In the News
Lending a Hulking Hand to Parents
Jul 12, 2010 | Filed Under: In the News | Tags: Weekly News Roundup
- If Barney doesn’t give your baby nightmares, these enormous, body-less hands — aka the “Zaky” infant pillow — groping him should do the trick! [Doula Shop]
- Great weekend for the white Jordan almond business, apparently: Carrie Underwood gets married. [People] As do Emily Blunt and John Krasinski [Us Weekly] And Martin Lawrence. [People]
- Why parents should wean babies from the bottle when they turn nine months old. Somewhere Suri is asking incredulously, “So you mean I shouldn’t be using the bottle at four years of age?! [CNN]
- Mom gives birth to twins weighing nearly 20 pounds combined. Holy cow — she was carrying the equivalent of an Olsen Twin! [AOL Health]
- Strange moments in celebrity parenting. A phenomenon as rare as catfights on reality television. [ABC News]
- Check out Gucci’s new children’s line. Because, really, what could be a better investment than a $200 tee your kid will outgrow next week? [Teeny Manolo]
Finally — Diapers for the Discriminating Derrière
Jul 1, 2010 | Filed Under: In the News | Tags: Weekly News Roundup
Cynthia Rowley designs stylish Pampers for Target, available mid-July. Because Elmo and Cookie Monster are tired of holding your baby’s mess! [Luxist]
Many parents are “oblivious” to overweight kids. We tried to reach one of these parents for comment, but they were too busy buying their kids supersized Big Mac meals to respond. [Newsweek]
Mel Gibson tells his baby mama, “You look like a f***ing pig in heat, and if you get raped by a pack of n***ers, it will be your fault.” Charming. [Radar]
Discovering your baby’s dominant sense – tactile, auditory, taste, etc. — can help you soothe him/her. For example, a taste of vodka can be highly effective — oh wait, no, that soothes me. [LA Times]
Parents defend 12-year-old’s bullying, sue school for punishing her. With role models like that, I can’t imagine how the girl developed such aggression? [Jezebel]
Katy Perry buys her mom a belated Mother’s Day gift: a face lift. Um… I hope her mom ASKED for one. [Sydney Morning Herald]
Being a Prude Could Kill You. More at Eleven.
Jun 25, 2010 | Filed Under: In the News | Tags: Weekly News Roundup
Dr. Oz: “Lack of sex could be killing you.” Nice try, buddy. I already fell for that line years ago — er, never mind. [AOL]
Parents’ brawl cancels kindergarten graduation in California. Sounds like somebody could use a time-out. And a Valium. [USA Today]
There’s now a keepsake case for positive home pregnancy tests. Because if anything deserves a pretty satin string purse, it’s a urine-soaked stick. (I’m totally getting one.) [Babble]
Lorenzo the Cat: Feline fashionisto and social networking star. Meanwhile, I can’t even get my cat to poop in the litterbox. [USA Today]
8,400 baby walkers recalled because they can fit through doorways and stairwells. Unlike, say, Kanye West’s head. [Chicago Tribune]
Mother of the Week so far: Video of a mom dirty dancing with kids, one of whom tries to stick money in her BELLY FLAB. Try as you might, you will not be able to look away. [YouTube]
Toddlers and Tiaras recap coming later today. It’s late, I know, but here’s a preview to tide you over:
Yes, she competes with 10-year-olds. It is AWESOME.
News Roundup: Yet Another Vitamin D Study; Brazilian Wax Gone Wrong; Warren Beatty’s Daughter’s Sex Change
Jun 18, 2010 | Filed Under: In the News | Tags: Weekly News Roundup
Now experts say babies get TOO MUCH Vitamin D. *Sigh* In related news, new Laughing Stork study reveals there are too many damn studies. [Babble]
Headline of the day: “Brazilian nearly cost me my nuts.” (Good! Now men understand what we go through.) [The Sun]
Party of Five actor Jeremy London‘s “bizarre tale of being kidnapped at gunpoint and forced to smoke crack has his family worried.” Yeah, that’ll do it. [E!]
Should parents be jailed when kids drink? NO, say parents of kids who drink. [NYT]
Warren Beatty and Annette Benning’s 18-year-old daughter, Kathlyn, is having surgery to become their 18-year-old son, Stephen. [Daily Mail]
Celine Dion’s son: the luckiest kid in Florida? Well, he’s earned it, considering how many times he’s surely had to suffer through “My Heart Will Go On.” [Teeny Manolo]
And They Say Today’s Youth Are Apathetic
Jun 16, 2010 | Filed Under: K-6,Kids,Weird But True
Boy Sets New Record for Most Underwear Worn
Key quote: “The day 10-year-old Jack Singer wore 215 pairs of tighty whitey underwear was the most exciting day of his life.”
