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I don’t know why this guy looks so worried. Probably because he was drawn by me. Read more »

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Elf has been feeling the baby move — certainly and clearly — since about the first week of February. And recently I’ve been able to feel the baby move as well. Last night I tried listening for the baby’s heartbeat. I didn’t hear one, but I did get kicked in the earhole.
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Mac discusses a “doctor who choses who to treat based on faith”:http://www.peskyapostrophe.com/index.php/weblog/the_doctor_is_not_in/. An example: he wouldn’t treat a girl for an ear infection because the her mother has a tattoo. I’m sure you’ve heard of doctors and pharmacists have refusing to give birth control medication to women.
These stories leave me speechless. I’m baffled by [...] Read more »

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By email Blogless Mike asks:

Have you waxed philosophic yet about being a parent… all the things you want to do or not do… teach her/him to read by age 2??

Of course we have. For example, we have discussed at what age it is appropriate to demand of a kid that he or she bring you [...] Read more »

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!(inset)http://www.thudfactor.com/images/dhl_sank.jpg!:http://xo.typepad.com/blog/2005/08/dhl_van_crashes.html The day after Fred posted this…
bq. In my experience, it never pays to get the faster shipping with Amazon.com. I recently made two purchases online. With the first, I went with free shipping. With the second, because I wanted to receive the package sooner, I chose next-day mail. Guess which one shipped right away? [...] Read more »

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