Babies
Kids Health Insurance Being Skipped
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008The LA Times had a good article about a seemingly disturbing trend in America, that’s the skipping or skimping of childrens health insurance due to the cost. It is true that many people have to make hard decisions when faced with the cost of not only their own health insurance, but that of all [...]
Why No Medicine For Kids Under 4?
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008With my son entering his second week with the same cold, and thus his second week of crankiness and the second week of my clothes being covered in kid snot, I thought I’d research why parents can no longer give kids under the age of 4 medicine. My daughter had the same cold and [...]
Huge Crib Recall
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008Yet another recall, but this one effects over 1.5 million cribs. That’s a lot of cribs. Delta Cribs issued a recall following the deaths of two babies. They are missing safety pins. This covers all of their cribs manufactured in China, Indonesia and Taiwan from 1995 to 2005 and one in [...]
Forced Flu Shots
Friday, October 17th, 2008It’s that time again Mommies! Time to drag your children in to get stabbed with a needle in the name of health. I already got my shot and so has my son. My husband and daughter are next in line. But I saw on the news tonight that New Jersey is [...]
Fans May Prevent SIDS
Monday, October 6th, 2008My husband sent me this link earlier today, as I always give him grief for having every fan possible on in our home. It’s a story on how the use of fans in the home may reduce the risk of SIDS up to 72%. That’s kind of insane! They site that it [...]
To Sling or Not To Sling
Friday, September 19th, 2008When I finally had my son, I liked the idea of having him near me all the time. I got a carrier and walked around with him in the front carrier until he was about 20 pounds. That’s about when slings got crazy popular. I saw a lady wearing one the other [...]
Do You Really Need It?
Friday, August 29th, 2008I did a post quite a while back on things that you need, or on the contrary, don’t need when you’re having a baby. There are many ways to decrease the amount spent on the incoming baby, many of which are common sense. Here’s another list of some of the things you don’t really need [...]
Bite Me…
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
My son got teeth pretty much on time. When he did, he started biting. He bit me even when I was breastfeeding, ya, that was no fun! Now that he’s older, he’s still biting, just WAY harder. So how do you stop a biting toddler?