If you are looking for some good content relating to pregnancy and/or parenthood, Bizzywomen.com has 3 blogs that are worth bookmarking:
babyfruit deals with issues ranging from miscarriages to parenthood. In a recent post the issue with discipline and ‘time outs’ was discussed in a really humorous way that all parents can relate to. ” But now when she does something wrong, she tilts her head and smiles as we open our mouth to scold her and says, “What? Am I going to get a Time Out?” Big Cheshire Cat grin and a glint in her eye. “Yes, you’re going to get a Time Out,” we say in the sternest voice we can muster with what I’m sure looks like Fake Stern looks on our faces. And then she says, “I want a time out. Can I have a time out now, please?” Tonight, she was talking back to G., and he made the Time Out threat. She actually said “May I be excused so I can have a time out?” (We’re teaching her to say “May I be excused” before getting up from the table. Guess she learned that one.)”
At More4kids.com lot’s of questions an expectant mother may have are dealt with. In a recent post the issue of taking a birth class was written about. “Their goal is really to provide the mom to be with confidence that she can infact do this. These classes are usually put on by hospitals, you can find them at the hospital you plan on delivering at, but not all expectant moms take the classes. Which begs the question, do you really need the class before you have the baby?”
The baby blog has great information for parents on raising newborns. In a recent post the issue of infants watching tv was debated. “The public health implications of early television and video viewing are potentially large. There are both theoretical and empirical reasons to believe that the effects of media exposure on children’s development are more likely to be adverse before the age of about 30 months than afterward,” the authors note. Recent studies suggest that what children younger than two years watch and whether they watch it alone or with a parent may be important for their vocabulary development.”



