tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606186947569498376.post3160508837827987070..comments2024-03-29T00:31:30.639-07:00Comments on Dude of the House: Stars Are Just Like Us?Dude of The Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09272483182710859456noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606186947569498376.post-40290032443013279682023-12-12T18:28:35.466-08:002023-12-12T18:28:35.466-08:00You shared a very nice story very Inspiring. Engl...You shared a very nice story very Inspiring. <a href="https://www.renovationreserve.com/" rel="nofollow">Englander 25-CAB80</a> Angel17https://www.blogger.com/profile/12515866684980903711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606186947569498376.post-79150342495977167652012-04-21T17:56:03.812-07:002012-04-21T17:56:03.812-07:00Great post. I remember years ago watching an inter...Great post. I remember years ago watching an interview with Lindsay Wagner and Catherine Oxenburg, both touting the benefits of breast feeding. Catherine proudly announced she had for 8 months, big applause, Lindsay announced she BF'ed until her son was 4 1/2. you could have heard a pin drop and the look of horror on Catherine's face was priceless. Even when they agree they disagree. Who's to know what is right or wrong?paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01973478718499363534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606186947569498376.post-76696946772476706792012-04-19T07:36:01.012-07:002012-04-19T07:36:01.012-07:00I don't have any kids, but I chew my husband&#...I don't have any kids, but I chew my husband's food up for him before I plate it.<br /><br />I'm TOTALLY kidding.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060391519022235374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606186947569498376.post-91282765485783122392012-04-19T06:27:37.725-07:002012-04-19T06:27:37.725-07:00I like your "to each his or her own" phi...I like your "to each his or her own" philosophy. We may have lampooned these ladies a little rougher in our Monday Listicles this week. <br />But two things:<br />1) About the placenta thing, I would like to point out the irony that Jones lauded the naturalness of eating her placenta, YET, she had it PROCESSSED into pills. I poo-poo the hypocrisy. If you are going to do it, do it right: bib and a steak knife.<br />2)How could you resist calling Bialik Blossom??<br />EllenSisterhood of the Sensible Momshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10978033016895948863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606186947569498376.post-17275077882148899692012-04-19T04:36:11.647-07:002012-04-19T04:36:11.647-07:00I think they are just like us because some of us n...I think they are just like us because some of us non-celebrity types are batshit crazy too! I've known people to engage (to some degree) in each of these ... um... interesting parenting choices. Great post!<br />-MamaMzunguKim S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13213887812737407113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606186947569498376.post-6242158651288306642012-04-18T20:32:18.272-07:002012-04-18T20:32:18.272-07:00Celebrities are weird. They just are. Probably par...Celebrities are weird. They just are. Probably part of what makes them celebrities.Jennifer Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06543609958581052245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606186947569498376.post-53069803536071118812012-04-18T18:29:38.233-07:002012-04-18T18:29:38.233-07:00I think this parenting thing is just so hard becau...I think this parenting thing is just so hard because there are so many ways to do it. It seems that if we find a way that works for us there is always going to be someone telling you it's the wrong way. <br />And who decided what the right way to do this way anyway? <br />I think you hit it on the head with this, "our parenting is similar to the celebrities in that we all obviously love our kids enough to do whatever we believe will help them thrive, by any means necessary."<br />If all parents could subscribe to this, and stop the judging of others' parenting techniques, maybe the parenting thing wouldn't be such a hot topic. <br />Thank you for tackling this issue here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606186947569498376.post-72427233091298138652012-04-18T14:53:42.552-07:002012-04-18T14:53:42.552-07:00I have 5 kids. I gave birth to 3 of them. I never ...I have 5 kids. I gave birth to 3 of them. I never ate my placenta nor did I have any desire to. Ever. I breatfed my son for 21 months and that was a very long time. I wanted to stop at a year. He disagreed. He won. I formula fed the others. I co-slept with my son for what seems like a lifetime but I'm sure it just seems that way because of the massive sleep deprivation. He's the only one that co-slept. I'm noticing a trend here. My son is a terrorist and I am his hostage. Damn.