Two recent studies offer further support for the benefits of breast milk. One, appearing in this month’s Pediatrics magazine, claims that babies who are breast-fed for more than three months are less likely to become bedwetters. Non-bedwetters had also been breastfed for an average of three months longer than bedwetters. The researchers caution, however, that […]
Here’s an easy activity idea: When grandparents, other relatives, or close friends come for a visit, videotape them reading stories to your child. You’ll soon compile a nice alternative to commercial videos for those times when your child insists on watching something. It’s a nice way to keep a family connection even when relatives live
My partner and I have always agreed not to allow toy guns (or real ones, for that matter) into our home. I’m not even sure our three-year-old knows what they are. An incident today, however, highlighted the hurdles we’re up against in raising a boy who will not glorify guns and violence. We were taking
As we head into prime vacation season, here’s a bit of advice if you’re staying at hotels with your kids. First, know that it’s often no more expensive to stay at a all-suite hotel than a single-room one. Having a “living room” space can be good if you don’t want to bed down at the
Blogging Baby points out a new study indicating that vaginal births after C-sections (VBACs), even after multiple C’s, are safer than had been thought. Uterine tears or ruptures from a vaginal birth were only slightly more frequent in women who had more than one Cesarean. The new study, published in the journal Obstetrics and Gynocology,
Here’s a bit of news that just popped up, although the event it refers to is a few weeks old: The same day that Alabama ruled against same-sex marriage, a transwoman and her partner legally married in Chilton County. The judge doing the ceremony said it was legal because the transwoman had not undergone gender
The idea of letting kids near explosive devices has always seemed like a bad one to me. According to the CDC, during the month around July 4: 40% of [firework-related] injuries occurred among children ages 14 years and younger; Injuries were most commonly associated with fire-crackers (17%), sparklers (17%) and rockets (14%). The American Academy
From the ever-vigilant Pam of Pam’s House Blend, a reminder not to leave your children in hot cars, even for a few minutes. Nearly 300 children have died this way since 1998. This seems like an obvious no-no to me. Apparently, though, the number of people forgetting their children in cars is rising, since airbags
The Human Rights Campaign has released its “The State of the Workplace 2005-2006” report. There’s lots of good news. For the first time, a majority of Fortune 500 companies (albeit only 51% percent) offer domestic partner health insurance benefits. A more solid majority (86%) now include sexual orientation in their non-discrimination policies. While only 16%
If you buy organic milk for your family, you may want to read this article about the corporate feedlot farms that are moving in on traditional small-scale organic dairies. The demand for organic milk has skyrocketed, and dairy corporations want in on it. They feed their cows organic grains, but don’t always provide the open
