This guy shares his worst nightmare- a mom nursing in public. There’s a little bit of a new twist though- the idea that breastfeeding creates entitled brats down the line, and that nursing mamas are comparable to guerrilla warriors. Ahh. Let me get this straight: I should provide my infant with substandard nutritional fare in [...]
Tag I’m it. . . .
Aleisha tagged me, thus giving me P.E. flashbacks that shake me to the core. I was rarely tagged, because once I became “it,” I couldn’t ever catch anyone, and the game pretty much petered out. My strategy was to bring a book, find a corner and hide. I preferred games that involved imagination and strategy- [...]
Good Job, good job!!
It’s reflexive. The child does something we like, it spouts out as easily as blood squirts from the brain of any random character in The Departed, and an inane “Good Job!” squirts out. It’s entrenched in our culture. “Catch your child doing good,” countless parenting and teaching articles advise. I have heard kids (including mine) [...]
Set my (a-hem) free
Archie’s at the naked stage of life- if he had his way, he’d be naked 24-7. While I’m pretty loose about dinner attire, I do think underwear is a bare minimum. Tonight, I took that stand. Me: Underwear required at the table. Archie: No. NO NO NO NOOOOOO! I want to be NAKED! Kevin: (eye [...]
Poor little Kitty
During playgroup a few weeks back a random dog wandered into my friend’s yard. Not wanting to further traumatize her kitty, who had recently endured the death of her sibling, she debated for some time over how to contain the lost dog until his owners came to claim him. Eventually, it was decided that the [...]
Yeah, we’re vegetarians.
Carter rigged up a stick to carry his buckets of water today in the yard. Wanting to acknowledge his innovation without reducing his intrinsic motivation, I commented. Me: Hey. Cool stick thing to carry your buckets. Carter: Yeah. Me: How’d you come up with that? Carter: It’s what the bloodthirsty meateaters use. Me: Huh? Carter: [...]
Update on McDonalds and Breastfeeding
The New York Times covered the Ronald McDonald House breastfeeding incident. Personally, I’m still not comfortable with the outcome. McDonalds insists that they support breastfeeding, and that she can nurse wherever she is, as long as she is “sensitive” to other people. In almost every case I can imagine, the benefit goes to the baby [...]