Blog Entries - June 2009

Marriage is NOT obsolete!

nikkik — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:00:00 +0100

Believe it or not, a cynical article I read the other day claims to the contrary:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31452178/ns/today_relationships//

What do you think?

Funny Stay-at-Home Dad video

nikkik — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:00:00 +0100

In doing research on Stay-at-Home Dads (SAHDs) for an upcoming article in Vancouver Family Magazine, I came across a hilarious tribute to those guys who put career on hold to raise their kiddos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmWp-rI6vSw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fmemoirsofastayathomedad%2Eblogspot%2Ecom%2F2009
%2F03%2Finteresting%2Dstay%2Dat%2Dhome%2Ddad%2Dstatistics%2Ehtml&feature=player_embedded

Pregnancy anxiety and depression part 2

emmareaghansmommy — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:00:00 +0100

One example of anxiety that I really remember from my pregnancy with Reaghan happened when I was six months along. We were on vacation in Hawaii and our room was on the 7th floor. It was the kind of hotel where all of the rooms open to the outside so we had to walk to our room on a really long balcony. There was a safety rail, but for some reason I was so scared that Emma was going to slip and fall thru the rail. It was ridiculious because she seriously would ha [...]

Pregnancy and anxiety/depression

emmareaghansmommy — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:00:00 +0100

You hear so much about postpartum depression and anxiety, even Hollywood shares these problems with us. Well why didn't I ever hear of it starting during pregnancy?! When I had Emma I experienced minor feelings of postpartum depresson. Once, when she was a week or so old I ran to the store for diapers and left her home with my Mom. Well there I was in Freddy's walking down the baby aisle and "Wind Beneath My Wings" came on. Next thing I knew I [...]