The days have been flying by. Work has been intense and the weekends packed even when we have little planned.

So it has been a long time since I have posted. Really it is only because I am stuck here at jury duty that I have a moment to write anything at all.

Theory has changed so much in the past few months. She is a big little girl now. While she has not gained a lot of weight, she has gotten thinner and longer. Still a little …

ACOG, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has asked for people to submit their unsuccessful homebirth stories in an effort to collect anonymous anecdotal evidence in their fight against the practice.

The homebirth community immediately responded by logging into the survey and listing positive homebirth stories. All the birth blogs have been soliciting people to log in and ruin the ACOG database.

Immediately, ACOG altered their site, limiting the access to ACOG members.

The events are illuminating.

For one, it demonstrates how partisan and …

Theory is a butterball that I could just eat. She smells like milk.  Her skin exudes the smell of breast milk as does her breath.  It is mesmerizing.
Researchers are now linking the scent of babies to the hormonal modification of their dads, lowering their testosterone and making them more responsive to the needs of the baby.  By triggering dads to lower their testosterone, it takes their minds off of sex and makes them more present for the baby.

On the one hand, no man wants to think of his testosterone levels …

A new play space is opening in Tribeca called Moomah (Chinese slang for “a mothering figure”).  It looks like it is going to be wicked cool.
Appropriately sophisticated for the urban-chic neighborhood where it is located, there will be printmaking and sculpting classes, a glow-in-the-dark yoga class, and storytelling.  While all rhetoric may appeal to the parents, at the end of the day, it is going to be a place for kids to do what kids do, play.
There will also be a café in the space as well once they work …