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The War Between Biology and Reality

I saw an article yesterday about the clash between our modern culture and our biology. Basically, the author had interviewed a lot of women trying to conceive later in life and came to the shocking conclusion which many of us “older” women have already discovered: reproducing when you are nearing ...

FDA finds chromium and selenium in dietary supplements

The lab tests are out and it doesn`t look good for the dietary supplements Total Body Formula and Total Body Mega Formula Products. The FDA tests detected concentrations of chromium in these products which are considered hazardous to human health – in fact, 17 times the acceptable concentrations. The same ...

Why I Hate the Nose Bulb Syringe

I know that the nose bulb syringe - also known as the nose bulb aspirator - is one of the first things a pediatrician will urge parents to use on babies who are having a hard time breathing through their noses because of a cold or other illness. Lord ...

Baby Bottle and Food Warmers Recalled by Munchkin Due to Fire Hazard

Baby Bottle and Food Warmers Recalled by Munchkin Due to Fire Hazard WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Deluxe ...

My Traveling Bucket List

No, I don't have a bucket I carry around with me while I travel. This is in reference to the movie Bucket List but my list is modified to list the places my husband and I traveled to before we had baby #1, and then a list of the ...

J-Lo and Lindsay Lohan`s Mom are “Top Moms”

The New York mothers` group Mingling Moms named Jennifer Lopez aka J-lo as Celebrity Mom of the Year, according to MTV UK. Thirty-eight-year old J-Lo is first time mother to twins Max and Emme. She delivered the 2 babies last February in a Long Island, New York hospital. Also honored as one ...

The Changing Nature Of Fatherhood

When our fathers were kids, their fathers were held to a different standard of what made a "good" dad. At that time, a good dad was one who didn't beat his kids, or get loaded every night of the week. He provided for his family financially, and maintained ...

My pregnancy bucket list: Things I would have loved to do while pregnant but couldn’t

Don’t get me wrong. I feel very lucky to have gotten pregnant so late in life. I also feel so lucky to have two healthy baby boys at the same time. But because a multiple pregnancy was considered at my age high-risk, and because I had to stay in bed ...

Mommy and Me Baby Contest Round 1 Winner

Week 1's winner was Shawn Thomas ! Runner-up: Kiah La'Rose Runner-up: Maya Joi Thanks to all the babies (and their parents) who participated in this weeks round. From now until May 14 we will be accepting entries for May's contests. May's theme is Mommy and Me! The contest is free so enter ...

Preparing for Pregnancy: Things to Decrease Before You Increase

If I could do it all over again, I’d prepare more prior to the birth of my first child. I really had no clue how something as “simple” as having a child would drastically change my life! Having said that , let me assure you that I ...

Soda and Babies

I'm a relatively liberal mom, but there was one thing I was never willing to do: allow my baby to try soda. It's probably easier because I don't really drink soda at all, so it wasn't much of an issue. I will admit, though, that there were plenty ...

Dogs Can Reduce Allergy Risks

German researchers claim that having a dog in your home during your child’s infancy, reduces your child’s risk of developing allergies. Their findings were based upon a 6 year study of 9,000 children and were published in the European Respiratory Journal recently. The findings show that having a dog in ...

A Gruesome Find – Frozen Infants

As I read the story about a mother who apparently froze three of her babies, three things came immediately to my mind. One is a verse from the Bible in Isaiah, “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she borne?" And ...

Review: So Smart First Words DVD

I sat my kids down to watch the First Words DVD from So Smart. My daughter is beyond the age range for this DVD since she's 4 and age range for the DVD is 9-36 months, but since my son falls neatly into the suggested ages she was game ...

What’s In A Name?

Shortly after my wife and I found out we were pregnant with our first child, we made the four-hour drive to my hometown to visit my parents and tell them the news. On our way there, we stopped at a bookstore and picked up a baby name book to ...

Is There Life After Parenting?

Within two years of graduating from college, I got married, and had my first child. Three more children followed quickly after and by the time I was 30, I had 4 children. I don’t for a minute regret having my children,(as opposed to the regret I have about marrying ...

Just as I Thought: I Know Nothing

When my first baby was born I only knew what I had read in books. I'd never really had much exposure to newborns and babies because I was the youngest kid in my family. After I came home from the hospital I was amazed at how little I ...

On TV and Children

I had lunch with a group of ladies the other day. We were a multicultural bunch, coming from different countries and cultures – from the US, UK, Canada, Germany, and Asia. We had several things in common though – we all spoke English, we were all expats in Switzerland, and ...

Save upto 67% on Digital Photo Frames for Mother’s Day

This is a one day sale! Go to Amazon.com where you can save as much as 67% on select revolving digital photo frames. Both of my parents have one of these and they just love it. You can fit hundreds of pictures which change automatically on an interval of your choosing, ...

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