I am annoyed after reading this article at babble.com today.

First, I want to say this, “AHHH! Life is so tough for some people—> no sushi, peanuts, cat poop or booze for a whole nine months!”

I could go on and on about the inaccuracies and generalizations, but I won’t, I just want to focus on one!

Myth # 6 – Alcohol exposure leads to Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and mental retardation.
According to the author:

Oh, relax! All of the children described in the original paper on FAS were born to severe, chronic alcoholics. While some researchers argue that any alcohol is bad, others (including Britain’s Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists) say that an infrequent glass of wine with dinner is nothing to worry about. Believe it or not, there’s even some severe, chronic alkies whose pregnancies come out fine (although being a severe, chronic alkie is never advisable). Do the research and come to your own personal decision.

GIVE-ME-A-BREAK!

Sam: Mom, it’s been two weeks since I lost my tooth and the tooth fairy hasn’t come yet.

I feel so guilty … poor guy … I’m a bad, bad mom!

Me: Well, maybe she is really busy; leave her a note on your door … so she can’t forget.

Later, I found this:

For those of you that don’t read 2nd grade scrawl.

It says:

TOOTH —>

Boy name Sam
Look
I like all dtails
Draw: (he wanted her to draw a picture of herself, DUH, I drew a tooth!)
Name: (I said her name was Miss. T. Fairy)
Old: (I figure she’s been around a while so I put 573 1/2)

And I left him $4.50 (all the change I had in my wallet).

He’s happy! I feel sad that I am so pre-occupied!

Contest ends tonight I will be picking the winners Wednesday / Thursday (it’ll take a while to track down all the links, banners etc.) and comments.

Do you have any ideas for the end of January?

MK xo