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Technically this was insomnia, but it didn't occur until 4:30 am, so I think I just took the melatonin early. I do feel well-rested.
I found the explicit/intentional walking away from wailing part of sleep training pretty easy, though my wife hated it. I suppose that makes me the moral monster in the relationship. I'm still pretty good at letting him cry for a while in the hopes that he goes back to sleep. It usually works!
Parenting-trolls are the worst trolls of all.
Also, I'm up (relatively) early because we're transitioning into daycare this week, where the expensive and yet marginally-paid caregivers will be responsive in some slightly different way than we are! Again, we must be monsters for subjecting him to this.
My least favorite book ever had all these diagrams you were supposed to fill out to get to know your baby's sleep habits. In the very last chapter, they dealt with extenuating circumstances. There was one paragraph dealing with "What if you work outside the house?" and their answer was something like "Then you'll have a tough time doing all these absolutely necessary steps, won't you." Except more politely.
Mara is finally learning to sleep by herself through the night consistently, though not to fall asleep on her own yet. (It's a catch-22 because she won't do it until we leave her alone but if we leave her alone, she's unsupervised at Prime Pica Time, whereas if one of us rocks her she's able to ignore or overcome her urge to chew.) Broken babies can grow up to be pretty awesome, not that I recommend neglectful insecure attachment as a parenting strategy.
As far as shaken babies go, though, something I find scary, we were taught that the signs a baby may have been shaken or otherwise abused in usual ways are TEN-4 acronym's suggestions: bruises on the torso/trunk, ears, or neck in a child under 4 years and any bruising at all before 4 months.
What does extensive baby crying signal? It shows the lack of experience, knowledge and/or support of the baby's caregivers.
Colic is the baby's way of saying you're not supportive enough!
(And duh, of course you lack knowledge. If you knew why the thing was crying, maybe you could get it to stop.)
I often feel alarmed by advice like the bit of first-person in the second link about how, when one is really at the very end of one's rope with the baby, and simply cannot take it any more, one must finally break down and ask one's male spouse for help. Like, I thought about shaking my baby or smothering her, but then, I thought, no, there is another slightly less awful last resort.
I thought, no, there is another slightly less awful last resort.
Let the father take the rap for shaking or smothering it.
What does extensive baby crying signal?
A baby?
Extensive information content signals have entropy, extensive baby crying signals a banana.
On the topic of parenting in general, I went to my first playgroup this weekend because on a recent thread several of you said you'd managed to meet people that way. It's a monthly meetup for gay parents and the adult chat was mostly about how the various families were built, which is a little odd but whatever. It does mean that on the way home I had my first substantive conversation with Nia about where babies come from, but she was only interested in hearing about how surrogacy works.
Remember, kids aren't really prone to crying because on the veldt they would have been eaten by lions if they cried all the time (yes you slackers who don't click links, it says this). And god, the addendum.
ADDENDUM: I was raised in a middle-class family with a depressed mother, harsh father and overall emotionally unsupportive environment--not unlike others raised in the USA. I have only recently realized from extensive reading about the effects of early parenting on body and brain development that I show the signs of undercare--poor memory (cortisol released during distress harms hippocampus development), irritable bowel and other poor vagal tone issues, and high social anxiety.
Seriously, irritable bowel?
Hey why have a number of my friends taught their kids a rudimentary sign language? Is it so they won't have to tolerate not having things before they have speech to ask for them or is it supposed to jump-start language learning, a thing that happens on its own without intervention? I think I am not presenting this trend in a favorable light.
14 is your friendly resident parenting-trend-in-non-favorable-light-presenter.
We did some of the sign language, for the former reason.
I'll just note here that our current baby is the easiest baby I've ever heard of which probably means she's doing to be doing drugs as a teen or something.
It sometimes helps facilitate super frustrating interactions, because the older baby wants something specific and the parent is dancing around like a monkey trying to figure it out. They can sign "food" before they have the mouth/throat coordination to say it out loud. Or "hot" if the food is too hot - useful.
13: I was raised in a middle-class family with a depressed mother, harsh father and overall emotionally unsupportive environment As you can see, it has turned me into a total asshole.
Yeah, a lot of kids have a fairly long period where they have things they want to intentionally communicate before they have much expressive language -- the year or so from ten months or so on to two-ish can be like that. You get some very entertaining games of baby-charades out of a kid in that stage trying to convey something like "The ball I was playing with rolled under the couch, can you get down here and fish it out with your giant arms, Mommy?" But purposefully teaching kids signs for that period is a thing people do.
We never did -- both of mine talked very early (and incessantly) and weren't much with the manual dexterity, so it didn't make sense. All my experience of baby-mime is with other people's kids.
16: Alternatively, my oldest child, who was the easiest baby ever seen in my circle of friends/family, has grown into the easiest teenager to parent imaginable. Never had to be disciplined for anything (I'm absolutely not kidding about that: anything, ever, and he's about to turn 16), on track to be valedictorian, and a two-sport athlete. Which, of course, tricked me into following him up with two normal children whose main goal in life is to push boundaries until their parents snap. I had such a high estimation of my calm and efficient parenting skills, and Jesus Christ has my daughter ever wrecked that delusion. Turns out I'm a short-tempered shouter, much like her.
Yeah, mine aren't nearly as saintly as Apo's eldest, but they were both well on the easy side of the spectrum as babies, and are now on the very easy side as older kids.
I've really liked baby sign language. My friends' kids tend to know a few signs ("more", "all done", "drink"), and it's really helpful because signs are easier than trying to figure out what someone else's toddler is trying to say. Plus, when you do figure it out, they get really happy.
Most parenting books are insane. I think the requirements for getting a book contract have to be first and foremost, no understanding of statistics or probability, and second, some kind of mental health or personal trauma issue that one is going to work out by providing bad advice.
Wow, I had missed the addendum. It totes sucks that her mom was so selfish as to be depressed.
providing bad advice
And a flip side of the horrible-parenting-book issue is that kids are awfully adaptable and resilient, so very little of the advice is actually importantly bad; whatever you end up doing with your kid, within a plausible range of making sure they're fed, warm, and not injured, they'll most likely be all right. Meaning that someone just making up random parenting advice is mostly not doing any harm (if you don't count driving the parents loopy) and won't get any meaningful negative feedback.
I have no idea what drives him. God knows neither of his parents were well-behaved or high achievers. Sometimes you just get lucky, I guess. Noah has settled into a fairly manageable kid, but man, Cassie is going to put me in an early grave. If the first 5-1/2 years presage her teenage years at all, I'm in for a world of hurt.
I think the requirements for getting a book contract have to be first and foremost, no understanding of statistics or probability, and second, some kind of mental health or personal trauma issue that one is going to work out by providing bad advice.
This makes writing a parenting advice book sound so tempting!
