How Long is a Baby a Baby?
Think for a moment about the power of words. I remember talking to a friend from Venezuela and she encountered the word prairie in the book series Little House on the Prairie and asked what it meant. We looked it up: An extensive area of flat or rolling, predominantly treeless grassland, especially the large tract or plain of central North America. I don’t know about you but I didn’t feel this captured what this word evokes for Americans. Yes, that’s what it means but it implies more. We had a great discussion about the settlers that moved west and all that...
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Alexis over at Where He Leads Me, I will Follow… tagged me! Here goes (usual rules)Eight Things I’m Looking Forward To: My first mother’s day Being out of debt Taking a vacation with DH and DD My dad feeling better My sister going back to college The new Star Trek movie! Finishing my bathroom redesign Bringing home at least one of my snowflakes with a successful FET Eight Things I Did Yesterday: Ripped wallpaper down in my bathroom Talked to mom and dad on the webcam Changed a kajillion diapers Stared with amazement at my baby girl Wrote a fiery blog post Leaked...
Read MoreMy First Rude Comment!
I’ve been waiting and the day has finally arrived! I got a rude comment on my post about Herd Immunity. I always wondered what I’d do when I got one. Delete it? Respond? I’ve decided to make a whole post out of it! So let’s dissect this gem. Here’s the comment: Anonymous said… you’re an idiot. tetanus is not contagious (communicable) and therefore doesn’t fall under category of vaccinations that would confer herd immunity so that renders your argument invalid. you get vaccinated against tetanus to prevent from uhhh getting...
Read MoreThe Worst Onesie Ever!
A friend gave us some baby clothes and it included this onesie. Of course we are so grateful for the beautiful clothes and I’m sure this is no reflection of her thoughts on parenting. I think it is pretty clearly a freebie handed out by a gynecologists office, the maternity ward at a hospital, or (heaven forbid) from an I-know-you’re-breastfeeding-but-here-are-some-formula-samples-”just-in-case” package. But yes, North American babies are among the only humans, or primates for that matter, that need to sleep alone in a cage-like bed. *rolls eyes* Don’t you...
Read MoreFIve for Friday: 5 Infant Terms that Sound Like Rock Bands
In college we would sit around and come up with crazy band names (my favorite was Emotional Taco). It became the comeback du jur – “well, that would make a good band name.” Band names can never be too crazy. So here are 5 for your humor this Friday. The links tell you what they are if you are unfamiliar with these infant/pregnancy terms! The Fontanelles Nuchal Fold Five Vernix Montgomery Tubercles The...
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