“Hors d’oeuvres, Doggy-style”
by Cari

You can imagine my excitement when, the other day while I was cleaning the kitchen and talking on the phone, Gordon and our black lab, Sarge, wandered into the bathroom together. I quietly narrated the situation to my neighbor over the phone and expressed my pride over the fact that it seemed Gordon was taking a keen interest in the potty. I could hear him jabbering away to our dog and was convinced he was educating our lab on the joys of the potty.

I couldn’t contain my amazement and excused myself from the phone conversation to sneak down the hall and peek in on the little potty genius I had created. To my amusement, Gordon was holding the bowl of pineapple pieces I had given him earlier and was gently placing them one by one in the potty while Sarge waited for his cue to dig in. I guess I will hold off on his MENSA application for a little while yet.

How great would it be to have a team of ladies travel to your home to do a massage or a pedicure? There is a Spa in New York City that does just this. They even have services for daddies to be as well.

Mama Spa is New York City’s mobile spa that delivers VIP Prenatal Pampering to your doorstep. You can choose from an array of specialized prenatal and postnatal spa services such as Prenatal Massage, Prenatal Reflexology, Postnatal Massage, Mama-cures (their version of the manicure), Pedicures and more. Could you Imagine? Your are in the last few weeks of pregnancy, the last thing you want is to go anywhere. They come to you!!

They also have spa themed baby showers where you can choose from spa stations, spa lounge areas or customized private spa rooms. Love it!! This is just another reason why I love NYC, they have so many great amenities.

The CBC.ca has posted a new study out of Britain that says the use of longer wider needles can significantly reduce vaccination reactions at 4 months of age. For anyone who has had to take their child to get vaccinated this is great news. I wonder if it can help with the crankiness that goes with vaccinations as well!?

In the U.K., recommendations call for wide, long needles to be used to help deliver the vaccine to the target muscle, but many doctors continue to use narrow, short needles for the injections. I wonder if there is a cost issue and the longer needles are more expensive. Maybe that is why they continue to use the shorter needles. As long at they get it all sorted out by November when our son needs his next needle.