Given the babysplosion, I should put in a plug for literally Dr Spock's Baby And Child Care. Not most of the book, which I ignored, but he had a great appendix of diseases/injuries/conditions that might apply to your baby, and why not to worry about most of them -- very clear. In the first couple of months, I spent a fair amount of time flipping through it for symptoms, and figuring out that whatever it was wasn't a problem.
I think it was unimaginative a couple years ago who pointed out that the adoption advice is kind of the flipside of the SWPL advice. Your soon-to-be adopted child is resilient and will overcome a rough start if there was a rough start! You will be fine!
24: I count it as bad advice if it makes a mother irritated for no reason, even if the kid ends up fine. I got yelled at over Christmas by all my female relatives for picking up my fourteenth-month-old cousin. She's twenty pounds! I did not need to be yelled at.
Yelled at why? Because you can't lift things in your delicate condition?
Oh, the books are stupid and bad, but they don't produce the sort of bad outcomes that would let you identify them as stupid and bad, because they annoy the parents rather than damaging the kids all that much.
My office had a move when I was in my eighth month with Newt, and I got yelled at repeatedly for lifting file boxes. No one who objected had an answer when I asked "So, is someone else going to move these for me?"
not to worry about most of them
This is possibly the most useful parenting skill you can acquire. 99% of your visits to the doctor will be either "give them Tylenol and fluids" or "yeah, that will go away in a couple of days". Followed by your co-pay and you catching the RSV that's crawling on everything in the waiting room.
29: Yes. If lifting 20lbs were all it took to lose the baby, we wouldn't be having an abortion debate.*)
*really don't recommend pointing this out at Christmas. fyi.
*really don't recommend pointing this out at Christmas. fyi.
Interesting point—say more?
I have a nearly seven month old baby and have been going through all of the ridiculousness one would expect of me in trying to get him to sleep. I can't stand to let him cry. He spends about half the night in his crib and half the night curled up with me like a baby gorilla.
That is the exact same argument I use about yoga! Really, if there were a particular way you could hold your body such that it would cause pregnancy loss, even if it had to be done at a very precise moment in pregnancy, don't you think people would have figured it out by now, given how very much lots of people want not to be pregnant?
It's true, people have figured everything out about all subjects in which they are interested.
In keeping with my 'don't worry about it' theme, don't worry about it. Whatever it takes to keep yourself sane, sleeping with you won't do him any harm at all.
36: Yoga, I wouldn't worry about miscarrying, but I might worry about you hurting yourself. With all the loosened ligaments and such, wouldn't there be an increased risk of sprains and the like? But I'm sure trained yoga people know what the risks are.
If I knew what it took to make me sane, this would be a different life. I'm trying to perfect the position in the arm chair in which he and I can both stay asleep. He's always super happy in the morning; I am happy about half the time.
There are special yoga-for-the-gravid classes and whatnot.
The other reason to do baby sign language is that babies are really cute when they sign.
Sometimes called "prenatal yoga", which is strange, because in most cases the practitioner has already been born.
35: My baby is that age and we successfully sleep-trained him about two months ago. With my sample size of 1, I deeply recommend getting over "can't stand to let him cry" for long enough to do the progressive-waiting thing (aka Ferberizing).
40: This too shall pass. Sleep deprivation is awful, but it lasts a limited amount of time.
Reaching back into the mists of time for things that helped... will he tolerate staying in the crib if he's got your hand through the bars? If you can get him to go out like that, it's easier to sneak your hand away from a sleeping baby than it is to put a baby that's gone to sleep in your lap down. Everything depends on the individual kid, of course, so there's a good chance this won't be any use.
I am taking an online CLE course in which a woman is explaining to me that the amount of alcohol in a drink does relate to its ability to get you drunk.
44 me. Not sure what happened to the signature there.
39: From this blog about alignment that I have been obsessed with recently:
The hormone relaxin inhibits uterine contraction, increases the length of the interpubic ligament, and softens the cervix. It does not increase the laxity of the joints nor affect the whole body, making pregnant women more susceptible to joint injury. About 30 years ago, it was hypothesized that pregnancy hormones created an all-over joint hypermobility, a notion widely spread in the 1980s. More recent research has shown that there is NO CORRELATION between pregnancy hormones and joint mobility.
Lots of the advice about yoga during pregnancy is, unsurprisingly, really fucking annoying. "No balance poses, you might fall over!" No actually, I'm going to do balance poses especially a lot, because it seems pretty useful to me to keep on top of the way your center of balance is changing.
I suppose this is good information for a lawyer to know and that I could do worse than having an excuse to read unfogged while a lady tells me that drinking gets you drunk.
Thanks LB. I could try reaching my hands through the bars. He goes down fairly easily once he's asleep, but when he wakes up, he wants to be a baby gorilla again. I actually don't mind sleeping with him so long as I can sleep too.
I guess that's about as redundant as this CLE about getting your clients drunk.
39: With all the loosened ligaments and such
One of my hippie-mama friends claims to have cured herself of chronic pain/orthopedic injury from old snowboarding wipeouts by repositioning various bones and ligaments and stuff while she was pregnant. (She accompanied this anecdote by doing a series of movements meant to convey moving her pelvis around inside her, that looked like a particularly inept version of popping and locking.)
48.1: Huh. Who knew - I thought that increased joint mobility in late pregnancy was uncontroversial medical knowledge. I admit that I didn't notice any increased limberness at all, but I'm so stiff generally I thought it just didn't work on me.
Good to learn that one was nonsense.
I'm not trying to be catty. I really am listening to a CLE on being responsible in serving alcohol in your office. And am low on sleep.
Except for 37, nothing you've said seems catty to me. And even there, I excuse it because it was funny.
I actually don't mind sleeping with him so long as I can sleep too.
Yeah, I had a month or so when Sally was maybe eighteen months old when I was sleeping on the floor of her room next to her bed, with her holding on to my hand. Not ideal, but I was getting a night's sleep. I think I had one of those foam camping pads, whatever you call them.
Thanks Annelid. I'm trying to be pleasant again.
I wouldn't mind sleeping on the floor. We have a couple yoga mats I could use. So I think I'll try that. This thread has dovetailed to a lovely conclusion and now all that's left to do is hours of sexual innuendo.
Who has a recipe for cooking big baguettes?
56: Sir Cooks-a-Lot
You know what they say about men with big baguettes.
They have big pizza stones.
They can feed a whole village if Jesus is talking.
The closer and closer it gets to birth the happier I am that I had some* new-born baby experience with my little brother. Because half the time I'm reading books with 'advice' and thinking, 'aye, right, are you fucking insane?'
Hopefully the insouciance I am sort of faking won't turn back and bite me on the arse.
* quite a lot, but it was 20 years ago.
It's like riding a bicycle. Buck was in roughly your position -- spent a lot of newborn time with cousins and his oldest niece when he was in his late teens -- and all the skills came back and were a great deal of help, especially considering that I'd hardly met a newborn before we had ours.
