would not be as high if she went to another school.”
Related: Teacher Calls Students ‘Little Criminals’ on Facebook
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When I think of lace I think of those little doily thingys that my grandmother used to put all over her house for décor. Or whatever. I mean, what were those for? I used to think they were coasters, until I put a sweaty can of coke on it and she yelled at me and [...]
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Hi ladies,
I typically O between cd 11-14. This is my first real cycle after D&C and I am on cd12. I noticed after the D&C that I didn’t have any CM for the entire month, so this cycle I started taking 2 teaspoons of Robitussin on cd9. This is my fourth day on the Robitussin, but I still don’t seem to have any CM. Is there anything that has better results, or is the Robitussin just working more “internally” and I wouldn’t really see a change “externally” (I haven’t checked cervical position.). Still no signs of O, although I typically have cramping and fullness by now, and usually start the CM build up way before now….
Sorry, if TMI! I appreciate your help!!
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A teacher in suburban Philadelphia blogged that her students are “rude, disengaged, lazy whiners.”
No doubt. They’re high school students.
But can anyone be that honest and remain employed? Natalie Munroe has defied the odds. Reuters news service reports the English teacher will return to face a fresh crop of rude, disengaged, lazy whiners in the fall. She might just select different adjectives.
Munroe was suspended with pay earlier this year after her comments (“My students are of out of control,” she blogged) turned parents into a chorus of scorched cats.
Although school officials have reinstated her, Reuters reports Munroe has misgivings about returning to Central Bucks East High School on Aug. 30. She had to be escorted from the building in February.
“She wants to be an effective teacher and does not know what environment she will be going back to,” her lawyer, Steven Rovner, tells Reuters.
Meanwhile, Munroe is blogging again. This time, Reuters reports, she’s outlining the sequence of events that led to her return. She whines (uh, make that complains) she had to contact the district five times about returning and portrays the phone calls as unpleasant.
Not that it will keep her out of the classroom. She would just prefer a different high school.
“She’s a teacher and will be glad to be going back to the classroom,” Rovner tells Reuters. “As a teacher, she is like a celebrity now. Emotions would not be as high if she went to another school.”
Related: Teacher Calls Students ‘Little Criminals’ on Facebook
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Actress Halle Berry and her ex-long term boyfriend, model Gabriel Aubry, are fighting over their 3 year old daughter, Nahla again. According to TMZ, Berry’s lawyer, Laura Wasser, has provided the court with a long document that apparently lists Aubry’s many parenting mistakes. Furthermore, Berry alleges that there was an incident overseas when Aubry neglected Nahla and undermined her safety.
Berry has asked the judge to rule that Gabriel violated their custody agreement, and because at the time, Gabriel was not in court, the judge scheduled a hearing for a later date.
Berry and Aubry split in April 2010 after dating for nearly five years, and first argued about custody agreements in January of this year. Us Weekly at the time released a statement from Berry’s representative, stating “Halle has serious concerns for her daughter’s well-being while in the care of her father for any extended period of time and is prepared to take all necessary steps to protect her” and ”Halle has always made the needs and safety of her daughter her first priority and, both while Halle and Gabriel were a couple and since their break-up, Halle has only acted in her daughter’s best interest.”
Source: http://www.opposingviews.com/i/halle-berry-claims-ex-gabriel-aubry-neglected-endangered-daughter
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Fracking sounds like such a dirty word, and it is. I don’t want my kids using it. Even though it is not a curse word, it is one of the dirtiest words I know literally! What is fracking? It’s not the latest teenage slang word; it describes a mining process that is polluting our earth [...]
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“Experiment. Make it your motto day and night. Experiment. And it will lead you to the light.” — Cole Porter
We commonly refer to something simple as mere child’s play.
However, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University say there is nothing “mere” about child’s play. Children are actually performing complex experiments.
They are little scientists, Wired magazine reports.
To prove just how scientifically children approach their work, researchers gave a group of them a toy that lights up and plays music when the child places certain beads on. When children didn’t know which beads would activate the toy — what scientists call “ambiguous evidence” — they tested each variable in turn.
Laura Schulz, a professor at MIT, tells Wired it’s like someone trying unsuccessfully to open a door with a key.
“You might change the position of the key, you might change the key, but you’re not going to change both at once,” she says.
Researchers say their study begins to “bridge the gap between scientific inquiry and child’s play.”
Remember that the next time you find flour scattered all over the kitchen. Scientific discovery can be messy.
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British researchers have found children conceived through in vitro fertilization start school with verbal skills eight months more advanced than those born through unplanned pregnancies.
It has nothing to do with biology, researchers at Oxford University tell the London Daily Telegraph. Rich and educated couples can afford in vitro fertilization more than poor couples, who are more prone to unplanned pregnancies.
That’s why, researchers tell the Telegraph, their study found children who came as a surprise where at least five months behind other kids at age 5 and eight months behind the in vitro crowd.
There differences disappeared when family background was taken into account.
Dorothy Bishop, a professor of developmental neuropsychology at Oxford, tells ther paper the study shows how important it is to take social factors into account when looking at children’s development.
“Children from unplanned pregnancies have lower scores on cognitive tests than those from planned pregnancies, but they are also much more likely to come from single parent, low income households,” she says. “Once this is taken into account, there is no impact of an unplanned pregnancy on children’s development.”
Oxford researcher Claire Carson analyzed data on 12,136 children. She concluded the differences were explained by the “generally advantageous socioeconomic position” enjoyed by those born after fertility treatment.
Children born after unplanned pregnancies were more likely to have poor, young or less educated mothers, and to have less access to “books, puzzles, trips to library,” Carson found.
