March 2009

A slap in the boobs by Dr. Sears?

March 30, 2009




I usually love just about everything about Dr. Sears. There was one comment in the Baby Book that I remember not liking (something about not having the baby sleep between the mom and dad in bed  because the dad needs his sleep). But otherwise, I’ve been consistently impressed. Today I was on the site and [...]

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Delurking and Open Thread Weekend

March 27, 2009




Come out, come out, wherever you are…. photo credit: olaerik on flickr The next few days are going to be insanely busy and I probably won’t have time to put up any more new posts until I start my Carnival of Play on April 1 (you can still sign up to participate). Until then, I’m [...]

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Canadian Maternity Experiences Survey: My Answers & Your Answers

March 26, 2009




Yesterday, I posted about the Canadian Maternity Experiences Survey and asked you to answer a few questions about your birth experience, either on your blog, in the comments or by e-mailing me. Today I am updating with my answers and the links to some of your answers (if you haven’t answered yet, please do still [...]

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Canadian Maternity Experiences Survey: Your Turn

March 25, 2009




The Public Health Agency of Canada just released the results of the Maternity Experiences Survey, a survey of 6000 Canadian women on their experiences, perceptions, knowledge and practices before conception and during pregnancy, birth and the early months of parenthood. Pregnancy and parenting author Ann Douglas (who is on twitter by the way: anndouglas), has [...]

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Behavioural Targeting Fail

March 24, 2009




I was checking out my stats on eWebCounter just a moment ago and could not believe the three ads I was staring at in the Google Ads bar on the left side. If you know me at all, you’ll know that this was a total behavioural targeting fail. Not a chance. Nope. No Thanks.

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You are not a perfect parent…

March 24, 2009




…but you should be a confident one. I’ve read over and over again about the impact that a mother’s mental health and frame of mind can have on her children. Children of happy mothers are more likely to develop high self-esteem and are less likely to be anxious and worried. Moms dealing with postpartum depression  [...]

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Teaching Tolerance

March 21, 2009




I was reading Dale McGowan’s wonderful blog The Meming of Life last night and got caught up in his post on Glass Houses. In his post he talks about the importance of teaching his children that ideas need to earn respect, but people are inherently deserving of respect. I agree that this is an important [...]

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The Case Against Breastfeeding: The Voices

March 18, 2009




I’ll admit it. Sometimes I write things to get a rise out of people. Sometimes it is one sentence. Sometimes a whole post. But I have to bow in complete reverence to Hanna Rosin in terms of her ability to get people going. If she’d written her article as a personal story, one woman’s experience, [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Um, why is there a bottle in the foreground?

March 18, 2009




“Mothers win the right to breastfeed in all public places ” Courtesy of: Hoyden About Town

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The Case Against Breastfeeding: Is it Anti-Feminist?

March 17, 2009




In her article The Case Against Breastfeeding in The Atlantic, Hanna Rosin attacks breastfeeding from both a scientific and feminist perspective. I plan to respond to both of them, but the scientific one will take more research and I may only get to it next month (Here it is: The Scientific Benefits of Breastfeeding). However, [...]

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