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Belly laughs! August 30, 2009

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laughing preggo

 

Everything to do with pregnancy isn’t serious, some things are really funny!  This is also true about motherhood.  Those little bundles of joy are so hilarious to watch grow up; from the things they say to the things they do.  For some serious gut-busting laughs, check out this website; you’re in for a treat! http://www.organicmotherhoodwithcoolwhip.com/.  Here’s a little preview:

Momolympics Tryouts Begin on Tuesday

 

  You thought high school was bad? Were you shunned by the cheerleaders? Teased by the Pom Squad? Just wait. You don’t even know the meaning of the word humiliation yet. No matter how many boxes of edamame and organic lollipops you buy, the Organic Mommy Cult will never let you in.

  What’s the deal with all the competitive mothering these days anyway? Isn’t being a mom hard enough? Why do mothers feel the need to push each other down in order to pump themselves up? And furthermore, why do moms feel the need to judge their own children based on how they compare to someone else’s?

  The struggles of day-to-day motherhood are difficult enough. Just getting through the day without having to use the Wet Vac six times is an enormous accomplishment, when you have babies and toddlers in the house.

  If we’re going to compete, let’s at least standardize it and make it a legitimate tournament. We’ll call it the Momolympics and we can give prizes that will be useful and validating of our all our mothering efforts like a membership to a swanky gym with free babysitting, a coupon book of fancy date nights, an indestructible DVD player, a live-in housekeeper, earplugs, and hemorrhoid cream.

  So, if you wish to compete in the Momolympics in any of the following categories, please leave a message in the comment section below. Medals and prizes will be awarded on a per-event basis. And we regret to inform that bungee jumping while attempting to dose toddlers with Tylenol is no longer an official Momolympic Sport.
   1. Tastiest organic meal made in under 30 minutes while     holding a screaming infant and doing spin art with a toddler.

   2. Fastest time at removing a single pea from inside a toddler’s nose.

   3. Highest number of relatives called on the phone while simultaneously folding laundry and breastfeeding an infant.

   4. Most emergencies solved by using only the contents of one’s purse and/or diaper bag (potential emergencies may include diarrhea blowouts, cuts and scrapes, hunger in between meals, loss of blankie and/or favorite toy, grape juice explosions, etc.)

   5. Largest number of coherent emails sent in under 10 minutes while keeping two toddlers and an infant entertained without using ropes, hypnotism, straightjackets, Benadryl, and/or TV sedation.

   6. Most beds made successfully with hospital corners within 10 minutes while a team of wild toddlers plays tug of war with your sheets.

   7. Greatest number of seated toddlers entertained during a three-hour airplane flight using only a plastic cup, a bobby pin, and an In-Flight magazine. Immediate disqualification occurs if toddlers remove their seatbelts, stray from the seated position, and/or speak the words “Are we there yet?”

   8. Highest number of wholesome (and edible) snacks carried in a single diaper bag or purse. Additional points received for large amounts of fiber, superfoods, antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals. Points lost for sugar, trans fats, and salt.

   9. Most number of times to successfully do the Chicken Dance while playing Candyland and reciting The Cat in the Hat from memory in under 10 minutes.

   10. Most creative Lego tower built with a five-year-old companion in under 5 minutes, while a gang of crazed one-and-a-half-year-olds tries to thwart your every move.

   11. Tastiest homemade, organic fruit juice Popsicle made with the help of your own children and seventeen of their closest friends.

   12. Fastest time buckling six unhappy and tantruming two-year-olds into five-point harness car seats, while smiling and singing “When You’re Happy and You Know It Clap Your Hands.”

 

 

Now that’s what I like to call Laugh Out LOUD funny!!!

 

Maternity Health Care Reform! August 20, 2009

Filed under: 1 — sweetbirth @ 2:12 am

peace earth

 

 

Look How Far We’ve Come!

 

Thank you all for your support!  I’m pleased to recognize the leadership of the House Energy and Commerce Committee for passing a comprehensive health care reform bill; America’s Affordable Health Choices Act (H.R. 3200). This bill takes a big step toward widening access to evidence-based maternity care that is safer and more effective than the prevailing style of care pregnant women experience in the U.S.

In particular, the bill will:

  • Prohibit the use of pregnancy as a pre-existing condition by health insurance providers;
  • Widens access to certified nurse-midwives by eliminating inequities in how they are reimbursed under Madicare;
  • Measure and report publicly the performance of maternity care facilities and providers and use results to improve care;
  • Pay for home visits by nurses for families during or after pregnancy by Medicaid;
  • Expand access to primary maternity care by improving Medicaid coverage of freestanding birth centers;
  • Provide incentives to maternity care providers under Medicaid to provide care to underserved women and their families.

This legislation goes a long way toward acheving our eight steps to reform maternity care. It also expands access to primary maternity care that supports a woman’s innate capacity for birthing, breastfeeding and attachment, and avoids overuse of medical services and gives priority to prevention and wellness.

Continue to call your senators to gain support and together we can change maternity care in America.

 

 

 

Information sited from Childbirth Connection on 8/19/2009

 

 

 
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