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Photo by Masgatotkaca, via Wikimedia Commons In this activity, you and your child can put on a show with these creative Wayang-Kulit: Indonesian Shadow Puppets. The History of Wayang-Kulit In Indonesia, primarily Java and Bali, shadow puppet plays are…
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I know in early pregnancy especially the first one or two months around when your missed period is due, it is very normal to cramp.With my DS i experienced that sort of cramping (around when period would be due) and thenaround 36 weeks, two days before my water broke, I went to the hospital for cramping and was dilated to a 3 and completely effaced already. I never had contractions that i knew of, just the cramping before I went to hospital. This whole pregnancy, I cramp All. The. Time. I dont know if having a previa causes more cramping (dont know if I even still have a previa) but that is pretty much the only difference in pregnancies. I was sent to the ER two nights ago because the cramping was worse than it normally is and I started to worry even more. They hooked me up to the monitors, watched for about 15 minutes, then told me everything was ok so I left. Can someone please tell me what you would do in the situation? When I think cramps, I think contractions because of my experience with my first. Even in the hospital after my water broke, I just had menstrual cramps. Nothing that was too painful or that was like “oh wow that was def a contraction.” Obviously contractions at not even 20 weeks can be normal as long as it is BH but not good if they progress. I just dont know what to do. I dont know if I should just chalk it up to being just cramps and it may be a norm for this pregnancy or if I should stay on alert because it wasnt normal for me last time. I also dont think it is round ligament pain. I have felt that this pregnancy and for me it is a dull ache, not mestrual like cramps. Any advice would be fantastic!
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My father died of a heart attack when I was 3 years old. I went to sleep with a father, and by the time I woke, I no longer had one. My mother, in her grief, subsequently removed all traces of him.
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Most acts of kindness aren’t random but calculated. Rewards and punishments are blends of feedback on past behavior and feedforward toward future behavior.
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A family pit bull attacked a one-year-old child in a home in Chula Vista, the second largest city in the San Diego, CA, metropolitan area. The attack occurred on Friday, June 24, 2011, and was the third in San Diego in one week, according to NBCsandiego.com. The baby was reportedly taken to the hospital. No further details were available.
The family had five dogs living in the house with the child. A family member confirmed the dog that attacked was a pit bull and described it as aggressive. The dog was euthanized by animal control.
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Dog-Attacks-Baby-in-Chula-Vista.html
About 10:45 a.m. that same day, a woman was walking her three dogs in Grant Hill in San Diego when one of them was attacked by two dogs, a pit bull and a Boxer, which had escaped from their yard, according to a spokesperson for San Diego County Department of Animal Control.
“Two men driving to work stopped and were able to break up the attack,” a neighbor reported. “When the woman tried to protect her Sheltie, one of the fighting-breed dogs nipped her on the face,” said DAS spokesman Dan DeSousa. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jun/24/woman-and-pet-attacked-two-dogs/
Since it was unknown which dog bit the woman, both the Boxer and pit bull were impounded and placed in quarantine for ten days as a precautionary observation period. According to DeSousa, after that, the dogs’ owner can reclaim them or they will probably be euthanized.
The woman declined medical treatment in order to take her dog to the veterinarian, according to a report by CBS8.com. The condition of the Sheltie was unknown. http://www.cbs8.com/story/14973179/pit-bull-boxer-attack-woman-walking-dogs-in-grant-hill
On June 18, Emako Mendoza, 75, was attacked in her back yard in Paradise Hills by two pit bulls. The victim had gone outside about 6:30 a.m. to pick up her newspaper. The dogs belonged to a neighbor and pushed their way through a hole in the fence. (Paradise Hills is in the southeastern area of the city of San Diego, CA.) Emako was hospitalized in critical condition and one leg had to be immediately amputated. http://www.opposingviews.com/i/2-pit-bulls-attack-san-diego-woman-75-leg-amputated
According to a May 12, 2011, report by Fox5News, the U.S. Postal Service records indicate San Diego is the second most dangerous city in the country for letter carrier attacks. According to a San Deigo Postal Service spokesperson, 11 carrier attacks occurred in Chula Vista in 2010. The report states, “San Diego and Columbus, Ohio, tied for second place, each logging 45 dog attacks in 2010.” http://www.fox5sandiego.com/news/kswb-dog-attacks-san-diego-among-most-dangerous-cities-for-mail-carriers-20110512,0,5858213.story
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Cutting back on cable, new clothes and trips to the gas pump are all indicators of a bad economy, but when the Tooth Fairy starts shorting kids, you know things are serious.
The Denver Post reports U.S. kids are getting an average of $2.60 a tooth these days, compared with $3 a year ago, according to a recent survey by Visa. For those who don’t like math, that’s $.40 less than last year — but still a heck of a lot more than we used to get, when a quarter was considered a score.
Thorton, Colo. fourth grader Alicya Rodriguez tells the Post she gets a $1 a tooth. She may want to have a word with the Tooth Fairy. The average amount traded for teeth in the West is $2.80, while kids in the East get $2.10, kids in the South get $2.60 and kids in the Midwest get $2.80.
“The survey gives parents the opportunity to start talking with kids – even pretty little ones – about money management,” Jason Alderman, Visa’s senior director of financial education, tells the newspaper.
Not sure what you, er, the Tooth Fairy, should spend per tooth? Dr. Rhea Haugseth, president of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, tells the Post parents should just be reasonable, and pay no more than $5.
“I tell them there are 20 baby teeth and they need to think about what that could cost,” Haugseth tells the newspaper.
