July 2012 - Motherlode - The Network of Care

Bloomberg's ***-Feeding Nudge — or Shove

Starting in September, nurses in New York City hospitals will need to sign out formula like medication and give parents a mandatory talk on why *** is best. Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 31 2012 12:46 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, formula, Breastfeeding, Bloomberg bans large soda sales, Bloomberg, alissa quart

In Defense of Algebra

I'm so convinced that algebra is worthwhile that last year I enrolled my math-phobic self in my teaching colleague's Algebra I class. Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 31 2012 7:08 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, education, math, math and girls, Jessica Lahey, algebra

Olympic Parents: Who Sacrifices (or is Sacrificed) for Gold?

Do the parents of the youngest competitors deserve a medal of their own, or have some sacrificed their children on the altar of Olympic dreams? Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 30 2012 11:20 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Aly Raisman parents, olympics, olympics parents, Gabby Douglas parents

The Jock (and his Dad) at the Chess Board

Our son thought of himself as a jock, not a student-until he found chess. Read More...

Published Sun, Jul 29 2012 4:00 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, sports, sports parents, Chess, Rick Marin, expectations, I.Q. testing

Including the Child with Special Needs In the Birthday Party

"Do you," asked C., "invite the child with special needs to your child's birthday party? Do you let your child decide?" Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 27 2012 12:00 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Special-needs, birthdays, parental quandary

A Lost Child Rescues Himself

When my son was five years old, I dropped him off at a Seattle daycare center, not knowing it was closed for Good Friday. Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 27 2012 4:00 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, freerange parenting, free-range kids, freedom, letting go, day care, Candace Dempsey

Crying It Out

When my 7-month old suddenly began waking in the middle of the night again, I nursed her. But when her cry became a two-toothed grin upon seeing me, I suspected I was being played. Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 26 2012 7:00 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, babies, Sleep, crying, _featured, sleep training, cry it out, Elissa Weissman

The average American throws away 33 pounds of food a month. So why does Sesame Street needs to offer guidance for parents talking children who know that there isn't always enough food to feed their family? Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 26 2012 4:00 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Food, hunger, sesame street

For an Adoptee Parent, Breastfeeding as Revelation

I was the fourth generation in my birth family to be given away, and for me, breastfeeding is less "natural" than new. Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 25 2012 4:00 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Adoption, Breastfeeding, _featured, the Conflict, adult adoptees, are you mom enough

Letting a Daughter with Development Disorders Grow Up

I never worried about how I would learn to let go of my special-needs daughters, because I never expected to have the chance. Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 24 2012 4:00 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, teenagers, Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, leting go

My Post-Colic Stress Disorder

For the first four and a half months of his life, our son screamed nearly for hours a day. He's happier now, but I can't seem to shake our colicky past. Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 23 2012 4:00 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, babies, colic, crying, Gary Moskowitz, post colic stress disorder

Naming a Son for a Brother Who Died Young

For years, I knew exactly what I would name my first son: Kevin, in memory of my brother, who died in a car accident at age 23. Read More...

Published Sun, Jul 22 2012 4:00 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Names, babies, death, baby names, _featured, naming, Linda K. Wertheimer

Aurora and a Mother's Memories of Columbine

I was pregnant in 1999 and, without thinking, I can reel off the day I discovered I was having a boy. It was April 20, the day of the Columbine shooting. Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 20 2012 12:27 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, christina green, guns, Aurora, columbine, shooting

How 'Professional' Does a Day Care Center Need to Be?

Are the problems with a day care provider petty annoyances, or indicative of a big picture issue? Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 20 2012 9:37 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Child Care, day care, paretnal quandary

Rolling the Dice of a Genetic Legacy

IVF allows parents to screen embryos for the brittle bone disease my oldest child and I share, but we chose to take our chances instead. Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 20 2012 7:05 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, IVF, babies, genetic screening, Disabilities, Ellen Painter Dollar, brittle bone

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