Parenting Sites 411

I’m sorry for my absence from the site this week. It’s been a crazy week in parenting land over here and to top it off, I had a little baby with a bad fever for a couple days. Any of you who’ve also had this know that little babies with bad fevers don’t like to be put down. And it’s rather hard to post with a baby sweating on your chest. He seems to be on the mend now, antibiotics to the rescue! Now maybe I can get caught up…

There are a few great sites to visit this week. And since NaBloPoMo started yesterday, I figure next week we’ll have a virtual bounty of great posts to read. I hope you like what I’ve picked out for you!

• “CBACBAVB” from misszoot. This is a topic near and dear to my heart, which you’ve probably noticed since I’ve linked to similar posts like it before. But I like the perspective she gave it. If you can’t tell from the title, it’s about having a repeat c-section versus a VBAC (or vaginal birth after c-section). It’s controversial, but I do believe the decision is ultimately a personal one.
• “The pumpkin, the pumpkin, the pumpkin’s on fire” from All & Sundry. Linda always has a way to make me laugh. Though she spends a portion of the post bashing Internet Explorer (another topic near and dear to my heart), the majority of the post is spent on pumpkins and pumpkin carving. You should see what she and her husband put together. Wow!
• “Halloweenie” from Hollow Squirrel. Mrs. Squirrel came up with a brilliant meme that’s a take-off from the standard literary meme but involves horror movies instead. What I love is show she explained each movie and why she’s seen it, why she saw only part of it or why she hasn’t seen it at all. Definitely a post that helped me get in the mood for the spooky holiday but is enjoyable all year round.
• “Keep Your Sun Up In The Rain” from Oh, The Joys. She shares with us a story she read her children, a true children’s book about a man who walked a tightrope between the two towers. And by towers, I mean the World Trade Center in NYC. The somber ending to the story prompted a frank discussion about redemption, one of those truly awesome parenting moments that each of us cling to through the difficult days.
• “Frema and the Three Winter Coats” from What’re You Looking At? Frema goes through a distressing situation that nearly every woman who is pregnant during the winter months has to suffer through: Which coat to wear? We see a hilarious sequence of photos where she tries various coats on with varying degrees of success before finally going out and shelling out the dough for a maternity coat (which looks fabulous by the way).
• “Tube-Tied” from Purple is a Fruit. Another post from Linda (but from a different blog so it’s okay), and another topic that’s near and dear to my heart. Or maybe, just something that’s also weighing on my mind right now. Like Linda, my doctor wants me to consider getting my tubes tied during my c-section. It’s a rough decision, even if you know you’re done having children. Almost as good as the post is the discussion that takes place in the comments section.

I hope everyone has a great weekend and hopefully you’ll be seeing me sooner than a week from now!