Posted By: hatnole on
Hi everyone. I just joined iVillage, so this is all new to me. If I have a parenting question, do I enter a blog about it and wait for a response? I have a 6 month old son and I'm really wanting to connect with some other moms out there. Thanks for taking the time to answer me and I'm sorry if this is the wrong avenue for questions!
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Posted By: knitwizzard on
So, just who is the moron who came up with the 'Have a Happy Period' ad campaign for Always products? With a few exceptions, I can't imagine that too many women do a happy jig around the room when ol' Aunt Flo knocks at the door. "Oh, it's my PERIOD! What a wonderful surprise! I'm so happy!" Puleeze. I know that advertising is all about making people sit up and notice their product. (This brought to you by the same company who felt they needed to market a pad for 'plus-size women' -- don't get me started on THAT one.) But, no matter how many times I see the cute little pad riding merrily up and down the roller coaster, it's not going to make me any happier. In fact, it's probably going to tick me off me even more -- and we all know what happens when you irritate a women during 'that time of the month'. ;) Come on, Madison Avenue. We're intelligent women -- please don't insult us with inane advertising.
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Posted By: knitwizzard on
Walkers are a bad thing -- or so says the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Dangerous and prone to accidents. And, yet, they are still manufactured and are hugely popular items. I will admit that I used one with my daughter. Granted, our apartment did not have stairs, so I felt safe using it. But, since we continue to use them, is it that we just feel we can't do without one? Busy moms and all that? Or, that we'll make sure that we monitor them enough that a tumble down the stairs would never happen?
So, as unsafe as walkers are today, I snapped a picture of this one at a local flea market. Pretty sure it wouldn't pass today's safety standards! But, it does show that even 100 years ago, moms still had the need to keep Junior safe while boiling the laundry over the hearth, rendering lard, tending the wood-burning stove or any of the other number of exhausting tasks turn-of-the-century women faced.
Makes our lives seem not so bad when you think about it. ;)
Posted By: knitwizzard on
Apparently personal trainers aren't just for adults any longer. Many parents are hiring trainers for their kids in hopes of getting them more active. Don't get me wrong; I'm all for healthier kids. And, I know that today's kids are more sedentary and overweight. But, do we really need to hire a personal trainer? It sort of ties in with this article about the family vacation in a digital age. Gone are the days of sing-a-longs or the license-plate game -- it's all about being plugged into an iPod or a DVD player.
So, if it means that hiring a trainer to whip the kids into shape -- maybe it's not a bad thing. But, it does make you wonder if just pulling the plug and shoving them out the door might not accomplish the same thing.
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Posted By: knitwizzard on
Rosie must have been tired of the All-Paris, All-the-Time headlines these days. I guess she felt it her duty to grab some for herself. After all, what's it been -- a week or so since she had something to say?
On Sunday evening, she gave the crowd her take on her View experience. "I got to tell you, I've been hanging around with those heteros for a full year and it's not fun," she said. "Turn around one minute and they'll stab you in the back with a high heel. They will."
And, apparently there is some talk that she is being considered to take over Bob Barker's gig on The Price is Right. "I believe they're going to have a meeting with Rosie," Barker said backstage at the Daytime Emmy Awards. "She knows the show. There's no doubt in my mind she could do the show."
Something downright scary about that.
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