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04968250671087385396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606186947569498376.post-2845267318439179412012-04-18T12:46:13.100-07:002012-04-18T12:46:13.100-07:00They also had Pre-Chew Charlies where you could or...They also had Pre-Chew Charlies where you could order pre-chewed food at a restaurant if you had dentures or bad teeth or whatever. I still remember that!Scribbleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13659457487522626551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606186947569498376.post-83080388122307768182012-04-18T07:44:51.158-07:002012-04-18T07:44:51.158-07:00I'm a mother of five and I have never understo...I'm a mother of five and I have never understood the whole breastfeeding until they're headed to college thing and please do not even get me started on the mouth to mouth feeding method of Ms. Silverstone. I think she may have rolled with the homeys just a bit too much - just sayin.Mama Finchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08591051321827674894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606186947569498376.post-40594593364433621492012-04-18T07:09:15.148-07:002012-04-18T07:09:15.148-07:00I think that the shock value of these stories is m...I think that the shock value of these stories is mitigated when the details are explained. Thanks for saying most of what I would have said! It makes a big difference in the imagination to picture digging into sauteed placenta versus swallowing a pill with placenta in it. <br /><br />Is that more gross than sausage encased in pig instestines? I mean, really?<br /><br />And I have to admit to not being as grossed out as ANY of my friends by the mastication Silverstone did. I guess I'm more crunchy than I thought.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606186947569498376.post-54576802588744028702012-04-18T03:25:44.929-07:002012-04-18T03:25:44.929-07:00Dude, I always love your posts. The amazing thing...Dude, I always love your posts. The amazing thing to me is not so much the kookiness of pre-chewing or placenta-eating but the fact that the kooks have gone out of their way to advertise it. I may do the occasional kooky thing myself, but I sure don't post youtube videos of my quirks. Keep it to yourselves, people!Louise Ducotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01390647405858661686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606186947569498376.post-7643935392905050082012-04-17T19:37:20.409-07:002012-04-17T19:37:20.409-07:00i can't speak to eating placenta in any form, ...i can't speak to eating placenta in any form, but i do know getting kicked in the head in the middle of the night is not fun. as for stealing the covers - well, my spouse does that, so i'm SOL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606186947569498376.post-89179480372506670092012-04-17T19:34:56.138-07:002012-04-17T19:34:56.138-07:00That's a great post. But I think kids needs to...That's a great post. But I think kids needs to grow at their own pace and independently. Yes we are always there when they need us, but we can't always be there.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12007137762225259711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606186947569498376.post-19325924526417635952012-04-17T19:20:38.433-07:002012-04-17T19:20:38.433-07:00I'm a judgy judger with permanently raised eye...I'm a judgy judger with permanently raised eyebrows, but I allow an exception for parenting. Probably because I work in human services and see a parade of actual horrible parenting, I just can't get as riled up about spitting food into a child's mouth or eating a placenta. That said, I hate attachment parenting...for me. I tried it. I bought the books. I read the books (major step for me). I tried the techniques with Shiftless Baby 1...and they were a disaster. My children actually go to their cribs on their own for "alone time." I think I annoy them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11588636263653403475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606186947569498376.post-37452001027173625152012-04-17T19:13:28.631-07:002012-04-17T19:13:28.631-07:00Well you know I BF'd my first one until she wa...Well you know I BF'd my first one until she was probably "too old" - but it was a mutual, private kind of decision - I took my cues from her - by BF'ing really I mean in the last stage it was only just before bedtime but she was SO attached to it, so was I - I think she was 2 or even 2 and a bit by the time we weaned. My second had enough at 6 or 8 mos! She wanted to move onto other things so we did. I had a harder time of it than she did.<br />Anyway I'm blathering but what I really wanted to say here was kudos for you, a daddy blogger, for weighing in your own opinions on the whole breastfeeding thing! Many men are fraidy-cats on this topic so they say nothing. <br />Also - what do you mean you don't have a $400,000 Bentley or mama-bird feed your kids? Doesn't everybody??Adohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16810706315747880800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606186947569498376.post-67150489447748299542012-04-17T15:25:21.945-07:002012-04-17T15:25:21.945-07:00It is hard for me, as a dude, to judge, but the on...It is hard for me, as a dude, to judge, but the only thing I could say in terms of coddling your children is that it would be a shame if it resulted in the child not being able to properly acclimate with his or her peers at school. As I said, I am no expert, but I fear that breast-feeding a child for 3+ years would lead to attachment issues, which would probably hurt a bit when the kid goes to school and can think of nothing else than being with his/her mom.Youngman Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08336401937507133453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606186947569498376.post-49754755171104824342012-04-17T13:03:49.857-07:002012-04-17T13:03:49.857-07:00Honestly? I