Infant Botulism

I read that honey, corn syrup and other sweeteners are dangerous for babies under 12 months and it can cause botulism. Because the digestive juices of babies are less acidic than older children and adults and maybe less likely to destroy ingested pores. Infant Botulism is a very dangerous disease and its the leading cause of 100 deaths per year in the US.
so please do not give your infants honey or corn syrup or any sweeteners, hold them off till they are a year old!
Here is something funny i read online- its about a 13 yr old boy who ( actually look and sound like an 8 yr old!) her girlfriend pregnant and she had a baby. here what he had to say "I thought it would be good to have a baby. I didn't think about how we would afford it. I don't really get pocket money. My dad sometimes gives me £10.” Alfie, who is just 4ft tall, added: “When my mum found out, I thought I was going to get in trouble. We wanted to have the baby but were worried how people would react.I didn't know what it would be like to be a dad. I will be good, though, and care for it.”
check the full story @ BBC

Love and Respect

Have you ever wondered why Ephesians 5 commands the Wife to respect her Husband and the Husband to Love his wife? I have pondered over it a couple of times and concluded it wasn't fair. But on Sunday my pastor couldn't have explained it better. He said God made man to need respect,. It defines who he is and respect or lack of it will determine what he is going to be. That is why a man who is respected by his wife thinks he can do anything. Women on the other hand need to be love, that is why a woman will want to sleep with a guy because she thinks it's love. It's the core of our being and God made us that way so that we will need Him! I guess this is something to think about eh?

Old wives Tale?

I thought my mum was the most superstitious person i had ever met. i mean when she came to visit she had all these ideas about babies and how to treat them. she believed that if your baby does something positive, you do not praise the baby rather you say it in negative terms. for instance she didn't want me to say my baby was a big baby becos saying that will make the baby skinny! (yeah ! right) im sure its the most ridiculous thing you've heard right?. well i think i'm starting to believe some of these tales or is it just coincidence? any time Nana does something positive like say she sleeps thru the night or she eats very well in a particular day and i blab about it to my friends, she will unleash her worst behavior either by not sleeping at all or cry when im feeding her. i was blabbing to my friend about how Nana was doing and that very day she woke up and won't sleep for hours! is it a coincidence or what? so now my approach is to be passive about her oh well! lets wait and see