Comments for Rational Moms

Comment on Breast Milk in the News by Fiona

Fiona — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:38:04 +0000

In my grandparents time, people breast fed their friend children if they were looking after them.

Comment on Breast Milk in the News by Timothy Mills

Timothy Mills — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:21:51 +0000

While a lawsuit is completely out of proportion, I understand the horror. There is a deep cultural belief that mothers simply “know” their children – their cry, smell, and of course appearance.

The mother in this case believed that it was her child – a believe bolstered by the myth of infallible maternal intuition. When the mistake was revealed, she wasn’t just learning that she had inadvertently fed someone else’s child (a fact that may cause some discomfort, but probably not great consternation). She was also realizing that her “mommy instinct” was not as infallible as she’d been led to believe. This belief was tied to her identity as a mother. Naturally, she was deeply hurt – which probably motivated the extreme indignation that led to the lawsuit.

Of course, the solution isn’t to condone the lawsuit, but to tone down the rhetoric of mommy instinct. The fact is, you might not know your kid from another instantly. And that doesn’t make you a bad mother (or father – but we dads aren’t expected to have perfect intuitions). It just makes you human.

At least, that’s my take on it.

Comment on Breast Milk in the News by Tepary

Tepary — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:55:34 +0000

While I’m not sidling up to indulge in a little breastmilk myself, I wouldn’t have any kind of problem with having my child have the breastmilk of a friend, or for the time I was breastfeeding feeding a friend’s child

Comment on Super Baby Woo: Is Organic Baby Food Better? by Owen

Owen — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:49:44 +0000

Thiz is why I read http://www.rationalmoms.com. Surprising posts.

Comment on Try Reason, Not “Everything” by Helene

Helene — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:43:09 +0000

http://www.rationalmoms.com, how o you do it?

Comment on New Parenting Podcast: Podcast Beyond Belief by Jodi

Jodi — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:02:16 +0000

Looking forward to hearing it!

Comment on Dr. Sears Alternative Vaccine Schedule by Teenycakes

Teenycakes — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:29:45 +0000

There are many options out there, not just what we do in the US. For me, this year, that has meant waiting to vaccinate my newborn so that she was not exposed so heavily to the H1N1 outbreak we had locally in the drs office.

Other than that, I look outside the US where there is less monetary incentive to do this. I will likely be following a version of the schedule as done in Denmark.

Comment on The Paranormal Power of the Lady Parts by Jim

Jim — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:52:20 +0000

It is funny, but I’m concerned about the nomenclature. I don’t think she actually means “vagina” since that would mean all these men having a view of the inner canal of her lady parts. As awkward as it may be for her to sit nude in front of these men, having them able to see up in there seems to me awkward in the extreme and not really the kind of thing that might entice them to buy her hamburgers. I think she means simply her pubic area, not specifically her vagina.

Didn’t Kylie Sturgess (Podblack Cat) have a rant on this recently? I think it was her discussing the misuse of certain anatomical terms.

But yeah, a funny open letter to James Randi. Has he commented on it yet?

Comment on Let them play…without you by Sverre

Sverre — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:15:19 +0000

Coming from Norway, I’d like to point out that snow day is the perfect time for the kids to get out of the house and play!

Comment on New Parenting Podcast: Podcast Beyond Belief by jessie

jessie — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:32:19 +0000

Fantastic. I’m so happy you are doing this.