When our second son, Trent, was 28 months old, he was still not making full sentences, and his vocabulary was very limited.  But we weren’t alarmed because we figured each kid develops at their own pace. 

And our pediatrician told us that it was fine since he hears three different languages at home…English(90%), Korean (5%) and Vietnamese(5%).

But a family friend told us we should look into Early Intervention, it doesn’t hurt, right?!  I was skeptical at first, you know how it is with your own children.  You don’t think that anybody can tell you how to raise your own kids, and also feeling guilty because you might have done your child a disservice for not enrolling him in help sooner.  Since we’ve been through it, I’d like to share some information with you:

A friend of mine was telling me that her 19 months old daughter loves to strip down to nothing during her sleep, I call it the exhibitionist stage.  My 3 years old son, Trent, loves to do that any chance he gets (read my “Buck Naked” entry). 

I told her the only way I can stop this is to put his pajamas on backward, only the ones with the zippers and not snaps, because the little rascal managed to unsnap his pajamas many times. 

My friend couldn’t wait to try it on her daughter, when she did…it worked like a charm and she was so excited that she suggested I send this idea into PARENTING magazine. 

I was watching the news last night and this was startling news.  The report says that nurses shortage are on the rise, and by 2010, there will be 9000 nurses less than what we have now. 

The report also said that there are more baby boomer nurses and they will be retiring soon.  And some of the remaining nurses are leaving the profession altogether, claiming that they are overworked and underpaid. 

At some hospitals, the ratio is 10 patients to 1 nurse, and the nurses’ union wants 4 patients per nurse.  They claim that by having too many patients in their care, the patients will not get the best care and in some cases, it can jeopardize their well being.

We have three healthy and beautiful children, and I breastfed all three of them.  With Tyler, our oldest son, I nursed him until eight months.  And with Trent and Sophia, I nursed them until six months. 

I’d love to have continued further but they called…teeth!  And after getting bitten and gnawed on many times by my children, I decided to put them on formulas.

It wasn’t a hard decision for me to breastfeed my children.  There are many benefits in breastfeeding your children and also yourself, as proven by many scientific studies and they are listed as follow:

Have you heard of this phrase before, near-term birth?  I just saw the news and this is very disturbing.  Some celebrities and more and more women are opting to give birth at 35 or 36 weeks instead of going full term at 37 weeks. 

Why would women decide to do this?  There are several reasons, but the main reason is vanity.  The women want to jumpstart their weight loss, and they want to avoid muscle tearing or stretch marks.

In doing so, they are putting their premature babies at risk of Hypoglycaemia-low blood sugar, jaundice, respiratory distress, intravenous feeding is needed and the difficulty in maintaining body temperature.  Is the risk worth taking just for looking good?