Best start saving now.
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“Floss, floss, floss!” You’ve been commanded by dentists for years to heed that advice. Now, it may be time to add “mouthwash, mouthwash, mouthwash!” to your oral health routine.
A new study finds pregnant moms with gum disease have a better chance of delivering full-term babies if they use mouthwash while they’re expecting, Reuters reports, as preggo women with periodontal disease have more premature babies than moms with healthy gums.
Researchers found when women used an alcohol-free mouth rinse, the risk of early labor seemed to be decreased by three-quarters, according to the news service.
Reuters notes staff and funding from the study, published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, came from Procter and Gamble — a company that makes mouthwash.
The study doesn’t draw specific conclusions, but Dr. Marjorie Jeffcoat, lead author and a professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, tells the news service dental care is crucial.
“They need to use a soft toothbrush and floss the right way,” wrapping the floss around the tooth, she told Reuters in an earlier interview. “The first goal with almost all dental disease is prevention, prevention, prevention.”
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I?m pretty sure that there is an unwritten life rule out there that says that no matter what, on Mother?s Day, little children everywhere have to act like they were raised by wolves and therefore do not have to celebrate or even recognize the date?s existence, and they can instead proceed to snarl at each [...]
To children and teens The Choking Game seems harmless enough (no drugs or alcohol needed for a ?high?), but it can be and has been deadly many times over. If you don?t know about The Choking Game, you need to read this…
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Sometimes I really love people. There is such a wide variety of people all over the world and I could read these stories all day.
On Saturday morning around 1am, police in Waterville, Ohio were called to a domestic violence situation. A husband called police because his wife had struck him several times. Both were drunk. When police went to the car where the wife was locked in, she started dropping f bombs and calling them other names.
It is at that point, things began to get crazy. The woman told officers she was a breastfeeding mother, removed her right breast from her bra and began spraying breast milk all over the police and the car. She faces charges of domestic violence, assault, obstructing official business, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.
When she appeared in court yesterday, she pleaded not guilty and also told the court she is a second and third grade teacher. Oh, and also a breast feeding mother, and took out her breast and began spraying the judge and the courtroom. Oh, well that last part I made up, but it would have been classic and a great SNL skit.
Source: http://www.opposingviews.com/i/drunk-woman-charged-with-using-breast-milk-as-weapon
Cold and flu season is typically thought of as during the winter months, but I always seem to catch some virus as the seasons change and the daylight grows longer. I never use over-the-counter medicines, as I trust nature over pharmaceutical companies when it comes to my family’s health. I have just discovered a new [...]
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Actress Halle Berry and her ex-long term boyfriend, model Gabriel Aubry, are fighting over their 3 year old daughter, Nahla again. According to TMZ, Berry’s lawyer, Laura Wasser, has provided the court with a long document that apparently lists Aubry’s many parenting mistakes. Furthermore, Berry alleges that there was an incident overseas when Aubry neglected Nahla and undermined her safety.
Berry has asked the judge to rule that Gabriel violated their custody agreement, and because at the time, Gabriel was not in court, the judge scheduled a hearing for a later date.
Berry and Aubry split in April 2010 after dating for nearly five years, and first argued about custody agreements in January of this year. Us Weekly at the time released a statement from Berry’s representative, stating “Halle has serious concerns for her daughter’s well-being while in the care of her father for any extended period of time and is prepared to take all necessary steps to protect her” and ”Halle has always made the needs and safety of her daughter her first priority and, both while Halle and Gabriel were a couple and since their break-up, Halle has only acted in her daughter’s best interest.”
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What do you ladies think about using dopplers? I used one between 8-12 weeks with my little boy but then he moved and I could never find him (m/w couldn’t find him either!) and it started causin me major stress and frustration so I had to stop and just hangin on the faith until I started feelin movement at 19 weeks. I don’t want to cause myself that sort of stress again but it was nice at 8 weeks to hear things were as they should be.
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Like so many other bloggers in this space, I started this blog at a challenging time in my life. I had an infant and a toddler at home. My youngest had just started full time school. I was nursing, cloth diapering, working part-time, adjusting to life with a chronic illness, muddling through the process of [...]
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It?s almost Presidents? Day, a good time to test the kids on their U.S. history. On a recent car ride, I decided to quiz my teen son on the number of presidents he could name. His off the cuff…
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Families and students are encouraged to attend a free crafting workshop to be held Saturday, March 10th at the Materials Recovery Facility, 4150 Platt Road. Participants will have the opportunity to create their own mosaic tile made from recycled…
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The P’kolino Little One’s Art Easel is two-sided for double the fun. Credit: pkolino.com
Want to foster your kids’ love of art, but get tired of picking up loose pieces of paper and broken crayons off the floor all the time? Set them up with an art easel!
This new double-sided easel from P’kolino allows two children to create at the same time. One side has a chalkboard, the other a whiteboard. Just add a paper roll when the lil’ ones feel inspired to make their drawings more permanent.
P’kolino Little One’s Art Easel is available Aug. 15, but can be preordered now, $80, at pkolino.com.
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Today is Wordful Wednesday linky day so who better to have as a ?Dumb Mom? guest than the CREATOR of that fabulous meme herself, Angie, from Seven Clown Circus?! No, one, that?s who! Growing up, I knew it all. Even when I didn’t, I really did. At least, that’s all I would admit to. You [...]
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A family pit bull attacked a one-year-old child in a home in Chula Vista, the second largest city in the San Diego, CA, metropolitan area. The attack occurred on Friday, June 24, 2011, and was the third in San Diego in one week, according to NBCsandiego.com. The baby was reportedly taken to the hospital. No further details were available.
