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Scary News: Strollers Recalled Over Finger Amputation Hazards!
First the pacifier recall from earlier today, and now another one that’s so scary, we’re shuddering just thinking about it!Britax has recalled more than 200,000 B-Agile, B-Agile Double and BOB Motion strollers because of “partial finger amputation hazard,” which is a fancy way of saying you could lose part of your finger when you take your baby out for a walk.The company has already received 8 injury reports including a …
Parenting in the Age of Online Porn
Flash back to sixth grade. Curious about my body, puberty, and all the rest, I spent hours lying on our living room rug as a 12-year-old, pouring over my parents’ huge Merriam Webster dictionary, looking up anatomically correct, gender specific verbs and nouns. There were even a few illustrations. A remarkably quaint scene today. Recently, while…
Thyroidectomy Cancer Results From the ‘Bu, GREAT News!
It’s Day 7 post-surgery and I’m feeling pretty good. I’m quite sore but I have to say, every single day seems to be getting better. I just got the results back from all of my tests and great news – the thyroid cancer has been removed from my body and all my lymph nodes are clear. So I’m hoping that this is the end of the story. Woohoo!!! And thank GOD!
Mom’s Guide to Online Espionage
The Wall Street Journal (which, refreshingly for a biz publication, frequently captures the wacky dynamics of modern motherhood) ran a piece last Wednesday chronicling all the ways kids try to outsmart their moms and get onto Facebook and other social media sites that parents have forbidden. I read the article in our kitchen via old-school newsprint while my three kids hovered around me immersed in our familys iPhones, iPads, and Macbooks.
Big News
Im on my way to a 12 hr commercial shoot for a new beauty product. I cant say what it is yet, gosh this business is so secretive until projects go live! It feels so good to be working a lot already this year. 2010 is off to the right start! And well over due after 2009!!! When it rains it pours for me and that is just the way my life has always been.