News that I’m officially studying for the IBCLC exam and that it is hurting my brain. In a good way.

A rare formula-focussed news roundup – don’t get too used to it.

The loss of our first mammalian pet – RIP Bubblegum Steve.

A big breastfeeding fail on a easy case.

Turning breastfeeding benefits on their head to remind us that breastfeeding is the biological norm – watch critically when you read the news.

I feel like maybe the universe is trying to show me something.First, a couple weeks ago, I was shocked and distraught to learn that a blogger, Emily McDonald, that I had been following for a long time was alledgedly purposely harming her fragile preschooler in a potentially fatal bid for attention (which all of us on the Internet had given her). Then a similar story came out about another blogger, Rebeccah Beushausen, who just made up her ‘sick baby’ story.This week, a fellow mom tweeter [...]

I’ve been thinking some more about good mothers, bad mothers and how you tell them apart. And why “bad mothering” gets a better rap in some circles than parents who are doing their level best. The Boring MotherShe will not play trains (despite having done so for hours this morning), she will not fill up the sand table with water and she insists that paint needs to be applied to paint brushes and to paper only. She sits at the kitchen table sorting papers that [...]

I’ve been preoccupied with a story this week – and I’ve been trying to decide what it means. For a long time, I’ve followed themcdonaldfive blog about a family with three kids, the youngest a medically-fragile, beautiful 3 year old. I’ve been reading vigilantly thorough the spring as little Dakota has had a string of health problems and things looked pretty dire. Then, the unthinkable happened: someone sent me this link. Emily Beth McDonald, 23, was arrested after allegedly smearing feces in her daughter’s central [...]