The family had five dogs living in the house with the child. A family member confirmed the dog that attacked was a pit bull and described it as aggressive. The dog was euthanized by animal control.
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Dog-Attacks-Baby-in-Chula-Vista.html
About 10:45 a.m. that same day, a woman was walking her three dogs in Grant Hill in San Diego when one of them was attacked by two dogs, a pit bull and a Boxer, which had escaped from their yard, according to a spokesperson for San Diego County Department of Animal Control.
“Two men driving to work stopped and were able to break up the attack,” a neighbor reported. “When the woman tried to protect her Sheltie, one of the fighting-breed dogs nipped her on the face,” said DAS spokesman Dan DeSousa. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jun/24/woman-and-pet-attacked-two-dogs/
Since it was unknown which dog bit the woman, both the Boxer and pit bull were impounded and placed in quarantine for ten days as a precautionary observation period. According to DeSousa, after that, the dogs’ owner can reclaim them or they will probably be euthanized.
The woman declined medical treatment in order to take her dog to the veterinarian, according to a report by CBS8.com. The condition of the Sheltie was unknown. http://www.cbs8.com/story/14973179/pit-bull-boxer-attack-woman-walking-dogs-in-grant-hill
On June 18, Emako Mendoza, 75, was attacked in her back yard in Paradise Hills by two pit bulls. The victim had gone outside about 6:30 a.m. to pick up her newspaper. The dogs belonged to a neighbor and pushed their way through a hole in the fence. (Paradise Hills is in the southeastern area of the city of San Diego, CA.) Emako was hospitalized in critical condition and one leg had to be immediately amputated. http://www.opposingviews.com/i/2-pit-bulls-attack-san-diego-woman-75-leg-amputated
According to a May 12, 2011, report by Fox5News, the U.S. Postal Service records indicate San Diego is the second most dangerous city in the country for letter carrier attacks. According to a San Deigo Postal Service spokesperson, 11 carrier attacks occurred in Chula Vista in 2010. The report states, “San Diego and Columbus, Ohio, tied for second place, each logging 45 dog attacks in 2010.” http://www.fox5sandiego.com/news/kswb-dog-attacks-san-diego-among-most-dangerous-cities-for-mail-carriers-20110512,0,5858213.story
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By: Danielle. I needed to look up a recipe for an upcoming family event, and my computer had crashed the week before. Accordingly, I went to my daughter’s room and asked if I could use her computer. She shrugged and said, “Sure,” then left the room to go watch television downstairs. As I started typing [...]
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By: Elizabeth Donovan, M.A. If your the parent of a daughter or know someone who is, then the very thought of your teenage daughter having sex probably makes your head spin – the thought that she becomes pregnant as a result – well, parish that thought. But the hard cold reality is that thousands of [...]
This spring much was written about the latest web phenomenon: women taking a pregnancy test, and filming and posting their pregnancy results on YouTube. Good Morning America also did a segment entitled ”Womb Tube”: Should You Broadcast Pregnancy? And bloggers, such as Marisa Meltzer at Slate, chimed in with their opinions.
If you search for something like “pregnancy test results” on the video site, close to 2,000 results come up. The videos cross age and racial barriers, and range from 20-somethings ignoring the age-old advice of waiting three months before you tell anyone you are pregnant (squealing with delight at the plus sign while the husband films the scene) to heartwarming positive IVF surrogacy pregnancy test result videos.
And then there are the videos that are more heartwrenching — the ones of women struggling to conceive and and are sharing their IVF failure. One video from 2009 by mbgodsgift, entitled Pregnancy Results — IVF, ICSI Journey Video #6 shares the story of a woman overseas with her husband in the military. She did not get pregnant after her procedure, but says thank you for everyone’s prayers and talks about how everyone’s comments kept her “sane.” The comments are extensive and extremely supportive.
So, is YouTube another way to share the infertility experience and gain support — similar to blogging, Facebook and Twitter. Is watching or posting these videos healthy for women coping with infertility? FertilityAuthority would like to know what you think. Please share your thoughts with us on Facebook and Twitter!
Source: http://www.opposingviews.com/i/womb-tube-trend-women-sharing-pregnancy-and-infertility-online
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This spring much was written about the latest web phenomenon: women taking a pregnancy test, and filming and posting their pregnancy results on YouTube. Good Morning America also did a segment entitled ”Womb Tube”: Should You Broadcast Pregnancy? And bloggers, such as Marisa Meltzer at Slate, chimed in with their opinions.
If you search for something like “pregnancy test results” on the video site, close to 2,000 results come up. The videos cross age and racial barriers, and range from 20-somethings ignoring the age-old advice of waiting three months before you tell anyone you are pregnant (squealing with delight at the plus sign while the husband films the scene) to heartwarming positive IVF surrogacy pregnancy test result videos.
And then there are the videos that are more heartwrenching — the ones of women struggling to conceive and and are sharing their IVF failure. One video from 2009 by mbgodsgift, entitled Pregnancy Results — IVF, ICSI Journey Video #6 shares the story of a woman overseas with her husband in the military. She did not get pregnant after her procedure, but says thank you for everyone’s prayers and talks about how everyone’s comments kept her “sane.” The comments are extensive and extremely supportive.
So, is YouTube another way to share the infertility experience and gain support — similar to blogging, Facebook and Twitter. Is watching or posting these videos healthy for women coping with infertility? FertilityAuthority would like to know what you think. Please share your thoughts with us on Facebook and Twitter!
