July 30th, 2012 
lcbaker 
Cosleeping is a controversial practice these days. You’ve probably heard the warnings: it will ruin your sleep, destroy your marriage, prevent your child from developing independence, and give your baby an oedipal complex. Not to mention raising the risk of SIDS, asphyxiation, and overlying. These accusations are untrue. Done properly, cosleeping can be very safe. Just like [...]
July 23rd, 2012 lcbaker 
Do you ever worry that the products you put on your body are giving you cancer, destroying the planet, and stealing your soul? No? Just me, then. I’ve been thinking a lot about the hidden dangers of beauty products. Not that I use beauty products, unless deodorant counts. I wear makeup once a week (on [...]
July 20th, 2012 lcbaker Have you ever noticed that there are a lot of baby things that everybody has that aren’t really that great? I’ve been noticing this a lot lately. Probably because deep down, I’m a sucker for peer pressure. I like to pretend I’m a trendsetter. But really, I want what everybody else has. I don’t know [...]
July 18th, 2012 lcbaker 
So. Kegels. They are weird. I have never been a fan. People just make such a big deal of them. They’re up there with mammograms and Pap smears on the list of things that women are supposed to do. But it doesn’t make sense to me. It seems like if something were so important, it [...]
July 11th, 2012 lcbaker 
Being a mother is painful. There’s pregnancy, for starters, which is awful, and labor, which is sometimes worse. And then there are long sleepless nights and the awful postpartum body and the constant worry that you’re doing everything wrong. But there’s something special about the pain of being bitten while breastfeeding a baby who’s just [...]
July 9th, 2012 lcbaker 
I’m far from an expert on fashion. Or shoes. But I’ve been thinking about shoes a lot lately, for two reasons. First, my daughter fell on the sidewalk and got huge scrapes on her knee and her elbow. This is a daily occurrence for most kids, but for my daughter, it’s a big deal. She [...]
July 5th, 2012 lcbaker My baby has started solids, and I’m realizing now why it’s hard for some families to maintain breastfeeding for a year. Both the AAP and the WHO recommend that breast milk or formula be the primary source of nutrition till age one, with solids serving only as a supplement. But some babies have different ideas. [...]
July 4th, 2012 lcbaker 
Happy Fourth of July! Independence Day is not my favorite holiday. For one thing, it’s not Christmas. (Hard for any holiday to compare to Christmas.) For another, it’s ridiculously hot in Georgia. And fireworks are loud and scary to babies. And if you go anywhere exciting to see fireworks, then traffic is a nightmare — [...]
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