Nah, I don't think that's too accurate, except when considering gestational diabetes. My daughter was 6#18oz and I gained over 50 lbs when I was pregnant. Again, small sample sizes. But who knows.

Depends. Could have a Title VII case for national origin discrimination. English Only rules have not been decided by SCOTUS and have had some split circuit court rulings—with some saying that language =/= national origin and others saying that unless it is proven to be business related, it is an undue burden. However,…

Good for Justin Bieber. He shouldn't have appealed the decision to seize the monkey because he shouldn't have owned a monkey in the first place. I will choose to believe that he didn't fight to get the monkey back because one of the people who seized it convinced him that it would be better off elsewhere, not because…

I know, right?!?

I just saw my research on agreeableness and pay cited on Jezebel. *swoons

That gym owner sounds awesome. /sarcasm.

I believe this is the egregious "offender" of poor Claire and "some people's" sensitive eyes.

Good travel agents can get you to Cuba. It's not illegal to travel there, just to spend money there. Apparently some travel companies have that all figured out. You can fly there from another country, and I suppose if you have someone else pay on your behalf, you're all good. There are ways. lol

I think it means you don't sacrifice your relationship when your child is born. You don't neglect it and let it go to waste because you're overwhelmed with parenthood. You don't use parenthood as an excuse to stop doing all those things you did for one another before you were parents. It means you prioritize the…

I felt this way when I first heard it but now I can't stop singing it. I am all about the suit & tie shit. lol

Agreed, but the problem with this statement is that there are myriad voices like yours that don't like the show. In fact, it's incredibly polarizing. So, unlike something like Seinfeld or even Louie, very few ppl, if any, are writing about this show as if everyone loves it. And if that "voice of a generation" thing…

It kind of reminds me of that episode of HIMYM where Robin hangs out with the "woo girls" that Lily was making fun of because sometimes she just needs to let loose. Maybe that's what Taylor Swift is for Emma Stone? A "woo girl"?

I enjoy breastfeeding my 12 month old. It was hard at first, but I love it now. I have no desire to stop and she has no desire to stop, so we'll keep going until she's ready to quit. But I am looking forward to not pumping at work (which I'll stop doing soon and replace with cow's milk). Pumping sucks compared to…

Summer lovin' baby!

This reminds me of vacation "romances" when I was in middle school/high school. You'd meet a boy on the beach, both of you would create some persona in which you were (a) older, (b) more popular and (c) more experienced than you really were. In the days before anyone had cell phones, emails, etc., it was a "safe…

A quick google scholar search will tell you yes, but I'll bite.

I have a sensitivity to aspartame (a lot of people do, actually), and I used to get migraines 3x a week when I was all about the diet Mtn. Dew and Crystal Light. I quit cold turkey (the withdrawals were worse than caffeine withdrawals), but my migraines went from 3x a week to 1x a month (and less severe). It was like…

From the abstract: "It was unclear, however, whether problems such as partner or substance abuse were the cause or result of separations."

I know what the AAP says. I understand that. But when I read the studies they base this conclusion on, I think it's not as clear cut as that. I don't always take recommendations at face value.

Actually, research isn't that simple either. The content of the programming matters a lot for attentional issues (educational programming doesn't have those effects), and there's no evidence that "once an attention span is shortened, it's pretty much shortened forever." I agree that one shouldn't negate scientific…