November 2011

Is there anything worse than people who perpetuate stereotypes?

November 29, 2011




Today on Gawker, Brian Moylan opened his post with with this: Is there anything worse than mommy bloggers? That is a rhetorical question because if you have two firing synapses, you know the answer to that question. Yeah, and people wonder why most of us don’t like being called mommy bloggers. Usually it is me [...]

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I’m Scared of Age 10

November 25, 2011




I have friends who hate the newborn stage, I know people who fear the wrath of toddlers, and I understand all too well the parents who say it doesn’t get any worse than age three. We’re past that now. We’ve survived those stages, with all of the good and the bad. Our kids are now [...]

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Ottawa Readers: Want to Attend a Book Reading and Pub Tweetup?

November 24, 2011




On December 12, author Beverly Akerman will be doing a reading of her book, The Meaning of Children, at the Ottawa Library. I thought this would be a good opportunity to get a group of Ottawa parents / social media addicts together for the reading and/or a pub tweet-up afterward — you can attend the [...]

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Infant formula advertising DOES influence mothers

November 20, 2011




Advertising is a tricky subject. People claim it is necessary to inform us about the choices we have as consumers. People say that putting restrictions on it goes against the principles of free speech. People claim that we are smart and we can see past the the marketing spin. To say otherwise, is to call [...]

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We Know the Dirty Secrets and Now We Need Action

November 17, 2011




Today Women’s Voices for the Earth released a report called Dirty Secrets: What’s Hiding in Your Cleaning Products?  I wrote about the report over at Care2.com, but surprisingly (or not), I wasn’t very surprised by the dirty secrets in this report. There are chemicals in makeup and personal care products. There are chemicals in baby [...]

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Fun with Analogies: Co-Sleeping and Knives, Car Travel and Guns

November 14, 2011




The City of Milwaukee Health Department wants to tell you that co-sleeping is like letting your baby sleep with a sharp knife . They are sharing this news via two new posters (one with a black baby one with a white baby) that tell parents that babies can die when sleeping in adult beds and [...]

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11/11/11 at 11:11

November 11, 2011




I was here… I was remembering all of this and more. Where were you? What were you remembering?

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Math Sucks! (…if it requires you to balance shaming equations)

November 8, 2011




I came across a post today that I really enjoyed. On the Camp Creek Blog, Lori wrote: There’s a billboard in my town that makes me grind my teeth into dust. It shows a kid’s hands holding, on the left, a video-game controller and, on the right, a turtle. Then it says something along the [...]

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Have you heard of Purple Crying?

November 7, 2011




I remember my short maternity leave with my first born. I spent it primarily dealing with breastfeeding issues and trying to stop the crying. He didn’t always cry hysterically, but sometimes he did — like in this picture. Some times of day were better than others and, unlike his sister, he did love the baby [...]

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Bad Pitches I’ve Spared You From

November 2, 2011




Every day I get dozens of e-mails from public relations firms, companies, writers and others asking me to feature their stuff on my blog. The thing is, that isn’t how I work. The content on this blog is mine and mine only (with the exception of a small number of hand picked guest posts). I [...]

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