Archive for July 2008
Poor babies.
Posted by: 1wmcaw on: July 26, 2008
Sorry I’ve been gone a while! Life is just throwing me curveballs at the moments. One of these days, I’ll get back on top. Until then, I guess I’ll just be a bit hit or miss
I stumbled across the most upchuck worthy site on the Internet today. A forum where women willingly post [...]
More from the Mommy Wars
Posted by: 1wmcaw on: July 14, 2008
(LifeWire) — When Christine Durst, 45, had her first child in 1987, she received a package from her boss while recuperating in the hospital. But instead of a baby gift, she found something else: year-end tax forms to complete.
“My son lay sleeping in his bed next to mine while I toiled away in the [...]
Terror Watch List: Are you on it?
Posted by: 1wmcaw on: July 14, 2008
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department’s former top criminal prosecutor says the government’s terror watch list likely has caused thousands of innocent Americans to be questioned, searched or otherwise hassled.
Former Assistant Attorney General Jim Robinson would know: He’s one of them.
Robinson joined another mistaken-identity American and the American Civil Liberties Union on Monday to urge [...]
How much does Formula cost?
Posted by: 1wmcaw on: July 12, 2008
“…an annual range in formula costs between $648 for a store brand and $2,800 for Nutramigen, a [hypoallergenic] formula.” —The San Diego Breastfeeding Coalition, 2001
“One study found the average additional healthcare cost for formula-fed infants ranged between $331 and $475.” —Ball, 1999 (Imagine how much it must be now!)
“…there are five manufacturers of infant [...]
Down the drain
Posted by: 1wmcaw on: July 12, 2008
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This may be a little melodramatic, but I’m feeling rather down and it seems the world is headed that way too.
Iran is allegedly testing missiles. The stock market took a big hit due to a huge bank going under. There are sickos in the world digging up corpses and violating them. Not to [...]
Wanna be truly happy? Don’t have kids!
Posted by: 1wmcaw on: July 2, 2008
An excerpt from NEWSWEEK:
Today, we have kids more for emotional reasons, but an increasingly complicated work and social environment has made finding satisfaction far more difficult. A key study by University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Sara McLanahan and Julia Adams, conducted some 20 years ago, found that parenthood was perceived as significantly more stressful in the 1970s [...]
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