“These worries that we have are so rare,” says Christie Barnes, mother of four and author of The Paranoid Parents Guide. “It’s like packing a snow shovel in case it snows in Las Vegas.” Based on surveys Barnes collected, the top five worries of parents are, in order: Kidnapping School snipers Terrorists Dangerous strangers [...]
1 “We know what shape, sizes and consistencies pose the greatest risk for choking in children and whenever possible food manufacturers should design foods to avoid those characteristics, or redesign existing foods when possible, to change those characteristics to reduce the choking risk,” said Dr. Gary Smith, immediate-past chairman of the American Academy of [...]
Recently, as in on Christmas Eve, my wife’s 19 year old step-sister told her mother that she was, “later than she had ever been.” This prompted a Christmas day trip to Walgreens, the purchase of a pregnancy test, a positive result from that, trip to the doctor, blood test, and another positive result. Yay! [...]
This picture is now almost a week old, but who really cares. The facts are these: Kieran is not quite 7 months old, Kieran is crawling everywhere, and Kieran is pulling himself into a standing position. Phenemonal! Scary! Scarenemonal!
Two nights ago, he figured it all out. Now, he is mobile, and on a true path of destruction.
