Archive for November, 2008
Week 37…
The time is here for this baby to show his or her face. It is starting to become real. I think I am a little in shock. Funny but it didn’t seem that real before. Now it dawns on me, soon I will have 3 kids. Yikes. Yes, bursing a newborn, taking a preschooler to [...]
Nebraska (and others) Safe Haven Laws
I need to take a minute and address something very alarming. I read about this a few months ago and it has bothered me ever since. I am talking about the Safe Haven Laws. I believe almost every state has them, however, Nebraska has been under media attention lately because of the age limit [...]
Breastfeeding Boosts IQ
According to a study published in Archives of General Psychiatry May 2008, exclusively breastfed babies do have a higher IQ then bottle fed babies. According to the study, when breast fed kids reached the age of 6.5, their IQ test scores were 7.5 points higher on verbal intelligence and 2.9 points higher on nonverbal [...]
Breastfeeding and Vaccines
I need to start out by saying I don’t mean to endorse any particular product or book. However, sometimes I come across a certain book or product that I do fall in love with and want to share. That being said, I just bought and am reading The Vaccine Book by Dr. Sears and I [...]
