My son is in the throes of pre-reading mania. He reads letters on everything from milk cartons to street signs to his vitamin tablets. He points to the words on a book cover and moves his finger along, saying the title. He’s not actually reading it yet; it doesn’t work if he doesn’t know the […]
Last week’s episode featured the clever parenting trick of using code words to deceive your children. This week, we see yet another childhood staple—kids plotting with one parent to deceive the other. It’s not as evil as it sounds—I’m talking about surprise birthday presents here, not anything with malicious intent. Shane conspires with Paige’s son
The only time in my life I was on birth control, it was in order to have a child. Specifically, it was to get my partner pregnant, using my egg. The birth control pills were to synch my cycle with hers so the doctors could do their reproductive magic. I get almost as worked up
In honor of tonight’s season premiere of Work Out, this is an open thread for your thoughts on fitness and motherhood, such as: Has motherhood affected your fitness level, either because you were pregnant or because of changed eating habits or lifestyle? If one partner carried your child(ren) and the other didn’t, were there any
Tomorrow, March 20, is Back Up Your Birth Control Day, and organizers are encouraging people to blog about it. A coalition of more than 100 women’s health and medical organizations established the event as part of an ongoing campaign “to help make emergency contraception (EC) more effective by making sure women know about it —
A few miscellaneous health items of interest this weekend: In vitro fertilization, or IVF, has a high risk of leading to multiple births, as many of us who have gone through the procedure know. Researchers at Yale School of Medicine and McGill University have developed a new procedure to estimate the “reproductive potential” of individual
Fewer than a third of American adults eat the recommended amount of fruits and vegetables, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The government’s goal is for 75 percent of Americans to have two servings of fruits and 50 percent to have three servings of vegetables each day by 2010.
If you’re in the New York area and looking for a weekend activity with your kids later this month, you might consider the free 92nd Street Y LGBT Family Camp Day on Sunday, March 25 from 12 to 3 p.m. You can try a variety of activities or just picnic and mingle. The Y is
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is sponsoring a national children’s art contest on the theme of “Things I Can Do To Keep Safe and Be Healthy.” They explain: The contest is open to children in two groups, grades 3-5 and 6-8. The winner in each group and their parents/guardians will be invited to attend
I don’t often write about my family’s daily happenings, but this incident was too funny not to relate.
