December 2013 - Motherlode - The Network of Care

The Dog Days of I.V.F. Doubt

Everything — from the dog we're dog-sitting pooping on the floor to that Argentine Coke commercial — makes me doubt whether we're going to be good parents. But we don't have the luxury of time to think about it. Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 17 2013 12:03 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, infertility, in vitro fertilization, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Babies and Infants, Fertility Diary

7 Reasons Not to Buy Your Child an iPad for Christmas

Santa is 100 percent not licensed to produce iPads or any brand-name electric devices — and with good reason. Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 11 2013 8:41 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Christmas, toys, gifts, iPad, Highlights, Tablet Computers

Will There Be ‘Too Much Stuff’ Under Your Tree?

Many families are looking for ways to stretch out the pleasures of Christmas morning without stretching their budget (or their storage space). Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 09 2013 8:10 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Christmas, toys, gifts, Winerip, Michael, Highlights, New Parent, Old Parent, Orderliness and Clutter

In Areas Where Children Die Young, Family Planning Is a Hard Sell

Many of the women who visit slum health-care facilities can't consider family planning until they're persuaded that the children they have will survive. Read More...

Published Sun, Dec 01 2013 5:16 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Babies and Infants, Children and Childhood, Birth Control and Family Planning, Highlights, Africa, Nairobi (Kenya), Kenya

Yorkshire Pudding, Once for Nine, Now for Four

A long-standing Christmas Eve family tradition changes as adult children don't come home for the holidays, but four parents celebrate for themselves. Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 24 2013 8:06 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Christmas, Children and Childhood, Highlights

Negotiating Pettiness and Heartache in the Modern, Blended, Non-Brady Family

Divorce, with shared custody, can feel like the wrong end of the Solomonic wisdom: you get half the child, I get half the child. But really, we ask our children to cut themselves in half. Read More...

Published Sun, Dec 22 2013 5:51 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Divorce, Separations and Annulments, Families and Family Life, Highlights

Talking Sex After Childbirth, and After Children

New research finds that both women and their partners experience desire for sex and intimacy differently after childbirth. Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 17 2013 8:59 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Sex, parenting, Research, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Babies and Infants, Saint Louis, Catherine, Highlights, University of Michigan

Would a South Korean Lars Peter Hansen Have Won the Nobel Prize?

Do PISA scores reflect what's good about education in the United States, or only what's not? Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 04 2013 12:41 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Tests and Examinations, Highlights, National Center for Education Statistics, Hansen, Lars Peter

Prenatal Depression: What I Didn’t Expect When I Was Expecting

Why were all the other mothers in my childbirth classes so much happier about their pregnancies than I was? Read More...

Published Sun, Dec 08 2013 5:34 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Mental Health and Disorders, Highlights

Weighing Cord Blood Donation Against Private Banks

Some private cord blood bank ads make you want to open your wallet and plead with them to save your child's life. Should you pay to preserve your child's cord blood? Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 10 2013 12:28 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Highlights, Transplants, Stem Cells, Leukemia, Blood Donation

My Half-Jewish Child Wants Christmas. I Don’t, Anymore.

For my entire Jewish childhood, I desperately wanted to celebrate Christmas. Now that I don't, my half-Jewish children have begun the cycle of begging for a tree. Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 18 2013 10:57 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Christmas, _featured, Children and Childhood, Jews and Judaism, Highlights

Charities That Inspire Kids: The Gift of Halloween

No one thinks about charity at Halloween, but organizations that serve families with children know there are children who are missing out on the fun. Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 30 2013 10:57 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Halloween, parenting, Families and Family Life, Philanthropy, Highlights

Pope Francis Encourages ***-Feeding Mother in a Public Place

At a moment when many might have agreed that a baby should be discreetly removed for feeding, Pope Francis encouraged the mother to nurse her child. Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 17 2013 2:17 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Breastfeeding, Babies and Infants, Religion and Belief, Highlights, Roman Catholic Church, Gibson, David, Francis

New Year, New Round of I.V.F., New Attitude

When a healer told me my fear of motherhood was getting in my way, I reached out to friends for positive thoughts on parents and children to replace my colder experience. Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 30 2013 5:19 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, in vitro fertilization, Babies and Infants, Fertility Diary

The Birth Parents Move In

I didn't think I could lie in my warm apartment, my daughter sleeping next to me, knowing that her birth parents were struggling to keep warm and dry. Read More...

Published Thu, Dec 26 2013 7:55 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Christmas, Adoptions, Homeless Persons, Highlights

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