Think about this.......

I can not stress this enough for any pregnant woman- Do your research for anything you are tested for (before you get tested) & make an informed decision. Many doctors do "routine" test simply because that's what everybody else does. They don't know anything about the illness, the rate of accurate/inaccurate results, or "treatments" that are proven safe & effective.

Since many women don't have much personal experience (most only have 1-2 children) when is comes to pregnancy they tend to trust whatever their doctor says. Now here's the thing- Good old doc. may have the experience of watching women be pregnant, on & off for nine months, But in my book that in now way can make him/her more of an expert than someone who has physically been pregnant & given birth. So, why is it than that so many women trust their male doctor to know so much about the natural workings of the female body, pregnancy & birth? Why would you not question the theories of these doctors?

I have lots to say on the subject & will add to this post later- I have run out of time.

Cardboard boxes, rope, pine cones.........

It's amazing, for so many years parents have been buying toys for their children "only the best"- most popular for my child. Then, after all that money was spent the child played with the box longer than the toy!!

With all the toy recalls in the past couple days it make me think (again) Kids are smarter than we think!
I remember as a child playing with cardboard boxes - it could be a house, space ship, car, train, store, etc...... anything! & the games we played with just a piece of rope. I was reminded of one the other day when the local library hired a guy to come & play "wild & crazy" games with the children (the point being that they get out & move.) IT was the game we played as children - where you hold the rope behind you- your tail & everyone has to run around and try to get your tail. If they get your tail then it's their turn to be the "Monkey" or "Lion" or whatever you want to call it.

What happened to all the games we used to play- We had huge imaginations because we didn't have everything all "shaped" out for us. We didn't need a toy microphone to pretend to be singers we could just pick up a large pine cone & sing into it. Maybe that is why children have a much harder time with imagination & make believe & why they are "growing up" so much faster in today's world.

What do you think?

Don't tell my children ...

Well, a big thank you to Jennifer at the The Lactivist for bringing this to our attention.

Apparently, Dr. Sanghavi who practices Cardiology and Pediatric Cardiology in Gallup, New Mexico is an "expert" on breast milk. Parents magazine has published his opinion, as a legitimate "expert" on the subject! How does being a cardiologist make you qualified to tell God & every woman in the world, that they are wrong?

Never have I been happier that I cancelled my subscription after the free months ran out! This is not the first article of their that I have disagreed with.

Please don't tell my children that they were exclusively breastfed because I was selfish! I didn't really want to provide them with the best nature has to offer. I didn't really want to boost their immune system. (I wanted them to get sick so I could spend more precious time with them- who doesn't like taking care of a sick child?) I didn't even do it to protect them from things like diabetes & obesity. For goodness sakes I certainly wouldn't want them to have a high IQ (They figure things out fast enough as it is)!

Please don't tell my children that the real reasons I breastfed them was:

• To spend every second I could with my beautiful babies. (So they would grow up knowing that I would always love them & be there for them.)
• I was too lazy to carry around bottles, heavy cans of formula, water, a stove & a pot (gotta warm that bottle) or risk the hot water in the public restroom.
• I believed that babies cry because they need something & I was "not tough enough" to make my baby wait for food.
• Because I loved them so much that I couldn't stand to let my son starve when he refused to take a artificial nipple. (All I wanted was to spend 2 hours at a Christmas party.)
• To punish my husband by taking away "his toys."
• To get out of cleaning the house, washing clothes, doing dishes & cooking because I was busy feeding baby. (Well I tried my best, but this never got me out of doing those things- it only delayed the task.)
• Don't let me forget how much I LOVE wearing a wet shirt. You know- I minding my own business when suddenly Whoosh! nursing pad is either full or in the wrong place & I'm left with two wet circles on the front of my shirt!

Icky, Dirty, Nasty, Invisible Germs

I thought I share with all the "germ conscious" parents out there. What a great way to keep those nasty germs away.

Check it out: http://www.gottagomitts.com/

Kids in cars

I just wanted to share I was doing some searching on this & here are the links to some websites I found interesting.

http://www.kidsandcars.org/

http://keyetv.com/topstories/local_story_143103716.html


http://www.topix.net/family/kids