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Are some places off limits for diaper changing?
Fri May 17, 2013
- I have 2 kids and when there is no changing table I would use a changing pad on the floor or go out to the car. In the eating area is not the place to change a diaper
Jolie's mastectomy decision leaves no place for judgment
Wed May 15, 2013
- I don't envy her the decision she had to make, but staring at 87% chance (even if the cure rate if caught early is high, you still have to go through the miserable experience of treatment and the cure rate is not 100%) and knowing you have 6 children, I think for her she made the correct decision. E …
When an uncommon name gets trendy: Leave my name alone!
Fri May 10, 2013
- My name is Jean. While not overly popular (I have only in my life met two other Jeans and a handful of Eugenes), apparently popular enough to be on things. When naming our kids, we wanted traditional, but not hugely popular (thus things like Michael and William out of the running). Given everyone wa …
'Pinterest stress' afflicts nearly half of moms, survey says
Sat May 11, 2013
- This is exactly the reason I never saw the appeal of pinterest. I don't feel the need to keep up with the Joneses or on up someone. I'd rather have my kids (who are 2 and 6) do something they think is fun. Yeah, it might be inspired by something elaborate, but if it ends up less than perfect, no big …
Microsoft retools Windows 8 to address gripes
Tue May 7, 2013
- I use my Start button all the time. If I want to open a new program, that's where I go to find it - since it shows the most recent and thus most frequent programs I use. If I want to open a file I worked on recently without having to open Word or Excel then finding the file, that's how I do it. I do …
Samsung Galaxy Mega phablets make iPhones look like Tic Tacs
Thu Apr 11, 2013
- I have an iPhone 4s. I like the size because I can easily put it in my pocket and use it one handed. For a phablet that approaches the size of my Kindle, that's bulky to carry around. And I would have to buy an earpiece if I wanted to use it for voice because you look like a moron holding something …
iTunes is out of date and out of touch — so what's next?
Sun Apr 7, 2013
- I don't particularly like the cloud. You have to have a good connection to the internet. And if you are out and about, you are paying through the wazoo for the data to stream something. And even at home, almost all ISPs have 'soft caps'. If you streamed every movie/TV show you wanted to watch, espec …
Kindergarten redshirting: One mom's dilemma
Mon Apr 1, 2013
- Naps are a pretty poor reason to redshirt your kid. My daughter's school gets out at 2:15. Plenty of time to nap if needed. She has an April bday and was a little socially immature, but school has helped her. It would be one thing to consider waiting a year if it was a September bday, but there are …
Rossen Reports: Kids can sleep through smoke alarms, experts say
Fri Mar 22, 2013
- I've seen this first hand. thankfully it was just a faulty smoke detector going off in the middle of the night - in the bedroom, not the hallway. But even as babies, with both my kids if we smoked the house out cooking, neither would wake up. Even if I had one with my voice, they wouldn't wake up. I …
New stroller-friendly policy means more babes on buses
Tue Mar 5, 2013
- When I lived in DC I would take my daughter on the Metro in her stroller. Granted I knew where in the car it would work to keep the stroller open and only did so outside of rush hour. No matter how big a pain, if it was rush, I folded it and I only ever took the umbrella stroller on the Metro. When …

Questions & Answers

Moms and dads fess up to having favorites
No
Wanted a girl, got boys: How one mom handled gender disappointment
No.
Letting older siblings name the new baby: Is it a do or a don't?
No
Chicago bans crib bumpers: Will you bump them out of your nursery?
No; they're not worth the danger.
'I'm too pretty to do homework so my brother has to do it for me'
It's offensive.
French lingerie line for little girls: Cute? Or creepy?
Inappropriate
Do your kids drink energy drinks?
No
- No soda, no juice, no energy drinks. I rarely drink soda myself. Just empty calories. When she's older, sodas for a rare treat.
Do you worry about your baby being too fat?
No, my baby is perfectly healthy
- He's breastfed and just right. DD was the same.
Should Scrabble be played by its original rules?
I think it’s a horrible idea. Scrabble is just right exactly the way it is. Why mess with it?
Would you let your child participate in a beauty pageant?
No. Beauty pageants objectify women and children and I don't want my child caught up in that world.
- Especially not one of those makeup ones. What parents do to this kids is creepy and they should not live vicariously. Get counseling folks

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