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Archive for June 2007

June 19th, 2007

More GWP Fun From the Weary Parent

Char at Weary Parent, who won the Mistakes Made & Lessons Learned Group Writing Project last week, is now hosting a Group Writing Project of her own. By 11:59 on Thursday night, submit your own post about the best advice you received as a tween or teenager.
Here is my very, very confessional entry:
I was a […]

By kate baggott -- 6 comments

June 19th, 2007

Routine Screening for Jaundice

Pediatricians are recommending that all newborns now be screened for jaundice said a report in the Globe and Mail yesterday.

Sixty per cent of all newborns experience some form of jaundice and 2 per cent go on to develop severe jaundice. While in most cases jaundice clears up on its own, more serious cases require treatment. […]

By kate baggott -- 0 comments

June 18th, 2007

7 Interesting Details on My Favorite Subject

Last week, Tracee tagged me in a meme. According to the rules, I now have to tell you seven interesting things about me. The problem being, I am not an especially interesting person. The most I can hope for is that I have actually done a few interesting things in my time on this planet.

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By kate baggott -- 0 comments

June 17th, 2007

Happy Fathers Day!

I hope all the fathers out there have a great time spending the day with their children!
Tags: Fathers-Day, fathers-day-gift-idea, fathers-day-greetings, happy-fathers-day

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June 17th, 2007

#21. Parenting Quote of the Week

“You get glimpses sometimes, here and there, of how things used to be - late at night when you’re too exhausted to go to sleep after a feeding, or at the end of the day when you’ve just put them down and you have the first moment of peace that you’ve had all day […]

By kate baggott -- 2 comments

June 17th, 2007

Parenting Blogs & Reader Traffic

The Group Writing Project, as defined by Problogger, is another opportunity to increase participation in and traffic to a given blog.
Since blogs with a parenting focus are so numerous, even those with a niche focus find it difficult to find an audience. There are a lot of tools available and I have tried a few. […]

By kate baggott -- 5 comments

June 16th, 2007

#6. Sad, but True, Speed Links for Saturday

 
New fathers, like all men, are completely unpredictable.
Tags: Bill-Cosby, Fatherhood, Tim-Allen

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June 16th, 2007

Complete Results: The Mistakes Made & Lessons Learned GWP

There were four complete days in the Mistakes Made and Lessons Learned Group Writing Project. The participating blogs wrote posts that were contradictory, funny, sad, frightening, frustrated and altogether wonderful I know that other GWPs have had more entries, but I would argue that they have never had such high literary quality. I am proud […]

By kate baggott -- 15 comments

June 15th, 2007

Your Mother’s Gay Friends

There is a review of the collection of essays called Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys: True tales of love, lust and friendship between straight women and gay men in the Irish Independent today.
Tags: my-mothers-gay-friends, my-wife-has-gay-friends, my-wifes-gay-best-friend

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June 15th, 2007

Controversial Conversation: Breastfeeding Advice

There is a great collection of comments from readers about breastfeeding here. I think it’s important to get all the help we can on this issue.

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