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Study Reports Maternity Memory Loss
A while back I wrote about having mush brain when I was pregnant. Now there is scientific evidence to show I wasn't alone.
A new Australian study published in the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, found that pregnant women experience memory loss during pregnancy and it often lingers after the birth.
Why Didn't Anybody Tell Me?: Mush Brain
I thought I was a "with–it" kind of girl before I got pregnant. I used to be on time, scheduled and for the most part, organized. Then it happened — I got pregnant and I got mush brain.
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10 iPhone Apps For New Moms
Say goodbye to mush brain with a lil help from your smart phone! The fog in which many new moms find themselves after their baby's birth can leave them trying to remember when they last nursed or how often their tot is soiling diapers. There are quite a few new iPhone applications designed expressly for keeping track of these things.
Mommy's Lil Helper: Baby Brain iPhone App
Many new moms liken their introduction into motherhood to wading through a fog. I didn't see through the thickness until my daughter was about 6-weeks-old and even then, I still had mush brain. Like most first time mothers, I frantically tracked her nursing habits, diaper changes and nap times because I knew I would forget the schedule moments later.
Texts and Tunes: Summer Reading
Ice cream and wet grass turn to mush in the summertime, but there's no need to add your child's brain to the list. Encourage them to soak up some good reads during the school free months.
Make the break a page turner by taking a family outing to your local library to pick up a selection of stories.
Share Your Mommy Stories!
Being a mother is my greatest joy. It's taught me unconditional love, patience, humility and not to sweat the small stuff. While most of my parenting style is instinctual or based on my role models' behaviors, I still have, "Why didn't anybody tell me?!"
Natalie Natters To Marie Claire
She's been tirelessly promoting her movie The Other Boleyn Girl all over the place lately, but in the middle of the madness Natalie Portman found time to sit down with Marie Claire. When I met her recently it was so clear how intelligent she is, and MC asked her about her Harvard degree – she said,
"I can be pretentious and talk about books for hours, but I’m not hyper-intellectual or anything. I mean, I like to read, but lots of people do.
Geeky Girl We Love: 14 of Gallery of the Absurd
There are hundreds of bloggers I admire for their tenacity, drive, humor and innovative ideas, but very few who embody the combination of artistry, sarcasm and wit that 14, the founder of Gallery of the Absurd does.
14, who is an artist first and a blogger second, has wowed the web with what the New York Post called "Portraits of Shame" - as in satirical paintings and drawings of tabloid favorites like Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie, Tom Cruise and Alec Baldwin. While gossip blogs talked about the Hollywood Skeleton Girls, 14 painted them - as skeletons.
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