Source: http://www.opposingviews.com/i/womb-tube-trend-women-sharing-pregnancy-and-infertility-online
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So, I?m doing something I thought I?d never do: offering ad space for purchase. I know. All of the cool kids are doing it. So, what?s taken me so long? Well, basically, it?s a matter of worth. I really, really, really wanted to make sure that an ad for you on my site would be [...]
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so i’m still early in my pregnancy, but i am so stinkin’ excited and feeling so hopeful about this one that i’m allowing myself to dream and plan.
i have the choice of two hospitals where by OBs will deliver. have any of you yet chosen your hospital? do i chose the one that’s closer to home? do i chose the one with a specialty children’s hospital on the other side of an underground tunnel just in case something should go wrong?
and… are all decisions going to be this tough to make? i’m thinking about setting up a tour of both hospitals before i make a definite choice. but i’ve been told that i’ll be asked at my first appointment where i want to deliver.
p.s. i’ll be a first time mom. the idea delivery is more than a little scary to me at this point!
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A teacher in suburban Philadelphia blogged that her students are “rude, disengaged, lazy whiners.”
No doubt. They’re high school students.
But can anyone be that honest and remain employed? Natalie Munroe has defied the odds. Reuters news service reports the English teacher will return to face a fresh crop of rude, disengaged, lazy whiners in the fall. She might just select different adjectives.
Munroe was suspended with pay earlier this year after her comments (“My students are of out of control,” she blogged) turned parents into a chorus of scorched cats.
Although school officials have reinstated her, Reuters reports Munroe has misgivings about returning to Central Bucks East High School on Aug. 30. She had to be escorted from the building in February.
“She wants to be an effective teacher and does not know what environment she will be going back to,” her lawyer, Steven Rovner, tells Reuters.
Meanwhile, Munroe is blogging again. This time, Reuters reports, she’s outlining the sequence of events that led to her return. She whines (uh, make that complains) she had to contact the district five times about returning and portrays the phone calls as unpleasant.
Not that it will keep her out of the classroom. She would just prefer a different high school.
“She’s a teacher and will be glad to be going back to the classroom,” Rovner tells Reuters. “As a teacher, she is like a celebrity now. Emotions would not be as high if she went to another school.”
Related: Teacher Calls Students ‘Little Criminals’ on Facebook
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Source: http://www.parentdish.com/2011/07/29/teacher-reinstated-after-blogging-that-students-are-whiners/
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Samantha Garvey is one amazing teenage girl who is living proof that girls really can do anything they set their mind to.
I know you worry. You?re told at every parent-teacher conference: ?Your child is so quiet? or ?She needs to speak up more.? You think to yourself, ?How will my child succeed in school when so much is based on group participation??
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We all know that college grads are ?confronting the worst job market in decades,? as New York Times? Steven Greenhouse writes.There is no question that this is a distressing state of affairs. Yet I?m afraid I don?t see this in a totally negative light.
Source: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-couch/201205/helping-college-grads-find-work-in-bad-economy
Thanks to Elaine from The Miss Elaine-ous Life for sharing her compilation of ?Dumb Mom? moments. Kids really keep you on your toes. Dumb Mom asked me to write a post about what has surprised me most as a Mom and I sat here trying to think of just one thing when I realized that [...]
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Attachment parenting ? and especially the extended breastfeeding that goes with it ? has everyone talking today after Time magazine featured a cover photo of a mother breastfeeding her nearly 4-year-old son.
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What did your kids do special for you today?
I hope you all had a great day!
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You read about all these studies and research projects on ParentDish. Have you ever thought to yourself, “Gee, I wish scientists from Pennbrook University would do medical research on my child”?
Most parents overlook the possible benefit of children participating in medical research. How do we know? Guess what? There’s been a study.
Researchers from the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health surveyed parents earlier this year and found one in nine adults have participated in medical research — compared with only one in 20 children.
A university press release also reports that 68 percent of adults are aware of medical research opportunities for themselves. However, 84 percent of parents are not aware of medical research opportunities for children.
So, c’mon, kids, who wants to play guinea pig? It’s not as bad as it sounds.
“Medical research is the backbone of improving medical care. Without volunteers, medical research cannot move forward,” Matthew Davis, an associate professor at the University of Michigan’s medical school, says in the release.
Participation in research is essential to continued medical progress, Davis says.
Over the last 100 years, infant mortality in the United States has been reduced by 90 percent. Millions of deaths from diseases such as polio, diphtheria, pneumonia and influenza have been prevented by vaccines.
Children with life-threatening diseases such as cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disease and diabetes now survive beyond childhood, into adult years.
All thanks to kids participating in medical research.
“Awareness about research opportunities, which is a necessary step before participation, is reasonably high among adults but strikingly low for children’s research,” Davis adds. “To improve participation rates among children, researchers and institutions evidently need to do a better job of getting the word out to parents.”
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Source: http://www.parentdish.com/2011/07/29/children-could-benefit-from-medical-research-study-says/
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So, I?m doing something I thought I?d never do: offering ad space for purchase. I know. All of the cool kids are doing it. So, what?s taken me so long? Well, basically, it?s a matter of worth. I really, really, really wanted to make sure that an ad for you on my site would be [...]
Source: http://parentingbydummies.com/2012/05/so-not-dumb-blog-ads-for-sale.html
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Like so many other bloggers in this space, I started this blog at a challenging time in my life. I had an infant and a toddler at home. My youngest had just started full time school. I was nursing, cloth diapering, working part-time, adjusting to life with a chronic illness, muddling through the process of [...]