Yeah. It helps that I did some of his care from when he was a couple of weeks old, and a lot from when he was a couple of months. My mum couldn't afford to (or somehow didn't want to) take full maternity leave, so went back to work insanely early. And she worked shifts, so I'd come in from work, collect him from the child-minders, and have him either all evening, or all night depending on her shifts.
So, while I forget some of the details and I'm sure I'll be discombobulated when he (the baby) turns up, I'm not scared of dropping them, changing nappies, bathing, bottle-feeding, burping, or whatever.
You want to watch out for bicycles biting you in the ass.
I should put in a plug for literally Dr Spock's Baby And Child Care
How do people feel about the Sears book?
I'm not scared of dropping them
My sister's pediatrician routinely greeted her with "have you dropped your baby yet?" until finally she came in and said yeah, he rolled off the couch.
65: It's a huge guilt trip along exactly the lines addressed in the OP -- unless you devote every fiber of your being to anticipating the baby's every need before the baby even twitches, you're breaking its brain. Ideally, the baby should be duct-taped to you at all times. You want a moment to breathe for yourself? You're a monster.
If you're completely immune to be being bothered by that kind of guilt-tripping, I thought the practical advice was pretty good as they go.
The second link in the OP is to Babycenter, which is so much saner than What to Expect. (Babycentre is even saner, esp. on the topic of alcohol consumption, unsurprisingly.)
What to Expect is really charming in the updates for dads, every other one of which contains the phrase "who knows? You might get lucky!" The What to Expect dad is this poor, confused, priapic beast who doesn't understand what's happening to his mate and just wants to poke her.
If you're completely immune to be being bothered by that kind of guilt-tripping
I must be, because I've been skimming and mostly just appreciating the practical advice and thinking, "my, you people have a lot of children."
The What to Expect dad is this poor, confused, priapic beast who doesn't understand what's happening to his mate and just wants to poke her.
I can't possibly relate to this.
65: No one wants to hear about my issues with the book anymore, but really they revolve around his mommy drive-bys and ideology. A lot of his practical advice seems fine -- when to worry about a fever, what to do if the kid isn't pooping, etc.
(Also, he has perhaps recently taken steps to separate his empire from his son's loathsome anti-vaxxing empire, so props to him if true.)
just wants to poke her
Facebook is everywhere.
re: 68.last
Everyone knows men are incompetent fools, completely under the thrall of their base desires. See, every advert not for cars, alcohol, or aftershave, ever.
69: The guilt-tripping is pretty specifically aimed at the ladies, so this makes sense.
74: I may be closer to the W2E dad than I want to admit.
I've really liked baby sign language. My friends' kids tend to know a few signs ("more", "all done", "drink"), and it's really helpful because signs are easier than trying to figure out what someone else's toddler is trying to say. Plus, when you do figure it out, they get really happy.
I've had the same experience with my nieces & nephew and some of my friends' kids.
It's also really fun (for you and them) to do signs that aren't strictly utilitarian, like "party" and "power to the people." Oh, how I wish we had taken video.
When she was 2 or so, we taught the oldest one to run through "I love you" in ASL, hang 10, rock-n-roll, and hook 'em horns. Obviously this had nothing to do with communication and was purely for our own amusement.
I liked the Penelope Leach book a lot.
Oddly enough, as the kid's gotten older, I've had no desire whatsoever to even look at parenting books. Maybe once they get language their problems start to feel too unique and specific for general advice books to be of much use, or maybe it's just that the baby books were so useless I feel burned.
The What to Expect dad is this poor, confused, priapic beast who doesn't understand what's happening to his mate and just wants to poke her.
And needs to be reminded not to get upset that his wife might (might!) be gaining weight. I laughed heartily at that part.
Friends of mine have a three-and-a-half-year-old son O., who has CP. He doesn't vocalize much but he knows about 200 signs. I was hanging out with him yesterday at Mrs. K-sky's baby shower and his mom asked me to watch him for a while. He was signing something very vigorously and I had no idea what & felt like I really needed to step up my game. (It turned out to be "boy" -- another friend had her 12-y-o son in tow, who O. wanted to play with.)
Fortunately he was adequately entertained by BALLOON FIGHT so it was only frustrating for me.
23: we sometimes talk to our kids about our emotional lives: about whether we're in a good mood or a bad mood, and why; about how dealing with aging parents (their grandparents) is difficult and sometimes makes us sad; about how going to work can be a pain in the ass but also rewarding, but that the pain the ass part sometimes leaves more obvious marks than the rewarding part.
We didn't begin doing this consciously, and we have couple friends who are very put off by it: "Aren't you worried that they'll feel insecure if they think you're depressed or something?" I suppose that's possible, but I'm not convinced. Of course, I'm also not convinced that we're doing much good. Our kids certainly don't seem more attuned to our humanity than other people's kids do.
I do, though, think my mom was onto something when she regularly told us -- my sister and I, that is -- that the statute of limitations on parental crimes would expire on our thirtieth birthdays.
39: I chatted with my midwife about the extreme caution common to almost all prenatal exercise recommendations. (You could go for a walk! Okay, but what if I want exercise.) She says that most of the recommendations are conservative, because there's not much research on intense exercise during pregnancy. Why? Because only one in five women is exercising regularly when she gets pregnant. And one could see how a new motivation to be Healthy and Good could lead to injury in someone not accustomed to exercise. She said just to pay attention to how I felt and that it wasn't a time to push it and to back off if there were problems.
So I've basically done what feels comfortable. I had to stop running at about eight weeks (too much pain, and to be fair, I'm not a big fan of running), but I did elliptical (yawn) and weightlifting (squats and deadlifts at about 40% of capacity, free weights and core exercises) until about 24 weeks, and now as I don't fit into any of my workout clothes and my hips feel like they're really only loosely attached (maybe there's no extra laxity but man things are not feeling like they're in the right place), I'm swimming and doing bodyweight strength training and prenatal vinyasa yoga DVDs.
41: You have to watch with prenatal yoga though as a lot of it is geared toward sitting and thinking happily about your baby, which is all well and good but not always best for getting a workout.
With tree pose, of course. If your balance is off, then you need to retrain it safely to prevent falls. That is what tree pose is for!
On attachment parenting generally, while the guilt-tripping is evil, I do think that the general principle of "Surrender completely and do whatever the baby wants", to the extent that it's practical without making yourself miserable, is actually easier on the parents than the reverse style of guilt-tripping where you get told that if you don't have the baby sleep-trained and on a rigid feeding schedule ASAP you're damaging it. I mean, total surrender works for babies under a year or so rather than older kids who you do have to set some limits for, and has to bow to the demands of adult life like work and remaining sane and all that, but where you can, I think it's less of a strain on everyone than the alternatives.
YMMV, of course.
kids are awfully adaptable and resilient, so very little of the advice is actually importantly bad; whatever you end up doing with your kid, within a plausible range of making sure they're fed, warm, and not injured, they'll most likely be all right
Alternatively, everyone is fucking up their children in roughly equivalent amounts.
