Yep, we’ve been listening to tons of Christmas carols around here, especially of the Sufjan Stevens variety. Man, the guy can sing some pretty songs. And of course, they are super religious.
I feel better about the carols than I do about Santa, actually. Unlike a lot of atheists, I didn’t have to [...]
Of course we’re telling our kid there’s a Santa. We don’t have to really deal with it this year, because he’s only six months old. But yeah, we’re on the Santa bandwagon. And it’s a little weird, because we’re telling him some pretty irrational things for parents who consider themselves rational. [...]
I thought I’d briefly share some thoughts after our five-month-old son’s first visit to the emergency room. He had an attack of croup Friday night. Well, really, it was early Saturday morning, and we had to drive over to the ER at 2:30 a.m.
I must admit I’ve had a lot of trouble approaching this post. So maybe it’s best to just come right to the point: I’m a diehard breast feeder myself, but I dislike the way formula is demonized.
I love nursing, and I’ve really enjoyed that aspect of being a mom. I have not [...]
There’s a great local legend where I live, in the Los Angeles area. A local restaurant serves a salad that is supposed to make overdue women go into labor. It is called “The Salad.” And it’s delicious. Even if you are not expecting a baby, I recommend it! The restaurant [...]
This is a really great site full of tons of information. Their mission:
STATS is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization affiliated with the George Mason University. Our mission is to improve the quality of scientific and statistical information in public discourse and to act as a resource for journalists and policy makers on scientific [...]
Nancy McDermott wrote an interesting and enlightening piece about the BPA scare.
Some highlights:
…the story’s grip on the public imagination suggests that there’s more going on here. It is not that the facts are unavailable or that parents and journalists are incapable of grasping them. It’s more that it never occurs to them to be critical. [...]
Steven Levitt, of Freakonomics, gave a fascinating talk about car seats. Apparently, for kids over the age of two, car seats don’t really work much better than the regular old seat belts that are in our cars—free!
I’m a huge fan of Levitt, and getting to see him, in all his nerdly lispiness, is really a [...]