Source: http://parentingbydummies.com/2012/05/dumb-mom-moments-not-so-super-stories-of-super-moms.html
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Yesterday, I dropped my kids off at a rustic sleep-a-way camp in the high Sierras, where they will be for the next two weeks.
The drop-off didn?t go very well.
When I was a kid, I begged and begged to go to sleep-a-way camp with my best friend Rory. I did extra chores to earn it, and I counted the days until I got there. I don?t remember being homesick, or sad at the drop off. I remember feeling wild and free. I loved the horses and the outdoors and ceramics. I got postcards from my teachers. It was awesome.
My kids have had mixed feelings about going to camp: they were excited, but also scared. ?TWO WEEKS!?? my youngest cried when I told her what, to me, was great news: They were going to summer camp! ?They have horses!? I said cheerfully, trying to drum up excitement. ?And sailing! I?ve never been sailing myself,? I mourned. ?You?ll get to do it before I do!?
I said this knowing full well that sailing is actually not on my daughters? bucket list. It?s on mine.
The kids have spent the last few weeks readying for camp and making serious sister pacts to stick together. My younger daughter, Molly, was particularly concerned about what would happen if her older sister made friends first. Would Fiona and she still pick the same activities? Could Molly join Fi with her new friends? Pinky-swears of allegiance were traded, plans to sneak into each other?s cabins made.
Molly had a plan: Fiona would take care of her. She was nervous, but also excited. Fiona was calm, reassuring.
That is, until about an hour before we arrived at camp. At which point Fiona became more clammy than cool and collected. She developed vague ?not feeling well? symptoms. She was too carsick to eat lunch. When we arrived, she was faintly green. Altitude sick, I declared. ?Drink some water,? I insisted. ?Take deep breaths,? I said, taking them myself. ?Think good thoughts, Fiona. Find two things to be excited about.?
The thing is, I believe that it is important to challenge kids. To get them truly outside of their comfort zones so that they can grow. Hence two weeks instead of a mini-camp.
My desire to challenge my kids was reinforced in a recent Atlantic article about ?Why the obsession with our kids? happiness may be dooming them to unhappy adulthoods.? The gist of this article is that ?kids who always have problems solved for them believe that they don?t know how to solve problems.? And the article is right?they don?t.
The article reminded me that happiness?the often fleeting emotion?in and of itself is not the goal. That comfort?my own or my children?s?is not the goal. Instead, all of this is about how to lead a happy life. And while it?s true that a happy life comes from positive emotions (like gratitude and compassion, for example), it also comes from having the tools we need to cope with life?s inevitable difficulties and painful moments.
My kids have had their difficulties in the last few years?my divorce, a move away from a beloved school and neighborhood, a humbling medical situation?and they?ve risen to each challenge, though not without pain.
(I?d like to pause to acknowledge that even with those difficulties, my kids have a pretty cushy life. We don?t have to worry about where the next meal is coming from or where we will sleep tonight. That said, the feelings of fear the kids had anticipating me leaving them at camp were very real to all of us.)
At any rate, by sending my kids to camp, I?m sending them the message that I believe that they can manage loneliness, and homesickness, and anxiety. I believe that they can, at the tender ages of 8 and 10, handle these difficult emotions themselves, without me standing over their shoulders telling them to breathe. As crappy as it sometimes feels to me, they simply don?t always need me there, telling them what to do and what to think.
By sending kids to camp, I?m sending them the message that I think it is incredibly important to unplug: not just from electronics, but also from their well-meaning but often over-bearing mom. That it won?t kill them to not report back to me on every high point and low point of their day, every kind deed, every ?good thing.?
In sending my kids to camp, I?m making it abundantly clear what I value: real time spent outdoors, the social skills needed to make new friends, compassion (the theme of their session is kindness), and most importantly, their own autonomy.
I say all this, but of course deep down I wanted it to be easy for them. So when Fiona became so nervous as we dropped her off that she needed to lie down in the infirmary, I also became a nervous wreck.
?She?ll be fine,? the camp nurse, Tigger, reassured me. ?Now we need you to hop on that van ? it is the last one headed back to the parking lot!?
I had become the lingering parent who wouldn?t leave and who was making the whole thing worse for her kid by trying to make it better. But who could fault me for not wanting to leave my kid IN THE INFIRMARY?! I justified to myself.
In the end, Fiona rallied, and I did, too. I got on the bus and the girls began two weeks of what may be profound discomfort for us all. I?m sure the kids are experiencing the discomfort of managing loads of new challenges on their own (albeit in a very safe environment). I am managing the discomfort of not-knowing, not-connecting?of just trusting. But I?m comfortable with that.
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I love Nancy Davis Kho?s often side-splittingly funny blog ?Midlife Mixtapes.? This week she wrote on a similar theme about a difficult year she had as a child.
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Well, guys. It?s finally happened. After years of trying. A number of unsatisfying flings. Time I can never get back; effort I could barely muster; heartache, embarrassment, frustration, and tears. Actually, a ridiculous amount of tears now that I think about it. I?ve finally found him. My soulmate hair stylist! Hi name is Moses. He?s [...]
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Brooke Shields and her family hit the blue carpet at “The Smurfs” premiere. Credit: Steve Sands, bauergriffinonline.com
Brooke Shields just seems to get better looking with age. The 46-year-old stunner hit the appropriately colored blue carpet recently for the New York premiere of “The Smurfs,” which opens nationwide Friday.
With her were her funnyman hubby, Chris Henchy, and their daughters Rowan, 7, and Grier, 5.
We love the matching mother and daughter clutches. Smurf-tastic!
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To be a person of character, to make a difference, to save a life…PARENTS have to learn how to be an anti-bully.