Apo excepted.
The ways in which you are screwing up parenthood are far too individualized to be addressed by any one book. You should probably start paying attention to a more diverse set of criticisms.
I've written presidentially about my brother and his wife and family before. (Ie he deletes my phone calls from his phone log, etc.) This isn't exactly a continuation of that, but somewhat.
Nothing makes them more pissed off than something along the lines of "kids are resilient, do your best" or "it will come out in the wash (figuratively)". They will argue you to the death that NO EVERY FUCKING DETAIL IS OF EXTREME IMPORTANCE. This makes vacation planning really awesome because cutting corners on parenting never ever figures in to coordinating with other families in a temporary, travel situation.
86: I did find myself explaining the Biggie Smalls/Tupac feud while driving my kindergartener to school the other day after a song came on the satellite radio. Then this morning over breakfast, she began singing "Biggie Biggie Biggie can't you see / Sometimes your words just hypnotize me / And I just love your sexy ways / That's why [unintelligible] paid." Followed by: "Mom, did you know Notobolous B.I.G. got shot?"
I think for them to really prove their point they need a control kid they can screw up and a kid where they focus on every fucking detail.
I guess 83 is right but I really have seen a few parents who seem to have been really fucked up by excessive attachment parenting. Of course maybe if it hasn't been that something else would have fucked them up. In my own case the kid definitely would have benefited from more and clearer boundaries earlier.
as the kid's gotten older, I've had no desire whatsoever to even look at parenting books.
Yeah, we stopped completely from some time during the boy's second year until I decided I should read up on how to tell your kid his parents are divorcing.
I have never heard someone claim that co-sleeping was child abuse, but I have been told, by CA's s-i-l while we were on vacation, that leaving O to cry for 10 minutes before he naps was child abuse.
88: I think we can agree that whichever the meaning, apo is fucking up children in non-standard amounts.
Meanwhile while I was travelling for work the kids were allowed to buy a racing car app that is not age appropriate and yesterday they said they got one car upgrade and were soon going to buy the next model, "Pussy Wagon." I then compounded the problem by telling them not to say that at school- they deduced that wagon is not a bad word so now they are empowered by their newfound knowledge of the word Pussy.
Also I'm home with the 3 year old who can't go to school because he threw up yesterday afternoon even though he's totally fine and he's spending the entire day on the ipad because I have to work from home calling in to meetings (and comment here, of course.)
92: Perhaps a better strategy would be to shift parenting styles frequently with any given child, so as to minimize the impact of any particular mistakes.
It is important to understand that your child might be a fuck-up for reason unrelated to your divorce.
Your child might also be brilliant for reasons unrelated to your parenting.
Divorced parents are often incredible scientists, able to determine the cause (the other parent) of anything not perfect with their child without any hint of evidence.
he's spending the entire day on the ipad
Oh man, I am seriously going to have to start policing their iPad use. The other day I realized that the song I wasn't really paying attention to that the two little ones had been (quietly) listening to over and over again and cackling about was this. You can guess the search terms that led them to it. I guess I should be grateful it wasn't something way worse.
I think we can agree that whichever the meaning, apo is fucking up children in non-standard amounts.
I guess I should be grateful it wasn't something way worse.
90 percent of Apomania contains sex references. Apparently, people also frown on letting your children listen to Girl Talk.
Thankfully, my daugher is about to be 21 so I can let her listen to anything!
gypsy jew, poop, pee,tacoma,lady gaga
That's a fairly unlikely series of keywords, I must say.
I learned to sign as a baby BEFORE IT WAS COOL damnit. It's just not the same anymore.
102: O grabs my phone, hits the music button, hits album, and chooses All Day. Then he carefully puts the phone down and plays with something else while listening to his jams. (Sometimes he chooses Music Together songs. But it's usually Girl Talk.)
Yeah, we stopped completely from some time during the boy's second year until I decided I should read up on how to tell your kid his parents are divorcing.
Pretend you're going somewhere fun like Disneyland and then say "surprise! Actually mommy and daddy are going to live in different houses now! This is my south bronx basement apartment!"
97: shoulda known "Joe Biden Racing" was a problem.
The iPad thing is kind of nonplussing. I digitized my CDs, so when it's time for them to go rooting through my music collection so they can bask in their dad's awesome taste, is it all going to be on an iPad connected to some home media server? Or is Spotify going to mean I don't have perfect influence over them?
Dr. Sears is not helpful on this point.
Does Dr. Dre have a parenting book?
The first song is awesome on All Day.
"Yes, I'll only love you half as much from now on, but look on the bright side: that's way more than what your mother will get."
Really enjoying the vindication of parenting style that comes from having a 26 year old child come for a visit. In your face, judgmental friends-in-law who think that harsh discipline is the only way to deal with rebellious (and bad judgment having) teens.
You would be shocked at how many people think that their children need to know how they feel about the other parent.
"Your father left us."
Your mother/father is a whore."
"Your father/mother decided that he/she doesnt love me."
When questioned about it, they say "I cant lie to my child!"
In your face, judgmental friends-in-law who think that harsh discipline is the only way to deal with rebellious (and bad judgment having) teens.
Parenting often feels like driving on ice. I HAVE to turn the wheel or hit my brakes!!
111: indeed.
My parenting lesson this weekend, from the bowling alley: No matter how many times you let your toddler win an Candyland,* as soon as they're old enough to beat you at anything they will gleefully refuse to reciprocate.
I'm still the champ at long division.
*Actually a bad practice, as we discovered at the first playdate involving two four-year-olds, both of whom were accustomed to winning at Candyland.
"Mom, did you know Notobolous B.I.G. got shot?"
That was Discobolus B.I.G., and he didn't get shot, he got hit by a javelin.
Chimpanzees hunted down and ate Red Colobolus B.I.G. because he was frontin' and/or delicious.
117: when I was a wee lad (three or so?) my mom caught one of her friends cheating in a game of Candyland against me.
We have all the books mentioned upthread, plus a couple from Brazelton (our pediatrician trained and coauthored with him) but my favorite title is this one. It's the only book you need- it says right on the cover that it's complete and authoritative!
Administrative employees make up an increasing share of the university's higher-paid people. The school employs 353 people earning more than $200,000 a year. That is up 57% from the inflation-adjusted pay equivalent in 2001. Among this $200,000-plus group, 81 today have administrative titles, versus 39 in 2001.
--Wall Street Journal
Maybe once they get language their problems start to feel too unique and specific for general advice books to be of much use, or maybe it's just that the baby books were so useless I feel burned.
One book I highly recommend to anyone with a lot of contact with kids (in addition to parents, aunts and uncles, maybe even teenage baby-sitters) is Playful Parenting by Lawrence Cohen. Practical, entirely non-shaming, brief, and truly helpful to understand some of the utterly maddening things kids do and why you should get down on the floor and play with the Playskool farm with your kid even though it's really boring.
