A new study from the National Institutes of Health, reported in the Economist, claims that the amount of Omega-3 fatty acids a woman eats while pregnant can determine her child’s intelligence, fine motor skills, and sociability. (Omega-3’s are oils found primarily in seafood.) The results are not conclusive, however, although some strong correlations were made […]
Fit Pregnancy magazine has published its ranking of the best U. S. cities in which to have a baby. (Thanks to Blogging Baby for the sighting.) They looked at the quality of doctors, doulas, midwives, hospitals, breastfeeding success rates, birth and health risk, stroller-friendly trails and parks, affordability, and more. The top cities were Portland (OR),
As a mom, I’m always looking for ways to make all the detail tasks of motherhood more efficient. One trick I’ve learned is to create a bookmarks folder in Firefox (or other tabbed browser of your choice) full of the sites that help me lead my daily life. I’m not talking about the sites I
One of my readers has asked about resources for non-bio moms who have lost custody or had their children taken by bio moms. The National Center for Lesbian Rights has published a list of cases involving custody rights, not all of which ruled favorably towards the non-bio mom. They also report on a decision by
One of the more interesting aspects of being a parent, for me, is discovering when my son takes an approach to something I never would have imagined, especially when it’s the exact opposite of what I would have done.
The Family Pride Coalition is encouraging all LGBT families to attend the annual White House Egg Roll on April 17, 2006. Hundreds of families attend every year, and Family Pride wants ours to be among them. They will provide non-political t-shirts to identify participants as LGBT families. If you think you might attend, it’s worth
I’ve been having an e-mail conversation with Mel, another blogger, about various children’s books. She has a great blog, “Life’s a Butter Dream,” on children’s “literary world,” with useful book and music recommendations, and information about children’s literacy and development. I thought I’d offer a couple of book recommendations of my own, based on books
You know the whole mom thing is affecting you when you read “Ten Tips for Easy Motherboard Upgrades” as “Ten Tips for Easy Motherhood Upgrades.” I gotta get more sleep.
The CDC released a report yesterday stating that children under four are more likely to be hospitalized for unintentionally swallowing medications than for other causes of unintentional injury. Almost three-fourths of the children studied for the report were between one and two years old. Seventy-five percent of the incidents occurred in the home, and about
It’s about this time of year when I start hoping for spring. The excitement of the holidays (and new toys) has worn off, we haven’t gotten any really good snow in a few weeks, and we’re all getting a bit of cabin fever. I decided, therefore, to see if I could put together a list
