And it is “harder” in theory rather than reality as most research shows that mothers (who work outside the house) still do more of the household and parenting work and have less leisure time than their husbands.

I live in Central TX where there are lots of bats and not infrequently rabid bats. A friend found out the hard way that if a bat is discovered where you have been sleeping, unless it is conclusively proven the bat is not rabid, you should have rabies shots because apparently bats can bite you in your sleep and you not…

It’s my free pass with my husband for the rest of my life. “Oh, I’d clean out the cat litter but see those kids over there - remember how I grew them and then had them cut out of my body and then fed them with my body for a whole damn year.....” Cleaning up cat poop seems like the better end of that deal.

Wait until the baby gets older and it’s like feeding a wild monkey who nurses for 10 seconds at a time because they are distracted by everything including your breasts. I took a breastfeeding class and at no point did they mention what to do when your baby stops nursing to give you a titty twister. I’m frankly quite…

My baby is hooked on pacifiers, we have them all over the house and she’ll drop one on the floor or discover one under a piece of furniture and just pop it in her mouth. We have two cats and a dog so sometimes she’ll get a little cat hair with her paci. But I’m on board with the whole hygiene theory and I’ll say she’s…

I hate the guy but he did pass the ABO certification which is a national, not state board. He started his own Opthamology Board for certification to protest (along with like 200 other doctors) an ABO policy which grandfathered some doctors and exempted them from re-certification requirements.

My dad’s 69th birthday was on Easter 3 years ago. It was also 4 days after we found out that his cancer had spread to his brain. He died a week later. My brothers and I had come home to see him and we were sitting up the night before Easter stuffing plastic eggs for my 4 year old. It’s so surreal to have moments of…

The good news is that by the time you have baby #2 you have none of these delusions anymore. It’s actually pretty freeing.

My husband and I were talking about this the other night. We just had our third anniversary and we met on eHarmony so we were talking about our online dating experiences. And he said he couldn't believe how many women he emailed just never responded. So I told him, because a good number of guys, no matter how nicely…

This kind of criticism is ridiculous at any time, but as someone who also has an infant, this is especially shitty to someone who’s recently had a baby. Hey Chris Wallace - when was the last time you gestated a human being and then fed that human being for a year with your body??

Well it's not like intelligence and education are regarded in high esteem in that family. Blind adherence to fundamentalist Christian ideals and a promise of side hugs is pretty much all you need to be considered an eligible bachelor for that crew. I always got the sense that Jessa's feelings about Ben could be summed…

I wish Kumail was the replacement instead.

And that mutation can only really be relevant if there's been a history of the mutation and cancer in your family. My hometown is Omaha, which is where Dr. Henry Lynch lives and works (at my alma mater Creighton). Most people don't know of him, but it's his research that has laid the ground work for the discovery of…

Positive reinforcement has been shown to develop intrinsic motivation. With my kid, she was initially motivated by the reward but was thrilled with the praise so she continued to behave in a way that got her praise and very quickly it just became part of her normal routine (it did what we wanted - modified her…

That's great but a 4 year old who is hitting/kicking/pushing at home is likely to take those behaviors to school. And the (shitty) reality is that black kids are far more likely to be suspended at school for behavior infractions. Beginning in preschool. And this has far reaching effects, it's been called the "school…

I have kids, I get how they can be frustrating. I'm also married to a child psychologist. So I'd say I feel kind of competent to answer your question. Actually, though I'm not going to answer YOUR question about whether you're an awful person. I'm going to address the heart of this and ask - Is your discipline method…

For one thing, I have heard that particularly with foreign adoptions that agencies/countries will downplay or even obscure the fact that children have special needs. And even if they do know what they are getting into, it could be more than they anticipated. I have two friends who adopted children internationally who…

On the flip side, I started trying to have my first kid when I was 34. After fertility treatment, including IVF with donor eggs, and a miscarriage, I gave birth a week shy of my 39th birthday. Six years later, at 45, I got pregnant on my own, it was a surprise. In fact we had discussed having another baby and were in…

Most courts will rule a waiver invalid in cases of gross negligence though.

I'm going to need to tell my mom about this. She nearly died from disseminated histoplasmosis (a fungal infection) and her treatment was anti-fungal medication for a year. Oddly, when my dad got cancer just 6 months after that, his oncologist didn't treat it with anti-fungal meds or even baking soda. That's probably…