(I've been an evangelist for this book for years, so I've probably said this at least a couple of times before.)
118 pleases me.
Hm, this is counteracting some of the warm fuzzies from this morning's pleasant day-care interaction: I appear to be lining Mitt Romney's pocket. http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/01/25/how-bright-horizons-took-care-of-bain-capital-over-the-years/
FWIW, I had very positive experiences with a BH here. Despite the Bain connection.
Blume, that alignment site is addictive.
Oh, I hear nothing but praise for BH's care; they're regularly ranked a great place to work and have low turnover, which is awesome in a childcare situation; the curriculum looks good (the slight silliness of a curriculum for 6-month-olds notwithstanding); the location is incredibly convenient. I just didn't know they were a Bain project.
Huh, I've found BH to be the perfect embodiment of daycare corporatism (just like Mitt!)- bland satisfactory corporate daycare but nothing spectacular. We've only used them on a temporary basis for a few days here and there so maybe it's because we never established a longer term relationship with them. Also a former coworker was involved in a scandal where one of the workers pushed his kid and the center was sanctioned by the state.
We were there full time, and it was great, but it's obviously a big corporate behemoth with a lot of different branches and kinds of places. Also one of the few places that's really designed and well set up for working parents (no 3pm closings or insanely long holidays etc etc).
True, our daycare follows a university schedule which is not so convenient when you are not affiliated with said university. 7am dropoff option was awesome.
I'd love to see the curriculum at the David H. Koch Technology Children's Center.
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Yes. Just started browsing through it, some interesting stuff. Also, watching the quad stretch video, the child mayhem going on around is amusing.
my hips feel like they're really only loosely attached (maybe there's no extra laxity but man things are not feeling like they're in the right place)
No, there's definitely weird hip things going on. Isn't that related to the stretching of the interpubic ligament, though? Looking at diagrams online, it seems like it holds the two sides of the pelvis together.
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I'm starting to fear VW is working up to asking for the corpse of Roy Orbison in clingfilm.
102: O grabs my phone, hits the music button, hits album, and chooses All Day. Then he carefully puts the phone down and plays with something else while listening to his jams. (Sometimes he chooses Music Together songs. But it's usually Girl Talk.)
All--and I mean ALL--Jane ever wants to listen to these days is "Dirty Old Town" (Pogues version).
137: apparently not. Or if it does, I'm an idiot. One of these is more likely than the other, I'll grant you.
138: I've got plenty already, thanks.
140: Hm. That article seems like it may be excluded from my library's subscription.
142: maybe that's the problem I'm having. I might need an actual subscriber subscriber, not just some free-riding scum like you and me.
Never mind. I found it. [Database provider] apparently does not put authors' names in the metadata for book reviews, for that magazine. Because who would ever search that way.
I had been a free rider for several years -- I think they forgot that I'd stopped renewing my subscription -- but I guess they've noticed now. No dice.
143: Sending it now.
Sent, but on preview see I'm redundant.
VW is going to have multiple copies, I guess.
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Huh, I've found BH to be the perfect embodiment of daycare corporatism (just like Mitt!)- bland satisfactory corporate daycare but nothing spectacular.
My impression also. We've used BH only occasionally/sporadically over the past 5 or 6 years, and have never had any complaints. The daily progress reports are a bit much (must there really be a "learning objective" to cutting and pasting with a jar of Elmer's glue and a pile of brightly coloured construction paper?), but that kind of outcome-oriented measurement is not just corporate anymore, it is the air that we (and even more so, that our kiddies) now breathe.
Still, there's something about the BH daycare setup that has always made me think of the Ayn Rand daycare in that Simpsons episode.
Re: Dr. Sears (the father, not the kooky anti-vax-enabling son): I think his AP ideology is ridiculous Rousseauian romanticism, but I've always found his specifically medical advice quite reassuring. He's the one who tells you, 'You don't have to rush to the ER just because your baby has a slight fever.' And then he gives you a guilt trip for not being as effortlessly maternal as his wife Martha. (Martha is registered nurse, a lactation consultant, and the mother of eight children, you monster).
126: Ha, my sister used to work at a Bright Horizons and hated it. I should send her that article.
Back when I was hating on early parenting books there weren't even blogs to complain about them on.
... Whatever it takes to keep yourself sane, sleeping with you won't do him any harm at all.
Don't adults sleeping with infants sometimes roll over and crush them to death? Or are such reports just a coverup for infanticide?
91: my older daughter was fascinated/horrified to learn that there were any casualties in the east coast/west coast rap rivalry.
also the first track of all day rules, and is our go-to "let's get these customers into the motherfucking store to buy some stuff!"
The worst parenting trolls are the "cry it out" types that say anybody can do it - cause they let their babies cry for hours and hours. And they are very sure nothing bad happened. The article is dumb. Cry it out is dumber.
Don't adults sleeping with infants sometimes roll over and crush them to death?
Also, never pick up someone else's baby, because then it'll smell different and the mother won't recognise it.
Used some of my quality insomnia time to try to get a little background* on the author and her academic mileu. I'm not up to a coherent or comprehensive recap, but it I'd gloss it as Paleo Child-Rearing** (per this column on Narvaez's research***) seasoned with a healthy dose of "everybody and everything is getting worse every single day."**** Here's a recent symposium at Notre Dame which seems to illustrate the nexus of ideas. And here's a blog post at Skeptical Mothering that is a more in-depth response to the article in the OP (including some reference checking). I'd write more on this fascinating topic but suddenly I am run over by a truck.
*I call it GIO--Google It Out. I do it because I was formula-fed as a baby. Otherwise I'd understand that I should be dialing my kids in the middle of the night to let them know I love them. Something like that. I think I might have misunderstood the
assignment theory.
**On the veldt if your baby cried at night, you'd be killed by wild animals.
***I was tempted to use scare quotes around 'research' but I did not in fact delve deeply enough to justify my complete skepticism so that would have been unfair.
****Out of phase with the lead led to bad stuff but we're all better now***** view of the world.
*****Or we will be when we finally get the leadheads out of Congress and other positions of power.
Try not to break your baby so easily, you reprehensible asshole.
She came close to being that blunt in another Psychology Today column:
Take home message: If you want a smart baby...
1, (Almost) NEVER PUT IT DOWN!
2, Keep it CALM.
3. Feed it MOTHER's milk. Plan and work to breastfeed for at least a year if not longer (ancestral patterns were 2-5 years; Hewlett & Lamb, 2005).
4. Use ALL CAPS when talking to your BABY.
The worst parenting trolls are the "cry it out" types that say anybody can do it - cause they let their babies cry for hours and hours. And they are very sure nothing bad happened. The article is dumb. Cry it out is dumber.
Perhaps you should look into what "cry it out" means? It's not crying for hours on end.
