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There are times when we would rather lie down in traffic than take a small child shopping in a big box store. But if you happened to have survived a trip or 100 to Costco with your kids, you may already know that it has a surprisingly good selection of toys for kids of all ages. Whether your kids are […]
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And just like that, another year is almost over. Another year of the joys and calamities of parenthood, whatever form that takes for you. We all have our own parenting highs — those significant, heartwarming or life-affirming moments that remind us what it’s all about and make the tough times worthwhile. Whether it’s finally getting the diagnosis for your child that […]
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What, you haven’t already finished all your holiday shopping? LOL JK us neither. And if you’re a parent, whether you love picking out gifts or detest scouring the internet for presents, chances are you’re still trying to finagle some way to find some gifts for those kids you call your own. So let us help make it easy — or […]
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Too cute! Celebrities are going all out this holiday season, dressing their darlings in festive pajamas. Robin Thicke and April Love Geary didn’t waste any time putting their daughters Mia, 21 months, and Lola, 9 months, in themed outfits. On December 1, the model, 24, posted a selfie with her and the Grammy winner’s youngest, captioned, “Happy December y’all.” In […]
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As a young anatomist, I was fascinated by an ancient Greek sculpture at the National Museum in Rome known as Boxer of the Quirinal. The bronze figure has dark voids for eye sockets and very odd ears. The sculptor depicted in great detail the boxer’s cauliflower ear. Watching the Rugby World Cup recently, I was reminded of it. Cauliflower ear […]
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Pete Wentz has been raising his 10-year-old son, Bronx, with his ex-wife, Ashlee Simpson, since their 2011 divorce, but doesn’t “have all the answers” to coparenting. “Telling somebody what the key to [coparenting] is would be insane,” the Fall Out Boy member, 40, recently told Us Weekly exclusively at the Hard Rock Hotel Los Cabos grand opening. “I think it’s […]
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Certain human gut microbes with links to health thrive when fed specific types of ingredients in dietary fibers, according to a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The work—conducted in mice colonized with human gut bacteria and using new technologies for measuring nutrient processing—is a step toward developing more nutritious foods based on a strategy […]
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If you’ve ever seen a newborn wrapped up like a burrito, you know it is the cutest sight. Their legs and arms are tucked and snug, and all you can see is their sweet little head. But cuteness aside, swaddling serves a very important purpose: It helps infants “feel safe and warm,” Dr. Katherine Williamson, MD, a pediatrician at Mission […]
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Stomach bugs come in different sizes. Norovirus, best known for sweeping through daycares and cruise ships, can form small, medium, and large structures depending on the viral strain. The discovery, reported June 10, 2019, in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, overturns nearly two decades of conventional wisdom about norovirus. Until now, the only structural data about […]
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Choosing a baby name is a piece of cake, right? I mean, all you have to do is ensure it looks good, sounds good, makes sense with the time and culture you’re living in, works well with your last name — and you probably also want it to be meaningful. Right? Yeah, that’s not easy at all. But fear not: […]
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