July, 2009 Archives
Posted by: , July 31, 2009 in 10:34 pm
When you first have kids, all you dream about as a parent, is for your kids to look up to you. You want to be able to set a good example; to be a?role model?of sorts. Maybe it’s an ego thing but it’s kind of like getting a second chance in life. It’s a second chance to be cool, if you were a nerd. It’s a second chance to be an athlete, if you weren’t so great at sports. It’s a second chance to be funny, if you weren’t exactly?Don Rickles. I mean, let’s be honest, our kids are a captive audience. For better or for worse, they are stuck with us. Living and learning from us is their birth right. We can be who we want to be and they have no choice in the matter. Our kids are completely susceptible to our?bullshit.
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Posted by: , July 31, 2009 in 5:54 pm
I’ve said before, that talking to your kids, guarantees you at least one smile per conversation. Now that’s an ROI you can take to the bank. If you don’t agree, than you either don’t have kids or you’re just a shitty parent. It’s also possible that you’re a boring son of a bitch. One of my favorite things in life, is having an in depth chat with my 2 1/2 year old daughter. Kids are so curious at that age. They also don’t have any concept of boundaries or appropriateness. Here’s our most recent exchange:?
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Posted by: Michael Sajkowicz, July 31, 2009 in 1:26 pm
Today’s top headlines for parents
Statistics are indicating that home births with a midwife are just as safe as hospital births.
After seven visits by child protective service since 2003 that lead to no action, a 10-year old boy finally took matters into his own hands and killed his father.
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Posted by: honestbaby, July 31, 2009 in 12:18 pm
ABC?s hit parenting show SUPERNANNY is looking for families!?
Are you fed up with your kids and had enough sassy back talk, disrespect and shenanigans? If you think your family could use a visit from America?s #1 nanny, Jo Frost, contact them now!?
Casting producers are visiting families for season 5. To apply to be on the show, nominate another family for the show or for more information, go to?www.supernanny.com, or?contact the casting department directly at?CNazzaro@ShedMediaUS.com?or?call (323)904-4680 ext.1061 and tell them that honestbaby sent you!
Posted by: Brittany, July 31, 2009 in 12:08 pm
My toddler was at the age (and I guess she still isn’t) where you can’t leave her in the room to watch TV by herself but she is too old to be strapped to a baby seat so I would super, baby proof the bathroom so I could take a shower and sing an interactive rendition of Ole’ MacDonald complete with asking her what animal was on the farm and have her tell me what they said so I could make sure she would be entertained, conscious and not have anything in her mouth. Man, you can shower FAST in a situation like that! 
Now, I give her a bottle, turn on Curious George, sit her on the couch with Bunny and set up baby gates so she can only go into the spare bedroom or the bathroom (and hope for the best!)
Posted by: Michael Sajkowicz, July 30, 2009 in 9:13 am
Today’s top headlines for parents
With her doctors expecting the worst, a mom makes a “miracle” recovery from the swine flu.
Sports medicine experts issue new guidelines to protect young athletes from heat-related injuries.
Newsweek looks at kidnap victims who have been lost… and found.
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Posted by: Michael Sajkowicz, July 29, 2009 in 9:53 am
Today’s top headlines for parents
Police admit that they missed many chances to rescue Jaycee Lee Dugard even earlier.
To protest their lack of hiring authority, NYC school principals are leaving 1,800 teaching jobs vacant instead of filling them with the almost 2,000 teachers already on the payroll but sitting idle without positions.
Mom gets jailtime for faking her daughter’s kidnapping and heading off to Disney World (and her father decides to beat up the press at the courthouse).
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Posted by: honestbaby, July 28, 2009 in 11:53 pm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BabySwede LLC of Cleveland, Ohio, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, is conducting a voluntary safety recall of the BABYBJ?RN? Babysitter Balance and BABYBJ?RN? Babysitter Balance Air, after small metal pieces were found in the padded section of the babysitter’s fabric seat. The recall to inspect the seat padding and attach an updated warning label covers 6,468 Babysitter Balances sold in the U.S.
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Posted by: Michael Sajkowicz, July 28, 2009 in 4:34 am
Today’s top headlines for parents
The CDC considers it vital that all pregnant women, of any trimester, and new parents get the swine flu vaccine for their own benefit as well as that of their children.
An illegal immigrant is facing the loss of her newborn baby after being labelled an unfit parent because she doesn’t speak English.
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Posted by: Michael Sajkowicz, July 27, 2009 in 8:53 am
Today’s top headlines for parents
President Obama wants to update and upgrade the Child Nutrition Act with additional funding and new guidelines.
Smart companies are starting early and getting in on the ground floor of school lunch reform.
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