Here a couple of references which take the risk of overlaying more seriously. One , two . From the second:
It's certainly a stretch to say that every instance of infant overlay will cause the infant to die; After all, SIDS/SUDI death rates are measured per 10,000 population. But to pretend that it never happens, and when it does, it's the fault of unsafe cosleeping, is equally a stretch (See my similar post on head covering as a SIDS risk factor).
"Cry it out" was definitely incompatible with me parenting / personality style. Basically, if you do it you are a heartless monster and if you don't do it you are weak and clearly incapable of carrying out the basic responsibilities of parenting.
The problem with the article in the OP is that it wildly conflates everything. By "stress" do we mean "neglect in an orphanage" or "sitting in a carrier while mom takes a five minute shower?" By "baby" do we mean "two-week-old" or "eight-month-old"?
Likewise, by "cry it out" do we mean "let your two-week-old scream for hours?" or "wait five minutes before attending to your nine-month-old when she wakes up?"
This is basically true of all advice to all pregnant women. Take a study, assume parameters beyond the worst case scenario, and make a recommendation. You actually won't kill your child in utero if you sleep on your right side or even if you roll over onto your back.
160- There are other risk factors that can be mitigated to still allow cosleeping. Firmer beds, no alcohol before bed (for the adults, not the kid.)
My favorite contradiction is about front vs. back sleeping. If you put your kids to sleep on their front they'll DIE but if you put them to sleep on their back they won't develop neck muscles and will be delayed crawlers and physically inadequate for life. Solution- supervised tummy time every day! Our third kid would not sleep on his back, we let him sleep on his front but bought one of those Angel Care monitors that beeps if your baby stops breathing.
162.1: Yes. For instance from the Skeptical Mothering blog post linked in 157 referring to one of the studies she cite:
When they discuss specific circumstances that cause stress for babies, Dawson et. al refer to babies in Romanian orphanages, and those with clinically depressed mothers. Note that these are serious, long-term, global stressors, not simply a short period of stress, confined to a certain part of the day, for a limited duration.
163: More evidence we weren't meant to sleep on dry land.
162/167 is exactly right. Psych Today loves generalizing from those horrific Romanian orphanages.
I'm the best!
More evidence we weren't meant to sleep on dry land.
Sleeping in a hot tub is remarkably easy if you are absolutely exhausted and, rather to my surprise, I didn't drown.
All you'd need is a neck pillow made out of kelp, and baby can bob safely through to morning.
If you're tired enough, sleeping anywhere is remarkably easy. One of the best naps of my life was on sharp, matte black, lava rocks, at noon in the equatorial sun with no shade other than a plant about a foot high I managed to get my head sort of shaded by. (That was not a well-planned hike.)
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The southern lifestyle intensifies in the lands with a 7-month growing season, the traditional home of the cotton belt. In early history, slaves comprised around a quarter of the population of the 6-7 month zone, but nearly half in the 7-8 month zone, so here were the first states to secede during the Civil War. In Medieval America, however, heavily armed slave states are everywhere, so rather than comment on this, a northern tourist crossing into the 7-month growing season is likely to note in his journals, "Omigosh! Everyone's naked!", and then complain about the spicy food. The medieval South really begins here.
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Food:Corn bread, sweet potatoes, tomatoes and black-eyed peas are among the staples of the southern diet. Southerners also rely on the hog as a major food source. In most of North America, farmers prefer to raise animals that and eat undigestible grass and produce useful wool or milk, rather than hogs, which produce nothing but meat and need human food, but with the rich biology of the south, the hog can be left to forage in the woods for acorns and such until needed, so it's not as big a burden.
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Clothing:Although the South's principle export is textiles, in the stifling heat of the deep south, clothes can get very uncomfortable, so the inhabitants try to avoid them. Of course, summers are hot in the north too, but you don't see them wandering around naked. The difference is that the bitter winters of the north reinforce the habit of wearing clothes, and the short summers never give them a chance to get used to anything else. Southerners, on the other hand, have no good reason to stay all wrapped up. They might wear a light cotton poncho and wide straw hat to keep the sun from bothering them, and they might wear a loincloth to keep the preachers from bothering them, but they are pretty much naked otherwise.
Attitude:Maybe the stereotypes of the hot-blooded southerner are completely without basis, or maybe not. In the deep south, children spend a great deal of time outdoors, so they become accustomed to their independence. A southerner is therefore more likely to resent a neighbor's intrusion into his affairs, to avenge an insult, and to seek instant gratification. Because, they are more likely to show their emotions (anger, love, friendship, what have you), their music is passionate and rhythmic, and they are more likely to incorporate dance and ecstatic trances in their religious rituals.
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Make Up preach punk-rock gospel with three-chord minimalist rave-ups infused with a whole lotta soul. Imagine some kind of Prince/James Brown bastard stepchild raised on DIY ethics and DC punk. Ian Svenonius struts and prances his vocal pyrotechnics all over the funky backdrop, ranting, pleading, whispering, and shouting from his pulpit. I Want Some collects the best of Make Up singles, released on a host of indie labels, and the result, easily their best album, is jangled, whacked out, and splenetic. Though Make Up (like their predecessors Nation of Ulysses) imagine themselves as some kind of socialist-DIY collective, neither their half-baked political rants nor their hip cultural critiques are worth taking seriously. But the frenetic groove they hit on "Born on the Floor," the shake-your-ass stomp of "Pow! to the People," and the agonized soulful croon of "Walking on the Dune"--now that's serious. --Tod Nelson
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Recently, Pompeo and other Republicans wrote a letter that, "asked for a House resolution backing the elimination of all "grants, direct loans, loan guarantees and tax credits aimed at specific sectors of the energy industry," according to the Wichita Eagle.
In that same paper last week, Pickens wrote that Pompeo's move was "a rookie mistake." Pickens, reviled/respected for decades as a ruthless capitalist, tries to draw some lines between the natural gas subsidies he's seeking, and other sorts of subsidies.
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|Lord Sugar (I preferred Sir Alan)
I was really looking forward to interviewing my servants (I don't like to call them that by the way). I planned to hire out a room in the business centre in our hotel, wear my fake glasses and don my new suit (which is currently being tailored at a local suit shop specifically for this purpose). It would have been just like The Apprentice but with me playing the part of Alan Sugar (naturally). Well we found out today that our beautiful apartment actually comes with a cleaner and a handy man! Most people would be happy about this but I am extremely disappointed. But all hope is not lost; Paul said I could be in charge of trying out potential drivers. Now I take my duty as driver vetter very seriously so have developed a list of criteria they must fulfil. I have even typed it up, printed a few copies out and purchased a clip board- just like a real driving instructor. Its simple the candidate/ driver with the most points is hired! Maybe I will get my Alan Sugar moment after all.
