OMG! I remember seeing that on television!

And now I feel very old.

May everything go smoothly for you this time around. :)

Re: those charts! I imagine many mothers have been persuaded into early weaning by poorly informed pediatricians using charts based on data from formula-fed babies, rather than the WHO's charts which "establish growth of the breastfed infant as the norm for growth" (in their words).

Our own family pediatrician uses…

Well, I'm giving the benefit of the doubt. I didn't formula-feed my babies, but friends who did tell me that they were led to believe that their babies would end up physically and intellectually stunted, so the fact that they didn't was, for them, important to note.

That said, I wholeheartedly agree with you on the…

Truth-telling = good
Smug, self-congratulatory tone when truth-telling = kinda shitty

Cheating on your partner with the person who becomes your new partner does not negate the cheating. Indeed it makes it kinda double-cheating...so you cheated on your partner, AND your partner-to-be.

"Breastfeeding is about the woman." ...Or women, in most cultures where breastfeeding is the norm. We forget that in a more "natural" society, sisters and aunts and even grannies would take turns nursing/suckling the baby. From a cross-cultural perspective, it's actually pretty absurd that we expect JUST the mother to…

"People insisting that decisions regarding my body are NOT solely my choice is very upsetting and, unfortunately, common. ... So, someone telling me I should sounds to me like they're really saying "let your husband make the decision." It isn't necessarily a rational response, but it was how I interpreted your…

What is it about cheating partners and their willingness to admit the duration of their cheating once "the cat's out of the bag"? It's like they think the length of the extramarital/extrarelational affair counts as fidelity, or something.

As profs make clear to their students: NO DOUBLE-DIPPING! You don't get credit…

The sooner we stop comparing our children, the closer we'll be to ending these ludicrous mommy wars. It is not a competition!
(That said, I totally understand that HungryCat's mention of her baby's milestones was NOT in the spirit of competition, but in the context of crazy lactivists who claim formula-fed babies…

The press release just make the rescue sound worse. I get that housing dogs is expensive, but donations are strictly voluntary. A donation that may be "waived" for low-income adopters is not a donation; it's a fee.

"My formula-fed child is 98th percentile for weight and height, could recognize upper- and lower-case letters, numbers 0-9, shapes, and colors all before two years old."

I loved your comment and just for the record, I am a nice lactivist, not a crazy one, but also for the record: Those percentile charts are based on…

I would so dearly love to see a campaign raising awareness that with just empathy, prescription hormones, and a good support network, MEN CAN BREASTFEED.

So "you would if you could?" Turns out, you can!

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/strang…

I'm all for parents and parents-to-be having open lines of communication, I am a huge lactivist, and I am grateful to my husband for his support while I continue to breastfeed our children. But ultimately my decision to breastfeed was mine and mine alone. My body: my decision.

As I hope your friend's decision to have…

It's almost as if some foodies have never been to Mexico to know that there are crummy chain restaurants there, too.

*mom & pop restaurants serving authentic and delicious Mexican.

Yeah, there was supposed to be a "food" after "Mexican" in that sentence. Sorry 'bout that.

Nothin' wrong with food fusion, even if the fusion is with mainstream America. I live in a US/Mexico border town, but even here there are precious few mom & pop restaurants serving authentic and delicious Mexican. I would never choose Chipotle over my favorite local Sonoran food truck, but I would take it any day over…

After reading Lindy West's amusing review of "Reality Bites," I just want to Photoshop Ethan Hawke's head onto every last one of these models.

Oh my goodness. I am so sorry for your loss.

This just confirms for me that Mia Farrow is/was motivated by her MATERNAL feelings for her children, and NOT sexual jealousy over Woody Allen.

"I mean who ever heard of a guy being slightly uncomfortable just to get physically satisfied? No one, that's who."
Remember the car sex scene in Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex*
(*But Were Afraid to Ask)? He seemed pretty okay with his claustrophobia in that.

I'm sure I could think of other examples…