don't really think anything of an...Honestly? I don't really think anything of any of these situations. I really do believe that women should be able to make their own choices about their bodies and their children, so long as they aren't harming anyone. I do lots of things that other people might find odd or awkward or just plain stupid...but I do them consciously, and I am glad to be able to make my own choices in my life. <br /><br />Would I breastfeed a 3-year-old? No, probably not. But there are plenty of women all around the world who do, and I wouldn't judge them for it. <br /><br />Would I ingest my own placenta in pill form? No, probably not. But if a woman has suffered from PPD - or is afraid that she might - then who am I to suggest that she shouldn't do anything in her power to avoid it? Even if there's no actual proof that it's anything but a placebo effect, who am I to say that a woman doesn't have a right to that? (hee hee...just noticed how similar the words placebo and placenta are...) And besides, there might not be proof that it helps...but neither is there proof that it DOESN'T help.<br /><br />It isn't worth it - to me - to spend my energy judging women who are hurting no one with their actions, and who are only seeking to be the best mothers they can be to their children, even if they're choosing to go about it in rather unconventional ways.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00420841652300294215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606186947569498376.post-13155141265127421092012-04-17T11:32:19.301-07:002012-04-17T11:32:19.301-07:00The placenta thing makes me want to throw up in my...The placenta thing makes me want to throw up in my mouth.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08938378044931508438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606186947569498376.post-37989274930217461572012-04-17T10:50:59.056-07:002012-04-17T10:50:59.056-07:00yea, I try to stear clear of judging parenthood kn...yea, I try to stear clear of judging parenthood knowing my kids will have plenty to talk about in therapy. yet, I kinda think it is different when they put out a youtube video on their parenting style, they are more than free to have their belief set, but know that people are going to make value calls on them when you make them public.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05260565778393696918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606186947569498376.post-1706040340890551822012-04-17T10:36:44.014-07:002012-04-17T10:36:44.014-07:00I'm still having trouble getting the placenta ...I'm still having trouble getting the placenta thing out of my mind. Gag. I'm sure Mayim Bialik is not alone in her thinking, but I feel that when I child gets to where he/she can talk well enough and probably describe mom's breast, it's time to stop the breastfeeding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606186947569498376.post-44107251874949991322012-04-17T10:33:37.110-07:002012-04-17T10:33:37.110-07:00I'm not a parent but I'm going to take a s...I'm not a parent but I'm going to take a stand anyway and say that neither of the two parenting techniques you highlight can be good. Yes, you need to do what you think is best for your kid, but wow what you think is best may not be best. Then what? Eventually your kid will need to function on his own. Sometimes I think celebrities feel they have a free rein because they are celebrities. Their sense of self worth is to the extreme of most everyday parents trying to do the best they can.Stephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06117409443842865395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606186947569498376.post-3049723840906145042012-04-17T08:49:21.493-07:002012-04-17T08:49:21.493-07:00I'm not a mom, but I can safely say that chewi...I'm not a mom, but I can safely say that chewing up and depositing food into someone else's mouth is not on my "to-do list" for the near (or far) future. I do like the point you've made here though. It seems that everyone really is just doing what they think is best...be it a little unorthodox or not.Katie @ Chicken Noodle Gravyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02852793993330125727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606186947569498376.post-23789400130610053092012-04-17T07:43:01.215-07:002012-04-17T07:43:01.215-07:00AND they had a skit called like "bird family&...AND they had a skit called like "bird family" where the parents fed their teenage kids by chewing food and putting it in their mouths. I gotta say, "eeek." But I'm not a parent, so I guess..whatever works?Giahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10026292498250130247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606186947569498376.post-19153996358657790802012-04-17T05:01:48.953-07:002012-04-17T05:01:48.953-07:00I am a "to each her own" sort of mom. H...I am a "to each her own" sort of mom. However... none of these are my style. I did think of the bacteria with the food though. I remember reading (and feeling guilty about) sharing a straw with my kid or letting him eat off my fork because of germs. I'm surprised that someone chews her kids food unnecessarily.Michelle Longohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15437193620480920753noreply@blogger.com