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- Must not 'beep' the horn more than 10 times in a 20 minute period. This will be extremely hard for a Mumbai driver as they deem pressing their horn as necessary as starting the engine so I'm awarding this – 30 points
- Must speak at least a little English- 20 points
- Greet me with 'Madame', 'Madam', 'Mrs' or something like that – 20 points
- Must know there way around- 20 points
- Open the car door for me- wow I'd love that 100 points!! Ok no 30 points
- Take me to a cheap furniture shop as I'm struggling to find one – 10 points
- Not crash- 10 points, actually Paul said this one is important- 30 points
- Finally – Be nice – 10 points
I might interview my cook Masterchef stylee!
Don't judge me, I don't have a job!!A good driver, working 6 days a week, 10 hours a day, who speaks English shouldn't cost you more than around 10'000 rupees (140.00) per month


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Saratoga Springs
There are a few givens once the Saratoga season ends.
One is that summer is about over and winter isn't far behind.
Another is that Todd Pletcher left town with another piece of Saratoga history packed into his trunk.
When the Spa closes its 40-day meet late Monday afternoon with the last of a record 420 races, Pletcher will head home as the best trainer on the grounds. Again.
The trainer has dominated the Saratoga summers like no one has before him. And perhaps like no one will after him.
"The most competitive people are the most successful people," Mike Repole, one of Pletcher's high-profile owners, said Sunday. "Todd is ultra-competitive. And he hates losing."
Pletcher clinched his 10th title weeks ago, and this one will be his fourth in a row. Hall of Famer Bill Mott held the previous record of nine training titles.
Sunday morning, it was business as usual at Pletcher's barn on the Oklahoma Training Track, Horses, worth a combined millions of dollars, were walked and washed and fed after their morning exercise. There were no celebrations going on in the shedrow. Despite all the hard work that went into making this meet another rousing success for Team Pletcher, the only thing going on on this day is what normally goes on: more hard work.
"Saratoga is a meet that we emphasize and a meet that we appreciate, and I have a lot of respect for how hard it is to win here," Pletcher said Sunday morning. "It's a meet that's important to our owners, important to our staff, and important to me."
Going into Monday's final day — the 10-race card has a special post time of 12:30 — Pletcher has 35 wins. Mechanicville's Chad Brown will finish second for the third straight year as he has 22 winners going into Labor Day.
"He has shown what a great trainer he is," Brown said. "He is winning at 30 percent with his horses. He doesn't just do well at Saratoga, he does well everywhere."
Pletcher won this meet the same way he has won all the others. His 2-year-olds ran big, and he won some of the biggest races.
Pletcher has started 135 horses at the meet; Brown is second with 87 starts. Forty-nine of his starts have been with 2-year-olds and 15 of those horses won. He won 10 graded stakes races, including the Grade I Coaching Club American Oaks and Alabama with Princess of Sylmar, Whitney with Cross Traffic and King's Bishop with Capo Bastone.
The only sting that is still felt at the barn is the Travers, where favored Verrazano was seventh in the nine-horse race and Palace Malice was fourth after a bad start.
"Other than the Travers, I could not imagine this meet going much better," Pletcher said.
Pletcher will keep his big horses here for awhile. He'll head back to Belmont Park and then to Lexington, Ky, for the September sale. He will be looking for the horses that will give him trainer title No. 11 next summer.
"Who knows? We could win another one, or we might never win another win," said Pletcher, who said he works between 15 and 16 hours per day up here. "It's a 40-day meet, but there is a lot of work that goes into it before those 40 days. You don't come here at the end of July and say, 'I want to win the meet.' It happens a long time before that."
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A well done remake. Much more refined story than it's original counterpart, yet still contains the grittiness that made Joe Spinell's 'Maniac' unsettling to watch. The almost entirely POV camerawork is executed flawlessly. It's an immersive tool that adds a humanized quality to the main character and tensity to the horrific scenes. Not in any way used as a plain gimmick. It's memorable qualities exceeded my expectations.
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Elijah Wood leaves Frodo way behind in this gritty, sordid remake of a 1980 slasher classic. Wood essentially plays a psychopath - a man who was scarred as a child watching his mother in a compromising position with a "friend" - and thus has led to him trying to create a perect woman - which means a lot of stabbing ending with a nice scalping. This movie reminds me quite a bit of Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer - dark, creepy and not afraid to push things to the limit. Not for everyone, but for fans of horror, it should be one to watch.
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In the beginning of the 20th century, Russia was shocked by a series of cold-blooded murders. These killings were carried out by the "fighting organization," a socialist revolutionary group that directed acts of terrorism against various high officials of the state in different cities.
The group is headed by George, and includes bomb maker Erne, who is devoted to him, and bomb throwers Vanya, Henry and Fyodor. As they try to achieve their main objective -- the murder of Grand Duke Sergey Aleksandrovich -- the story reveals their feelings and aspirations.
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Whether you are a novice or a veteran, having the right equipment can make your gardening experience easier and more fun. Consider a small investment in a few basic tools and garden gear to enrich your hobby.
Must-have tools
The National Gardening Association suggests eight basic tools for every gardener. These are a trowel, spade, hoe, pruning shears, a long-bladed knife, a canvas bag, a garden rake and a lawn rake. Other must-have tools include a garden fork, a large plastic scoop and a multi-purpose shovel. Don't forget a watering can, but be sure to choose one that will not be too heavy to carry when it is full.
Trowel, spade, hoe and fork: A hand trowel is the ideal tool for weeding and planting. Look for trowels with a stainless steel head that is secured tightly to the handle. If the head and handle connection seems flimsy, it will bend and fold after a few uses. A spade with a sharp point and long handle makes easy work of jobs such as digging holes or turning over the soil when preparing a flower or vegetable bed. A sharp-blade hoe is needed for chopping weeds, creating trenches for seeds and many other gardening tasks. Use a stainless steel garden fork to clear weeds from in between plants and to turn the soil when transplanting.
Pruning shears: "Pruning is a horticultural practice that alters the form and growth of a plant. Based on aesthetics and science, pruning can also be considered preventative maintenance," advise Mike Zins and Deborah Brown, horticulturists at the University of Minnesota Extension Office. Choose between two types of hand pruners, either bypass or anvil style. The bypass style has blades that cross like a pair of scissors; the anvil style cuts like a knife across a cutting board.
Rakes and shovel: Choose a garden rake with strong teeth that can really bite into the soil, leveling it after you have hoed or spaded. It is ideal for clearing out old plants and debris when preparing your garden for a new season. A lawn rake is essential for clearing leaves, small twigs and grass from your lawn and garden areas. Consider one with an ergonomic design if you have larger areas to be cleared. Every garden needs a multi-purpose shovel. A grain shovel works best for moving landscaping rock, sand and piles of weeds to the compost bin.
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Every gardener needs a good pair of gardening gloves. Opt for a pair that are comfortable and allow for flexibility and movement. A snug wristband will help keep dirt and debris out of the glove and away from your skin. Reinforced fingertips can protect you from thorns and other prickly problems. Don't forget a wide-brim hat, sunscreen and a pair of waterproof clogs or boots.


