Circumcision, Revisited

| November 29, 2010

I’ve been thinking about the theme here at Too, Too Mama lately.  I’ve got a trusted reader who points out portions of posts that strike this reader as “too judgy” — the concern being that judgment is the opposite of my blogging theme.  I believe there is a fine but important line between “opinionated” (which [...]

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Guide to Informed Decision-Making: How Much “Screen-Time” Should Junior Get?

| November 8, 2010

Boy, this is going to be a particularly fun post for me.   Why?  Because I was an absolute CRAZED Too, Too Mama on this one single topic for quite a while.  I mean, it was marriage-threatening, is how nuts I was, people.  I do believe I swallowed the “TV is the singular evil in [...]

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Guide to Informed Decision-Making: Where Shall Mother Exhaust Most of Her Resources? Home, or Office?

| October 22, 2010

Ah, the raging WOHM/SAHM debate.  (Anyone reading this blog knows those acronyms, so I’m not going to bother with setting out the definitions.)   While this is a very difficult and very personal choice, I have a sneaking suspicion that the so-called “mommy wars” over this issue are a bit overblown.  I’ve been in both [...]

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Guide to Informed Decision-Making: When to Stop Bottle- or Breast-feeding?

| September 7, 2010

Here is the sequel to The Guide – Breast or Bottle?   At some point in your child’s life, he or she will no longer nurse and/or use a bottle.  People have opinions about when that should be.  Lots and lots of opinions.  Here goes. Nurse for as Long as Possible. Wait, why didn’t I [...]

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Guide to Informed Decision-Making: Vaccinations

| August 31, 2010

Boy, this one gets a lot of juice on the interweb, and the most recent court ruling on the matter has prompted me to put this next-in-line in our Guide to Informed Decision-Making. Should I Vaccinate My Child? YES, Dammit, yes!!   This is another of those areas where I cannot bring myself to be [...]

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