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A Woman’s Personal Safety Isn’t a Statistic
A toddler awakens with a fever, so his mother drives to the store for a bottle of Childrens Motrin. Its only 10pm and she lives in a well-regarded middle class neighborhood, so its not a big deal. Right?
A Woman?s Personal Safety Isn?t a Statistic
A toddler awakens with a fever, so his mother drives to the store for a bottle of Children?s Motrin. It?s only 10pm and she lives in a well-regarded middle class neighborhood, so it?s not a big deal. Right?
What I Learned This Stressmas
On the Saturday morning before Christmas, I ran into a friend, the mother of four, ten years older and far wiser than I am.She had on a kelly green sweater, sparkly earrings, and MAKEUP. At 10 am on the busiest day of Stressmas – the frantic homestretch of shopping-cooking-decorating that accelerates up until December 25th every year.”Where have you BEEN?” was my first question.She rolled her eyes. “My neighbor’s holiday cookie exchange …
Signs for Down Syndrome During Pregnancy
Trisomy 21, more commonly referred to as Down syndrome, is a condition in which the developing fetus inherits an extra chromosome. According to statistics reported by the Kids Health website, Down syndrome affects approximately one of 800 babies born in the United States each year. Children with Down syndrome can be both physically and mentally delayed. Although doctors cannot prevent the condition, they can detect it by evaluating risk factors and test results.
Everything a Dad Needs to Know About Breast Feeding
I had an interesting talk with two moms yesterday while at my children’s picture book writing group session. One of the ladies was pregnant with her first child, the other lady had a son already. All of our creative juices were flowing. We were throwing ideas back and forth, adding and editing things to the next great children’s picture book, UNTIL one of the mothers said something about breast-feeding. For 15 minutes, I sat there listening to detailed and somewhat graphic explanations of the benefits to breast-feeding.