By Jeanne Gyr Meet my son, the pineapple. It’s just about the only thing he eats. My boy, who was so big in the womb that he had to be air lifted out of it, is now my house’s finickiest eater. He’s a healthy weight, thanks to the boulder-thick thighs he […]
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Interview With Doctor Whose Viral “Dry Drowning” Post Caused Backlash: What You Should Know
The summer months are usually a time that we unfortunately hear about children dying from being left in cars during high temperatures, but earlier this month, parents everywhere were shocked and saddened to hear about the rare and tragic passing of a 4-year-old boy from Texas named Frankie Delgado III. […]
Parents Found Guilty in Death of Baby Fed Diet of Strictly Vegetable Milk
A Belgian court has found the parents of a 7-month-old baby who died after being fed a diet of vegetable milk guilty of his unintentional death. The court charged them with a six month suspended sentence. Baby Lucas — who weighed just 9.5 pounds at the time of his death […]
The Long Wait For Everything To Be Okay
By Jen Gregory of The Runaway Mama Dr. V. wore a pinstripe collar shirt and a light gray tie with small brown dogs printed all over it. It matched his personality. During my son’s assessment, he laughed at all his jokes and answered every one of his questions, even the […]
The Cussing Hormone
By Shelby Spear of shelbyspear.com So I don’t swear. Often, anyway. Except for the 3rd week of the month, give or take a week, or on overlapping weeks, depending on the almost always irregular occurrence of the thing women should never ever have to deal with once the prospect of […]
CODE BROWN: The Jelly Bean Incident
By Katey DiStefano of The Mother Octopus Long before our girl Oprah was doing yoga in a black spandex onesie on her lawn, I was on Weight Watchers. I loved it because I was on a diet but I could still have junk food. I was like a CIA operative when […]
Text Program Helps Kids In Need Find Free Meals This Summer
Summer is upon us and the kids are out of school. Can I get a HALLELUJAH!? While many of us are more than happy to trade homework for lazy days in the sun, there are some kids who will miss the consistency and structure of the classroom, or even the […]
Want to Know Exactly When You’ll Die? This New Technology Can Tell You
Being able to predict the future is a characteristic of many a sci-fi story. And thanks to artificial intelligence, we are now able to predict with astounding accuracy how much longer a person has to live, says Nature.com’s Scientific Reports. According to the good people over at IFLScience.com, who generously […]