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Outstanding team defense and Andrew Raycroft's goaltending have resulted in a season-high five-game winning streak for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Continuing that run in Nashville, though, will be a difficult challenge.
The surging Maple Leafs look to complete a perfect five-game road trip Thursday when they visit the Predators, who are seeking a franchise-record eighth straight home victory.
Despite winning five straight and seven of its last eight games, Toronto (27-21-6) remains on the outside of the playoff picture, sitting ninth in the Eastern Conference.
The five-game streak is Toronto's longest since a six-game run Dec. 23-Jan. 2, 2006.
Raycroft had another strong performance Tuesday, making 19 saves as the Leafs won their fourth in a row on the road, 2-1 over St. Louis. During his personal five-game winning streak, Raycroft has stopped 141 of 147 shots for a .959 save percentage.
"We're still going uphill," said Raycroft, who has started the last 15 games for the Leafs. "This was a perfect example of us not having our best, but finding a way to grind out a win. We're playing so well defensively that we can play less than our absolute best and still get wins. It's a good sign for the stretch."
After beating a non-playoff team with only 16 shots on goal, Toronto captain Mats Sundin knows a similar performance won't be good enough against the Predators (37-15-3), who lead the West with 77 points.
"We have to play a lot better against Nashville," Sundin said. "You look at the standings and we realize that even though we're on a good streak, it's no time to relax."
Sundin assisted on Alexei Ponikarovsky's first-period goal Tuesday to extend his points streak to five games. The captain has three goals and three assists during the run, which coincides with Toronto's current winning streak.
On the season, the Maple Leafs are 20-8-2 when Sundin records at least one point, and just 7-13-4 in other games.
The Predators were unable to slow down streaking Pittsburgh Tuesday, allowing four unanswered goals and seven power plays en route to a 4-1 loss, Nashville's third defeat in the last four games.
"We just were in the penalty box too much, it's tough to get into the flow of things," said center Scott Nichol, who scored the Predators' only goal of the contest.
Tuesday's defeat marked only the eighth time in 55 games this season that the Predators were held under two goals. They bounced back to score three or more in the following game on six of the previous seven occasions.
Nashville continues to play excellent hockey at home, though, outscoring opponents 28-12 during its current seven-game home winning streak.
This is the first meeting between these teams since a 2-1 Leafs victory at Toronto on Jan. 6, 2004. The Maple Leafs also won their only previous visit to Nashville, 3-2 on Jan. 17, 2002.


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Friday, January 11, 2013
The People we love...
Posted by Diane Mars at 11:27 AM
14 comments:
- VintageBettys said...
That is the best thing to do celebrate all the good things in life! Memories are everything!
- January 11, 2013 at 2:35 PM
- donna said...
What a sweet post. My sister and I got to grow up with our 2 cousin's we lived 2 blocks away from each other. We spent many hours at our grandmother's house do the same thing. My grandparents had the attic fixed up so we could play up there.
- January 11, 2013 at 3:51 PM
- ~Lavender Dreamer~ said...
I love reading your sweet posts! Sure makes me miss my family! Enjoy your weekend! Have fun!
- January 11, 2013 at 5:17 PM
- Margaret said...
I agree! Life is something we SHOULD celebrate. You especially should celebrate with those little darlings!
- January 11, 2013 at 5:34 PM
- Simply Shelley said...
Sounds like a great plan. Those are some sweets grands...aren't they fun? I love having fun with mine :) Cute Valentines you made.....blessings
- January 11, 2013 at 6:55 PM
- Cindy said...
Your Valentine girls are so cute. I love what you do with all the "stuff" you find. I'm doing a swap with Elizabeth, creative Breathing" and have to spend some time working on an idea I have.
- January 11, 2013 at 6:57 PM
- vintage grey said...
A sweet post and your Valentine girls are darling!! Enjoy your weekend!! xo Heather
- January 11, 2013 at 9:23 PM
- The Polka Dot Closet said...
Did you make those? They are adorable!! Your grand babies are adorable! Bet this Friday was a little quieter!
- January 11, 2013 at 9:59 PM
- Creative Breathing said...
This is such a sweet post Diane. You've got some real Valentines there!
I wanted to tell you I didn't get a chance to make something to go with your little Valentine I am sending you, but you are first on my list for Easter.
You always inspire me Diane, and I count you as one of my blessings! Elizabeth
- January 12, 2013 at 9:26 PM
- Theresa said...
Oh yes, I will be joining you in celebrating life:) One day at a time! Have a blessed day dear friend, HUGS!
- January 13, 2013 at 5:23 AM
- Jess said...
I love your artwork! Found your Flickr stream today and was in awe of your creativeness. Thank you for so much inspiration!
- January 14, 2013 at 1:43 AM
- craftyles said...
Sounds like a great goal. The valentines are adorable and your grands are too!
- January 14, 2013 at 10:51 AM
- Carrie @ Cottage Cozy said...
...and we are still best of friends! Get Well Soon...sister!
- January 15, 2013 at 8:40 PM
- vivian said...
thats a good plan Diane! Celebrate life.. I try to most of the time... somedays its so easy and somedays its a little harder! lol
have a great week!
keep celebrating!
- January 28, 2013 at 2:18 PM


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You may have heard that Chrissy Teigen and John Legend secretly wed in Italy this weekend. Good for them! The model and her musician hubby make a gorgeous pair, and they really seem to dig one another.
But can we please talk about Chrissy's Vera Wang dress?
It's as voluminous as a five-layer buttercream cake, with a train that extends down the block and around the corner. It's pure angel white and crafted from layers and layers and layers of tulle. It features a bodice that, thankfully, reminds us Chrissy is a woman with an actual bust and not a 5-year-old princess.
She looks gorgeous. But the thing is, it's as princess a dress as you can get. And it's just not appropriate for her age.
I know, I know, Chrissy is only 27 -- not exactly a grandmother. And the fact that this dress was just one of three she rocked throughout her ceremony sort of makes me forgive her for going all out and indulging that princess fantasy.
But I'm holding strong about this: there has to be a cut-off age for princess wedding gowns. If you are over 25, you are likely paying your own bills and would never, in real life, consider wearing a huge bow headband to the office. So why would you throw caution to the wind on the most special day of your life and choose a dress that makes you look like the prettiest marshmallow at the ball?
I got married at 29. I was never the fairy tale type, but something happens to your brain when you're planning a wedding. I entertained the idea of going all out on my wedding day and wearing a big, poofy gown that would ordinarily make me cringe. I tried on a few princess gowns and just felt silly when I looked in the mirror. If you think about it, 29 is old enough to have a tween who herself would be way past the princess phase. Ugh, no thanks. Pass me a sophisticated trumpet-style gown, please.
What do you think about princess wedding gowns? Do women past a certain age just look silly in them or is age not a factor?
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