Around the Web…

Some links for your Thursday afternoon:

• A New Zealand judge rules a 9-year-old girl can change her embarassing name, "Talula Does the Hula from Hawaii" — CNN.com
• How do you feel about the phrase, "We’re pregnant"? — lilSugar
• The rate of babies born with hemangiomas is on the rise — MOMformation
• Can what a mother eats affect the taste of her breast milk? — ABCNews.com
• A word of caution about certain granite kitchen countertops — New York Times

Comments

My middle child, a son who I had when I was 28, had a hemangioma on his bottom. I started small but by 3 weeks old it stretched from his rectum out about 4 inches. It was very red-purple and bumpy. We started him on steroids to stop the growth and at 8 weeks he needed laser surgery because it was continually ulcering. The concern was that the ulcers were being exposed to poop and pee and it was a medical rather than cosmetic surgery. It closed the original ulcers, but did open new, smaller ones. They however healed faster than the original ones. Our doc said that about 50% of them disappear on their own by 5, 70% by 7 and nearly all disappear by 10. My son is now 4 and while you can still see it, it is fairly smooth and there is no redness left.

- finnaryn on July 24th, 2008

hahaha, just read about Talula Does The Hula in my local paper this morning, and I live all the way in Dunedin, New Zealand. Didn’t know it was worldwide news!
btw, REALLY hate the phrase ‘we’re pregnant.’ Something about it just rubs me the wrong way.

- Maddie on July 24th, 2008

what in the world are some of these parents thinking! Why would you name your child Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii???? OR Fish and Chip or Number 16 Bus Shelter …. or any of them other names! I don’t understand why a parent would do that to their child ….. what are they trying to punish them for something they might do in the future????

- Bancie1031 on July 24th, 2008

♥ I actually posted that article on “Talula Does the Hula from Hawaii” on the Name Choice Explained By New Dad Ingo Rademacher as a point to my opinion on the name Peanut.
♥ Don’t care for the phrase “We’re Pregnant!” (I prefer “We’re Expecting” or We’re Having a Baby”.)
♥ My daughter was born with a hemangioma that looked like half of a perfectly-shaped strawberry at her hairline (she had a lot of hair…and I mean a LOT…she looked like she was wearing a wig) and it grew a little, then started turning grey and was gone by the time she was 2 years old, so we didn’t have any concerns with it.
♥ I remember kissing my babies near the mouth after a feeding and being surprised at how sweet my breast milk was, but I didn’t notice feeding time being greater or shorter or them eating more or less depending on what I ate. But, they were hearty eaters!
♥ I have granite and marble all through my house! Maybe I should get it checked for radioactivity. I’ll ask my husband who is a executive for a nationwide homebuilder…can’t be too safe!

- SouthernBelle on July 24th, 2008

umm you guys do know that it’s stephanie McMAHON-LEVESQUE daughter’s Aurora Rose Levesque 2nd birthday today don’t you?

- Katie on July 24th, 2008

My older daughter was born with a hemangioma on her lower back, just above her bum crack. It was about the size of a nickel. It slowly went away on it’s own and completely disappeared by the time she was 6.

- Lorus on July 25th, 2008