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I'm going to post the following review of several books and flashcard sets on Amazon:

"I bought these for my embryo and read them every morning and night but when she was born she was unable to speak, let alone read, and we had to use [randomly selected set in the same category] to teach her to read. Now she is two and loves to read what she calls her "baby books" but most of her reading is other MORE MATURE AND CHALLENGING texts YOU THICKOS."

It'll fit right in.

(We're leaning towards Peter and Jane, because they are small and cheap).
ailbhe: (mamahastwo)
Quite apart from all the other issues with the article, the photo they use to illustrate it shows a baby feeding in a way that doesn't look very comfortable to me at all - the latch looks almost symmetrical. That mother's nipple could be being rubbed against the baby's hard palate with every single suck, which will HURT. Also, that latch is ok until about three months, but if it doesn't get sorted out, the demand part of supply-and-demand could get difficult later on.

It's a problem which really only exists because bottlefeeding, which DOES use a symmetrical latch, is so normal - people expect things to enter a baby's mouth that way and the extremely asymmetrical latch which is most effective and most comfortable looks slightly wrong to people who live in a society where most babies are bottlefed all or part of the time, in real life and in the meeeeeeeeeeeeeeja.

Here's the link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7867686.stm
ailbhe: (Default)
Today in a quiet suburban street in Reading, Berks, a young-mother-of-two who cannot be identified did not hurt her children. "She always seemed so normal," said a neighbour, "I mean, they were a lovely family."

Neighbours heard the children shrieking with laughter but they did not see the wardrobe being emptied or the laundry basket being tipped up so that clean and dirty laundry were mixed together. "You just can't see what goes on behind closed doors," said Emma, 58, from number 73. It has also been reported that although at least one of the children knew what she was doing was wrong, the mother (age 30) did not beat her, or throw her out the window.

Other mothers from the toddler group the children regularly attended until a few months ago said "It's not normal. Everyone loses their lid sometimes."

Reports that the children were not locked in a cellar full of rats are also being investigated.

This is crossposted. Also, I am having a really horrible day and I find that what I most want is to UTTERLY BREAK LINNEA'S SPIRIT so that she is demure and obedient from here on in. Somebody, stop me.

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