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A family pit bull attacked a one-year-old child in a home in Chula Vista, the second largest city in the San Diego, CA, metropolitan area. The attack occurred on Friday, June 24, 2011, and was the third in San Diego in one week, according to NBCsandiego.com. The baby was reportedly taken to the hospital. No further details were available.
The family had five dogs living in the house with the child. A family member confirmed the dog that attacked was a pit bull and described it as aggressive. The dog was euthanized by animal control.
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Dog-Attacks-Baby-in-Chula-Vista.html
About 10:45 a.m. that same day, a woman was walking her three dogs in Grant Hill in San Diego when one of them was attacked by two dogs, a pit bull and a Boxer, which had escaped from their yard, according to a spokesperson for San Diego County Department of Animal Control.
“Two men driving to work stopped and were able to break up the attack,” a neighbor reported. “When the woman tried to protect her Sheltie, one of the fighting-breed dogs nipped her on the face,” said DAS spokesman Dan DeSousa. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jun/24/woman-and-pet-attacked-two-dogs/
Since it was unknown which dog bit the woman, both the Boxer and pit bull were impounded and placed in quarantine for ten days as a precautionary observation period. According to DeSousa, after that, the dogs’ owner can reclaim them or they will probably be euthanized.
The woman declined medical treatment in order to take her dog to the veterinarian, according to a report by CBS8.com. The condition of the Sheltie was unknown. http://www.cbs8.com/story/14973179/pit-bull-boxer-attack-woman-walking-dogs-in-grant-hill
On June 18, Emako Mendoza, 75, was attacked in her back yard in Paradise Hills by two pit bulls. The victim had gone outside about 6:30 a.m. to pick up her newspaper. The dogs belonged to a neighbor and pushed their way through a hole in the fence. (Paradise Hills is in the southeastern area of the city of San Diego, CA.) Emako was hospitalized in critical condition and one leg had to be immediately amputated. http://www.opposingviews.com/i/2-pit-bulls-attack-san-diego-woman-75-leg-amputated
According to a May 12, 2011, report by Fox5News, the U.S. Postal Service records indicate San Diego is the second most dangerous city in the country for letter carrier attacks. According to a San Deigo Postal Service spokesperson, 11 carrier attacks occurred in Chula Vista in 2010. The report states, “San Diego and Columbus, Ohio, tied for second place, each logging 45 dog attacks in 2010.” http://www.fox5sandiego.com/news/kswb-dog-attacks-san-diego-among-most-dangerous-cities-for-mail-carriers-20110512,0,5858213.story
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The link between autism and vaccinations is being rekindled again by revisiting research from a few years ago. Even though the media has convinced most of us there is no causal link between vaccinations and the rise in autism, some scientists have not dropped the subject thankfully, although more studies need to be done. Research [...]
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I just wanted to wish you all a very Happy Mother’s Day!! I haven’t seen my Mom since January and still have NOT told her I am expecting! Boy will she be suprised when she sees me tomorrow! I have no creative ways to tell her I guess all I have to do is show my belly and she will know
Monica
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Actress Halle Berry and her ex-long term boyfriend, model Gabriel Aubry, are fighting over their 3 year old daughter, Nahla again. According to TMZ, Berry’s lawyer, Laura Wasser, has provided the court with a long document that apparently lists Aubry’s many parenting mistakes. Furthermore, Berry alleges that there was an incident overseas when Aubry neglected Nahla and undermined her safety.
Berry has asked the judge to rule that Gabriel violated their custody agreement, and because at the time, Gabriel was not in court, the judge scheduled a hearing for a later date.
Berry and Aubry split in April 2010 after dating for nearly five years, and first argued about custody agreements in January of this year. Us Weekly at the time released a statement from Berry’s representative, stating “Halle has serious concerns for her daughter’s well-being while in the care of her father for any extended period of time and is prepared to take all necessary steps to protect her” and ”Halle has always made the needs and safety of her daughter her first priority and, both while Halle and Gabriel were a couple and since their break-up, Halle has only acted in her daughter’s best interest.”
Source: http://www.opposingviews.com/i/halle-berry-claims-ex-gabriel-aubry-neglected-endangered-daughter
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File photo | AnnArbor.comThe Chelsea Community Hospital is holding its first Mom 2 Mom Sale on May 12 with proceeds benefiting the hospital’s Children?s Center. The center provides child care for infants through fifth grade for Chelsea and the surrounding…
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Pads sold to keep children from falling in the bathtub may have the opposite effect. They’re not sticking to the tub and could pose a hazard to children.
Bathtub Non-Slip Pads (made by Prime-Lime Products Inc.) are being recalled because some of the pads are defective.
A company press release, reprinted in the Sacramento Bee, says the voluntary recall was issued by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in cooperation with company officials.
“Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed,” the press release says. “It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.”
No injuries have been reported.
The whale-shaped, white pads are made out of vinyl and textured surfaces with adhesive backings. They’re supposed to help prevent children from slipping and falling in bathtubs. The pads come in sets of 12 and 15.
Each set contains pads ranging in size from 2- to 4-inches tall.
The defective pads were sold at Ace Hardware and Menard’s Inc. nationwide between May 24, 2010 and June 13, 2011 for about $6.
The model number is S-4630 and SKU number is 049793846303. Both are printed on the back of the packaging.
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Source: http://www.parentdish.com/2011/07/28/bathtub-pads-recalled/
Trevor at Poetry Cafe – South Arbor Academy. Photo by Joshua Verges The poetry café was the culminating event for Ms. Whiston’s seventh grade students at South Arbor Academy. After their unit on poetry, parents were invited to hear…
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Attachment parenting ? and especially the extended breastfeeding that goes with it ? has everyone talking today after Time magazine featured a cover photo of a mother breastfeeding her nearly 4-year-old son.
