by Stacey
I really enjoy watching the Daily Show and I especially like the show’s only female correspondent, Samantha Bee. Over the winter I noticed that she looked pregnant. Indeed she was.
She recently had her baby, a boy named Fletcher.

Samantha Bee with her daughter Piper
Samantha is married to Jason Jones, who is also a Daily Show […]

by Stacey
Background noise from television can disrupt preschoolers’ efforts to sustain attention while playing with toys. According to this Reuters article on MSNBC.com, researchers report in the current issue of the journal Child Development, this disruption can happen even if the little ones don’t pay much attention to what’s on the TV.
In a controlled setting, […]

by Stacey
In my new job as a policy analyst, I spend a lot of time thinking and writing about state tax and budget issues. So now that I’m an expert on money matters, I read with interest this article in the NY Times, about the economics of love. “Economics is the study of the allocation […]

by Stacey
A few weeks ago I wrote about talking to my four-year old son Sage about sex. According to this recent article in the Washington Post, parents should plan on having “the talk” early and often.
Today, experts urge parents to welcome questions on sexuality by the time their kids can ask why the sky […]

by Stacey
All’s fair on reality television. People swap spouses, get new and improved homes to live in, and compete for titles like “Top Chef!” And now, according to this article in Newsweek, stay-at-home mothers can try out going back to work while the whole nation watches. The show is called “Secret Life of a Soccer […]

Cross-posted on MotherTalkers
by Stacey
Get ready to feel guilty. Or smug. A report released a couple months ago from the UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families, and Communities found that less than half of parents aren’t reading enough to their young children.
For children, early exposure to books — including being read to aloud each day […]

by Stacey
So I’m thinking it’s time to review the deal with The Open Post. I started this a while back to give you guys a chance to take over the podium and talk about whatever you want to talk about. It could be an article you read recently that relates to parenting or something that’s […]

Cross-posted at MotherTalkers
by Stacey
Kids who are allowed to leave the house unsupervised are more sociable and more active, according to a new study out of the University College London in England. According to this article from Science Daily, kids who are given more freedom are out and about more and spend more time at […]

by Stacey
Ahh, Sesame Street.  Remember this? “The masonry on the dingy brownstone at 123 Sesame Street, where the closeted Ernie and Bert shared a dismal basement apartment, was deteriorating. Cookie Monster was on a fast track to diabetes. Oscar’s depression was untreated. Prozacky Elmo didn’t exist.” Why am I not surprised to learn that according to […]

by Stacey
Lots of good stuff from the November issue of the Journal Pediatrics.
Let’s start with the babies. One new study called Are We Overprescribing Antireflux Medications for Infants With Regurgitation? shows that babies who are treated with drugs for gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, may not actually need the medication. According to the study abstract, […]