If you want your dinner, little fairy wren, sing the secret password!
By Tara Haelle, DXS contributor [This post appeared previously at Red Wine and Applesauce.] Magic words and passwords are fun – and good learning tools. We teach our children to say the “magic word”...
View ArticleWhy a UN ban on thimerosal in vaccines would be a big mistake
By Tara Haelle, Health Editor [This post appeared previously at Red Wine and Apple Sauce.] Several articles published in Pediatrics today discuss an issue that could affect the protection of children...
View ArticleWhat blinded Mary Ingalls?
Big sister in Little House on the Prairie didn't lose her sight to scarlet fever. by Tara Haelle I have a confession to make. I never actually read a single one of the Little House on the Prairie...
View ArticleFarting While Flying? Let Her Rip!
Holding it in is unhealthy. Letting it go is problematic. What to do? by Tara Haelle When I was in fifth grade, I let one rip that was so loud it actually echoed in the library. My four startled...
View ArticleEvidence Based Parenting Carnival
A new community resource to help us not mess up By Jeanne Garbarino The cyber mom-o-sphere might be one of the largest internet communities out there. Between the brutally honest musings of Dooce, the...
View ArticleParent HPV vaccine concerns persist
The HPV vaccine is safe and effective, yet parents continue to worry by Tara Haelle Two studies related to the HPV vaccine were published recently which, together, are somewhat concerning. One study...
View ArticleAbout that pacifier study…
Or, what it might mean to swap spit with your baby by Tara Haelle You've probably seen the buzz on the recent study on pacifier "cleaning" and allergy risk that came out in Pediatrics, but, as often...
View ArticleOf pacifiers and breastfeeding
Take away pacifiers in a hospital… and breastfeeding rates drop? by Tara Haelle We all have those things we said we'd never do when we had a baby which, once we actually had a baby, kinda went out the...
View ArticleMaternal abortion history no longer a risk for preterm birth
What once was a link has now vanished. by Tara Haelle Does having an abortion increase a woman’s risk of later having a preterm birth? A study published last week looked at this lingering open...
View ArticleBack When Math Was Fun
Reflecting on my own math journey after Maryam Mirzakhani's Fields Medal By Tara Haelle It was a woman who sabotaged my relationship with math, who took a subject I excelled in and delighted in and...
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