Miscellanea for our Daughter

… it is time to stop arguing over who has things worse or who does things better, stay-at-home mothers or employed mothers. Instead, we should pay attention to women’s preferences and options.

Feminism has also fostered increased respect for men’s ability and desire to be involved parents. So we should also pay attention to expanding men’s ability to choose greater involvement in family life, just as we have expanded women’s ability to choose greater involvement in meaningful work.

Via devastatinglyabstract.

Wakeful Babies

harvestbird — Fri, 06 May 2011 09:05:20 +1200

harvestbird: Sleep! Sleep! Sleep is for the weak! This tweet brought to you by harvestbaby.
Becs: & lil' pete will now retweet.
harvestbird: Anna is now a wee bit older than Pete was when she was born. I think she's ready to be his sidekick in wakefulness.
Becs: they shall never be allowed to meet least they form a baby gang!
harvestbird: They'll be like 19th-century Sydney larrikins, tearing up our peaceful islands.
Becs: absolutely. pete's hair is getting longer - all the better to woo other babies with. & catch food. he's almost never in shoes.
harvestbird: Perfect. Anna can remove and hat and shoes in one fell swoop. They'll be tiny but adorable parters of the rich from their follies.
Becs: phew. lucky as the family estate is dwindling here.

via devastatinglyabstract: (via Swimming babies: underwater...

harvestbird — Sun, 01 May 2011 12:53:30 +1200

via devastatinglyabstract:

(via Swimming babies: underwater photographs of babies learning how to swim - Telegraph)

New car-seat safety recommendations

harvestbird — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 14:47:09 +1200

New car-seat safety recommendations:

These were briefly discussed when we attended the new parents group at Plunket, so it’s good to see some publicising of them.