January, 2010 Archives
Posted by: Shelley Gershoni Cekirge, January 30, 2010 in 2:02 pm
To me, the meaning of Valentine’s Day has morphed and changed over the years. From heart-shaped chocolate boxes and singing telegrams (I kid you not) to a bitter dismissal of it as a “Hallmark Holiday” to the current obligatory dinner out with my lovely husband at an over priced restaurant, the holiday seems an ever changing mirage. The only constant is that it is not a day that passes unnoticed. With another baby on the way it seems that perhaps the best way to celebrate love this year is to do something special with my daughter – of course I’m not one to pass up a fab dinner at a chic restaurant either.
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Posted by: Michael Sajkowicz, January 28, 2010 in 9:41 am
This week’s top news headlines for parents
The Sunday Best Edition – honestbaby is putting on its Sunday best today and presenting our most interesting and important news stories of the past week…
Pfizer won approval from the FDA for its Prevnar 13 vaccine that protects children against bacterial infections such as pneumonia and meningitis.
As one Philly school finds itself under investigation by the FBI, video surfaces of another school administrator bragging about using webcams to spy on students and even demonstrating how he does it.
Umbilical cord blood may help “repair” damage from low oxygen at birth:
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Posted by: Lenore Skenazy, January 28, 2010 in 5:54 am
Hi Folks and look! It’s the Itzbeen Baby Care Timer!
The “Itzbeen” is being touted as a multi-purpose nursery tool that helps new parents remember the basic details of baby care.
How long has it been since you changed your baby? Don’t go by smell or wailing — so old hat. Simply check your batttery operated, pocket-size “Itzbeen.” It’ll tell you how long!
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Posted by: Michael Sajkowicz, January 27, 2010 in 11:11 am
Today’s top news headlines for parents
As one Philly school finds itself under investigation by the FBI, video surfaces of another school administrator bragging about using webcams to spy on students and even demonstrating how he does it.
Don’t worry about the foul smell coming from that box of Girl Scout cookies, they’re still safe to eat (as if anyone is actually going to try them now).
New therapy may help autistic kids learn to speak:
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Posted by: Beth Harbison, January 26, 2010 in 6:51 pm
“I am completely serious, take the trash can off your head now.”
We were staying in an ornate suite in the New York Palace Hotel, which contained a glass-shelved bar and lots of fussy, fragile knick-knacks. My eight year old daughter had decided it would be fun to put a wastebasket on her head – a wastebasket that God-knows-how-many strangers had dropped, blown, spat, or otherwise expelled God-knows-what into – and walk around, a veritable bowling ball in a $900/night-plus-damages bowling alley.
It wasn’t the first time I’d been amazed at the things I’d said in the interest of educating and protecting my children. “Don’t run with scissors”? “Don’t play with matches”? Those ordinary gems were for other moms. Moms with normal children.
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Posted by: Jackie, January 26, 2010 in 5:39 pm
This is embarassing…I never, ever hit my daughters. When my oldest was little, we were at the mall and she kept trying to stand in her stroller. I gently tapped her bottom and told her “no, sit down.” An old man started yelling at me for hitting my baby. I only tapped her. I almost started crying right there. I would never hit my baby. I couldn’t believe that man felt the need to accuse me in public. I felt horrible all night.
Posted by: Michael Sajkowicz, January 26, 2010 in 9:51 am
Today’s top news headlines for parents
Attempting to “demystify” abortion by tweeting the details of her experience as she took RU-486, the morning after pill, a woman gets plenty of attention from supporters… and a few people who would like to kill her.
The staff of a Rhode Island high school that was fired en masse looks for a make-up examination of their schools drastic and dramatic action.
Maybe dirty dancing in front of students was not the best move?
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Posted by: , January 25, 2010 in 12:13 pm
I Hate You…
May I have candy?
You must first eat your supper.
You’re mean. I hate you.
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Posted by: , January 25, 2010 in 11:53 am
*To all of my lovely readers (I like pretending I have a whole flock of fans) please forgive the delay in writing!
I love browsing celebrity mom websites. The pages are full of photos of pretty, slim, fashionable moms who run businesses, act in movies, appear on Conan er, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and still have time to be caught by the paparazzi looking oh so casual chic (not to be confused with just plain “casual”) at the park with their kids.
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Posted by: Michael Sajkowicz, January 25, 2010 in 7:57 am
Today’s top news headlines for parents
Pfizer won approval from the FDA for its Prevnar 13 vaccine that protects children against bacterial infections such as pneumonia and meningitis.
The Assistant Vice Principal in the webcam spying case claims her innocence, sort of.
Challenge your child’s doctor:
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