Welcome
Gaga-ooh-la-la.
bsp calls this month’s special section on babies, “Baby Gaga,” and who doesn’t go gaga about them? Throw in pregnant women, and you have double baby gaga-ing plus gushing. Full Story
MEET OUR COVER MODEL
Barrett Parker Brody OF MEDWAY
Parents: Lauren and Craig Brody
Big Sister: 17-month-old Alexandria Full Story
GUESTBOOK
Dear bsp: Kim and I would like to express our gratitude for your support of Why Me & Sherry’s House. We have received many phone calls from interested people who saw Bella’s Ball advertised in your calendar section. Full Story
Winners!
Meet some of bsp’s recent prize winners. Check our “giveaways” at baystateparent.com as well as updates on Facebook for a list of prizes.
Angela Haugabrook, Framingham: an adult-sized fitness hoop from Full Motion Family ($100 value)
Sharon Cohen, Ashland: Preserve Products ($50 value) Full Story
ON MY Plate
Good-Bye Cancer!
There are very few traces of breast cancer left in my house since completing all of my treatment one year ago. Full Story
UNDER MY ROOF
Advice for New Dads
Legendary screenwriter William Goldman (“Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”) once said of making movies: “Nobody knows anything.”
His point was clear. There is no single formula, no magic bullet for success. Movies strike the public fancy, or flop horribly, because, well, because they just do.
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Advice for New Moms
It has been said that advice costs nothing and is worth the price. Advice to new mothers, from experienced mothers, is no exception.
My first piece of advice to any new mom is to ignore all advice. You can choose to nod politely and feign interest if that suits your personality, or you can shut people down on the spot. Either way, quickly disregard all of it. Full Story
MARCH’SCHILDREN
Carla, age 9 and Carlos, age 10
This sweet-looking, dynamic duo is bright, active, well-mannered and full of energy and personality. They have been in their current foster home for almost one and a half years, and have made tremendous progress due to the structure and unconditional love they receive from their foster family. Full Story
Circle of Friends
HIGHLIGHTS OF MARCH’S ADOPTION-RELATED EVENTS
MOSAIC: A GROUP FOR ADOPTED AND FOSTER KIDS AGES 7 TO 9 Thursday, March 4:
Center For Family Connections, 350 Cambridge St., Cambridge. 6-7:30 p.m. Offering a therapeutic group for preteens touched by adoption or foster care care to explore themselves and their identity through multi-media. Full Story
FINALLY,FOREVER
A New Kind of Adoption Conference
What would it be like if the world did not assume that family members must all look alike?
“Adoption: Secret Histories, Public Policies”
Hosted by the Alliance for the Study of Adoption and Culture To be held at MIT, Cambridge, April 29-May 2, 2010
Full Story
baystateparent Wins First Place Community Service in Adoption Award
The Suburban Newspapers of America (SNA) awarded baystateparent first place for community service last month for our commitment to adoption. baystateparent was the top choice from newspapers across North America who submitted their best and brightest work. The contest was judged by the Journalism Department faculty of Loyola University Chicago, School of Communication.
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JUNKDRAWERS
A LITTLE OF THIS, A LITTLE OF THAT
Send HEARTS For HAITI
After seeing images of the earthquake in Haiti on TV, twin 7-year-old girls, Kate and Emma, collected coins and dollars from piggy banks and tiny purses and asked their mom to text a donation. They then began drawing pictures of smiles and hearts, and asked if they could be mailed to some of the orphans in Haiti. Full Story
MOMS ROCK
Cynthia Morningstar of Hopkinton
Age:
49 Occupation:
Mom, Student, Midwife
Mom of Thirteen:
Max(25) (married to Kiki), Ryan(23), Thomas(22), Will(20), Molly(17), Tess(15), Anna(13), James(12), John(10), Lillian(8), Sam(8), Mia(5), Eli(2)
Married to:
Karl Full Story
When BACKHOES, FRONT LOADERS, and STRANGERS MOVE IN
My home had always been my haven until the day we began construction to add on a major addition. Sure we had thought of moving, but we kept coming back to our neighborhood and how much we love it here. Before we knew it, backhoes, front loaders, concrete trucks, and strangers were swarming the property. Full Story
BABY trendsetter
SPECIAL BABY PRODUCT PROMOTION
Full Story
YOU DELIVERED THE MOST IMPORTANT PART, NOW DELIVER THE SECOND:
Baby’s Announcement
bsp’s
featured birth announcement: DIANE SECHRIST PHOTOGRAPHY, BOSTON dianasechrist.com Full Story
BACK sleeping AND MISSHAPENED HEADS
Can the epidemic be something that’s actually good for the health of children?
As pediatricians, we see a steady stream of infants who have oblong or misshapen heads, and the incidence of this is increasing. Good. The more the better!
How can this be? Can the epidemic be something that’s actually good for the health of children? Full Story
New Moms HEAD TO Mothers & Company
FOR SUPPORT, FRIENDSHIP, INFO, COUNSELING, AND SOME COOL BABY SUPPLIES FOR PARENTS GOING GREEN
Like most new moms, Allisen Menchaca wondered if her 4-weekold son was getting enough to eat. And as a breastfeeding mom, how could she pump and build up a supply of frozen breast milk if Manny needed to nurse regularly all day long?
“I heard so many different things,” recalls Menchaca about those early days of momhood. Full Story
MILK IT, BABY!
WITH HOT MATERNITY BASICS AND BEYOND
When
you are pregnant, you gain a kind of celebrity status. People smile at you. They open doors for you. They gush over you and your big shot belly. Enjoy the pregnancy “paparazzi,” ladies, in all of its positives and negatives, as it’s good training for graciously handling the accolades and managing the criticism when your little superstar is born. Full Story
LOOKING FAB: IT’S ALL IN A DAY’S WORK
bsp notes
Far Left: The black Odessa shirt is one of bsp’s favorites as it’s a dress shirt in front but the sleeves and back are made of soft, casual cotton. Plus, the back is stretchy to accommodate mom’s growing belly. There is also a pretty velvet ribbon trim down the front. Very practical! Full Story
LOOKING FAB: AFTER HOURS
DO
you really want to wear one of your regular loosefi tting dresses to your upcoming function? Sure it may “fit,” but you’ll be rocking the mini-skirt in the front as your belly pulls the dress’ material in the back (party in front, business in back!). Full Story
TACKLING Nursing Twins
Nothing can send a woman off her rails faster than hearing her doctor say, “you’re expecting twins.” It certainly sent me reeling! The color drained from my husband’s face as he fought back the urge to barf into the exam room sink as I thought to myself, “I don’t think I can do this. Full Story
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