Weekly News Roundup: Parents’ Guide to Karate Kid; Video Playdates; Sleep Sex
Jun 11, 2010 | Filed Under: In the News | Tags: Weekly News Roundup
Why teens don’t talk to parents about sex. I know why. ‘Cause, like, ew! [NYT]
9 things parents should know about Karate Kid. All I want to know is: Crane Kick or no Crane Kick? [Wired]
Do working moms = fatter kids? Gee, thanks, researchers. Because working moms don’t have enough guilt already. [CBS News]
Sexomnia: “Sex While Sleeping” condition studied. Also known as “The Only Kind of Sex That New Parents Have.” [LiveScience]
Teenager claims Jodie Foster assaulted him; Jodie Foster claims he was an aggressive paparazzo whom she barely touched. I think the kid should just be thankful she didn’t go all Hannibal Lecter on his ass. [E!]
Kids experiment with “video playdates.” At least parents don’t have to clean up toys afterward. [CNN]
Travel Advisory: Women Legally Required to Breastfeed Adult Males in Saudi Arabia
Jun 9, 2010 | Filed Under: In the News,Weird But True | Tags: International Relations
Tourism in Saudi Arabia is expected to grow since it’s been revealed that Saudi clerics advocate adult breastfeeding — that is, men drinking women’s breast milk to establish “maternal relations.”
Couldn’t they just establish “maternal relations” by having women wipe dirt from their faces with Mom Spit or have the women admonish them with a proper motherly phrase such as, “Because I said so!”?
I guess I should offer those brilliant ideas to Sheikh Al Obeikan, an adviser to the royal court and consultant to the Ministry of Justice, who set off this debate recently when he said on TV that women who come into regular contact with men who aren’t related to them ought to give them their breast milk so they will be considered relatives.
I don’t mean to be disrespectful, but I think somebody needs to give the sheik a lesson in how lactation works. One important fact: It doesn’t always work.
“The man should take the milk, but not directly from the breast of the woman,” Al Obeikan said, according to Gulf News. “He should drink it and then becomes a relative of the family, a fact that allows him to come in contact with the women without breaking Islam’s rules about mixing.”
Obeikan said the fatwa applied to men who live in the same house or come into contact with women on a regular basis, except for drivers.
Al Obeikan, who made the statement after being asked about a 2007 fatwa issued by an Egyptian scholar about adult breast-feeding, said that the breast milk ought to be pumped out and given to men in a glass.
However, his remarks were followed by an announcement by another high-profile sheik, Abi Ishaq Al Huwaini, who said that men should suckle the breast milk directly from a woman’s breast. Oh no. No, no, no, no, no.
Surprise, surprise: Shortly after the two sheiks weighed in on the matter, a bus driver in the country’s Eastern Region reportedly told one of the female teachers whom he drives regularly that he wanted to suckle milk from her breast. The teacher has threatened to file a lawsuit against him.
Under Islamic law, women are encouraged to nurse their children until the age of 2. It is common for sisters, for example, to breast-feed their nephews so they will not have to cover their faces in front of them later in life. The custom is called being a “breast milk sibling.” Breast milk siblings have to be breastfed before the age of 2 in five “fulfilling” sessions. Islam prohibits sexual relations between a man and any woman who breastfed him in infancy. They are then allowed to be alone together when the man is an adult because he is not considered a potential mate.
I can only imagine the cringe-worthy pick-up lines this news will encourage among male tourists.
Tastes Gweat, Wess Fiwwing!
Jun 8, 2010 | Filed Under: In the News | Tags: Parents of the Week So Far, Totally Sober
Continuing a proud tradition among illustrious Philadelphia sports fans, a young child was caught on camera drinking from a beer bottle at a Phillies baseball game last weekend.
The child, wearing a Phillies jersey, appears to be between three and four years old — in other words, way too old to be drinking from a bottle. That boy should be drinking his nine-dollar beer from a real cup by now! Geesh. Parents today…
This latest incident at the Phillies home ball park comes after two nationally publicized confrontations, where one fan vomited on six people — lovely! — while another fan had to be Tasered by Philadelphia police on camera. Never a dull, or well-mannered, moment at Philly games, that’s for sure.
Of course, with the way the Phils have been hitting lately, it’s never too early for a fan to start drinking.
