Because natural isn't always possible — or easy.
Posted in babies, Health, parenting, Pop Culture, toddlers on Oct 19th, 2011
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has issued new policy statement — Media Use by Children Younger Than Two Years — about babies and toddlers watching TV. The organization’s take is simple: The AAP discourages media use for babies and kids under two Parents should avoid putting a TV in a child’s room There may [...]
Posted in Beauty, Health, Organic, Pop Culture on Oct 17th, 2011
Last week I started recording The Dr. Oz Show. I added him to my TiVo To Do list because of something I saw the week before. I was watching The Soup on E! and Joel McHale had a clip about genital age. Seems Dr. Oz has a quiz, which can be found on his website [...]
Posted in parenting, Pop Culture on Oct 5th, 2011
Sometimes, my job is pretty cool. This past Monday was one of those times because I got to preview the new Sony Pictures Animation film Arthur Christmas with my husband and my two girls. We got to see the movie at the Sony screening room, which was an experience in itself. (Big, cushy seating, super-loud [...]
Posted in Environment, Going Green, Pop Culture, Reduce, Reuse, Sustainable on Sep 13th, 2011
For a little kid, Little Girl has a big memory. She’s been talking about Halloween since July. “I wanna be ‘arina,” she told me. (Translation: She wanted to dress up like the Marina character on Fresh Beat Band.) “And Daddy will be Shout and you can be Kiki.” Hmmm. Okay, so right away I started [...]
Posted in parenting, Pop Culture, Research on Aug 12th, 2011
Dear Parent of the Kid in My Kid’s Camp: I dropped my daughter off this morning to your child singing away. What a beautiful voice she has, but holy crap, how does she know that song?!? Your little girl — what is she? Seven or eight? — was singing Rihanna’s S&M. What? You don’t remember [...]
Posted in Pop Culture on Jan 28th, 2011
So I’m making the rounds, reading my favorite blogs, checking out interesting tweets and I come upon a story from Huffington Post: Kings Of Leon Vs. ‘Glee’: Nathan Followill FIRES BACK At Ryan Murphy In Homophobic Rant. A few months ago, it seems, the Glee folks asked the Kings of Leon — you know them [...]
Posted in Eating Healthy, Food, Pop Culture, Safety, Toxins on Jan 21st, 2011
Dear Woman at My Resort, I really appreciate you apologizing so profusely when, out of the blue, your 20-month-old went postal on my 2-year-old and smacked her as we passed by. I really do. I wasn’t that fazed by it, actually. Kids are kids. They do nutty things. And I didn’t think a second thought [...]
Posted in Friendship, Pop Culture, Safety on Jan 11th, 2011
Yesterday I got a friend request from someone I was already friends with — a junior high school friend. Since I have had Facebook friends create more than one account or have an old account get accidentally deleted, I accepted the request. This morning, I got a suspicious email. Forget suspicious — it was outright [...]
Posted in Emotional development, Friendship, Pop Culture on Dec 28th, 2010
I don’t know how it started, but for much of my adult life I have been an anti-giftee. I don’t like getting gifts. Not for Christmas. Not for birthdays. Not even for new babies. Maybe it’s the money thing. Maybe it’s a self-esteem thing. (Do I really deserve something so extravagant?) No matter, I am [...]
Posted in Pop Culture on Dec 23rd, 2010
Something strange is happening this holiday season. People are saying it. You know, the phrase that’s sort of gone by the wayside: Merry Christmas. I noticed it earlier in the month, and it’s a trend that just hasn’t waned. The first sneaky salutation happened at A.C. Moore. Granted, I was buying ornaments for my Brownie [...]