Article in the New York Times For Teenagers, Hellow Means ‘How About A Hug?’And schools from Hillsdale, N.J., to Bend, Ore., wary in a litigious era about sexual harassment or improper touching — or citing hallway clogging and late arrivals to class — have banned hugging or imposed a three-second rule…Touching and physical contact is very dangerous territory,” said Noreen Hajinlian, the principal of George G. White School, a junior high school in Hillsdale, N.J., who banned hugging two years ago. “It was needless hugging — they are in the hallways before they go to class. It wasn’t… Continue reading Don't Worry About Gang Violence or Drugs...The New Menace is Hugs!
Article in the New York Times For Teenagers, Hellow Means ‘How About A Hug?’And schools from Hillsdale, N.J., to Bend, Ore., wary in a litigious era about sexual harassment or improper touching — or citing hallway clogging and late arrivals to class — have banned hugging or imposed a three-second rule…Touching and physical contact is very dangerous territory,” said Noreen Hajinlian, the principal of George G. White School, a junior high school in Hillsdale, N.J., who banned hugging two years ago. “It was needless hugging — they are in the hallways before they go to… Continue reading Don't Worry About Gang Violence or Drugs...The New Menace is Hugs!
A friend of mine recently had her mother-in-law (MIL) give her 3 1/2 month old a taste of ice cream! Her MIL said “no big deal it was just a taste.”Now, I and my other mommy friends gasped! She’s only three months old! All that sugar (or worse yet HFCS)! Cow’s milk! Artificial colors and flavors! I can honestly say if it had been Aellyn I would have been in tears and hopping mad!According to my mom, she says even she is tempted to give Aellyn tastes of things. When… Continue reading Babies and Food: Not Your Mother's Baby Food
300 posts! I can’t believe the journey I’ve been on and the blog friends I’ve made a long the way. Beth and FlyGirl, the first IFers that got pregnant. All the Cycle Sistas that cycled with me. All the girls at Stirrup Queen’s mega blog list. Family. Friends. All the blogger mamas I’ve met since I got pregnant. All the bloggers I’ve me through Mothering and GCM. Tears come to my eyes at what this blog has done for me. You are all a… Continue reading Everything is a Miracle: My 300th Post
I created a just for fun quiz called the Crunchy Parent-O-Meter . Take the quiz and see how crunchy you are… Continue reading Take the Quiz! How Crunchy a Parent are You?
Our Bradley childbirth class had a reunion today. We actually meet and talk to the new class of expectant parents about our birth experiences. The other babies from our class are all 6 months old now – Aellyn was the baby by about 3 months. It was neat to get a sneak preview of Aellyn’s development. The other kids are sitting and babbling away! So cute.
The Bradley classes meet at the Cleveland Clinic in the same building as our Fertility Clinic so we took Aellyn to… Continue reading Bradley Reunion and Visit to the Snowflakes
If you are currently in the midst of infertility struggles, you may want to skip this post. As the title indicates, what I’m about to say is a shameful blessing in IF land.My arms are full of my beautiful 3 month old IVF miracle baby. If you are new to my blog…long story short: January of 08 we went to the dr. to inquire about donor sperm after NINE YEARS of trying to get pregnant with insemination. IVF was our best bet but completely out of our price range. Well, the dr. offered us a grant from