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I have been having a 22day cycle so ive noticed, but this cycle is a day late! Ive taken a test but it was neg. I don’t know what s going on or what to do I driving myself nuts! any ideas??!
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Every 15 minutes, there is another devastated family faced with the challenge of how to make sense of a tragic loss by suicide. In most cases, there are multiple causes that drive a young man like Junior Seau to shoot himself tragically in the chest.
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This is my 7th pregnancy and I have never labored longer than 2 hrs. We recently moved to Wisconsin and the Dr.’s here refuse to induce labor. I have already been to 3 different OB’s and they all say the same thing. My concern is that I live almost 2 hrs from the nearest hospital. It’s not like I am asking them to induce me a month early or anything, but a couple days before my due date would be nice. I do not want to deliver on the side of the road because there isn’t enough time to get to the hospital. Has anyone ever tried some of the home remedies for self induction ( Kyro syrup, sex, nipple stimulation ) or anything else to make labor come when you wanted it to, and if so, did it work? I hate to think like this, but I know my body, and I am very upset that no one will listen to my concerns. Any positive or negative feedback on the subject would be appriciated.
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Photo by Flickr user Art Gallery of New South Wales In this activity, you and your child can create a vibrant Rangoli Design using just a few common supplies in your home. The History of Rangoli Designs: Rangoli is…
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On June 28th, new mandatory safety standards for infant cribs will take effect, helping to ensure a safe sleep environment for infants in the United States. The new standards released by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) require manufacturers and retailers to meet new safer crib standards, which include stopping the manufacture and sale of dangerous, traditional, drop side cribs. According to the CPSC, the new standards will ensure that mattress supports are made stronger, that crib hardware is more durable, and that crib safety testing is more rigorous.
Gaps may form between the crib mattress and the drop side rails, due to errors in assembly or installation or to wear or malfunction from use. Infants can become trapped in the gap and suffocate as a result. According to the CPSC, detaching drop side rails were associated with at least 32 infant deaths since 2000.
The new standards are an important step in ensuring a safe environment for infants as they sleep. Parents and caregivers also can take several other steps to ensure a safe sleep environment for their infants. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that infants not share a bed with adults or other children and should sleep in a separate but nearby place, such as a crib that meets safety standards, to reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). The risk of SIDS has been shown to be reduced when the infant sleeps in the same room as the mother. The AAP recommends that the infant’s crib or bassinet be placed in the parents’ bedroom. Infants should never sleep on a couch or armchair.
Other important steps to ensure a safe sleep environment and to reduce the risk of SIDS are to:
– Always place an infant on his or her back to sleep, for naps and at night. Infants who sleep on their backs have a lower risk of SIDS than do infants placed on their stomachs or sides. Infants who usually sleep on their backs face an even greater risk of SIDS if placed on their stomachs.
– Place infants for sleep on a firm sleep surface, such as a safety approved crib mattress with a fitted sheet. Infants should never be placed on a soft surface, such as a pillow, quilt, or sheepskin.
– Keep pillows, cushioned crib bumpers, toys, loose bedding, and other soft objects out of an infant’s sleep area. All items should be kept away from an infant’s face.
Additional information on reducing the risk of SIDS is available from the NIH’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
Source: http://www.opposingviews.com/i/new-crib-safety-standards-announced
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When one of the world’s best-known fashion stylists has a baby, you just know a children’s line can’t be far behind.
And, so is the case with Rachel Zoe. The reality show star who dresses celebs like Anne Hathaway, Cameron Diaz and Kate Hudson on Bravo’s “The Rachel Zoe Project,” is a new mom to Skyler, 4, months, with hubby Rodger Berman, and she tells ABC’s “Nightline” she is working on a kiddie collection.
“Let me tell you, there is going to be a lot of boys’ clothes in my line,” she tells the news show.
Of course, Skyler, naturally, already has an amazing collection of clothes. His closet, shown on “Nightline,” is, as Zoe would say, ba-na-nas. Huge and filled with the usual stuff — you know, Missoni sweaters here, a Gucci bomber jacket there — she tells the show he is fully dressed until age 2.
It won’t be the first collection for the stylist. Zoe already sells affordable styles on QVC and plans to launch an upscale collection of clothing and bags this fall, according to “Nightline.”
“Every day I wake up thinking, what can I do next and what more can I do?” she tells the show. “With my husband by my side, and now Skyler, my son, and the team that I have, I feel like anything is possible.”
But while motherhood has changed her lifestyle — and some of her clothing choices — she tells the show you won’t catch her in sweats. “But you will catch me in less jewelry,” she says, adding that she will hold Skyler when she’s wearing her trademark 6-inch heels, but she won’t walk with him while she’s in them.
Zoe does have some advice for moms when it comes to fashion.
“Wear your clothes,” she tells “Nightline.” “What are you saving up for? I’m wearing my sequins at 12 noon to lunch, and I’m wearing, you know, five cocktail rings to the supermarket.”
And new moms should think functional.
“Chunky jewelry and sky-high heels are reserved for night,” Zoe tells the show. “During the day you have to keep it minimal. You need to be realistic. I can’t honestly hold my son, feed him and push a stroller in a sequin ball gown and 6-inch Atwoods, as much as I would love to.”
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Source: http://www.parentdish.com/2011/07/29/rachel-zoe-working-on-childrens-fashion-collection/
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