Kadiera's Playground Cute but Evil - it averages out

after I unsubscribed from the playgroup site, I got an email from the organizer.

She apologized for missing the playdate, because she was at a family event and decided to let her kids stay and play. Then she proceeded to dump her whole sob story about how hard it is to organize something like this, and how so many people never show up, and how it's important to her that it's open to everyone, and how she's had to attend every event that she's scheduled.

So....still....in a 6 week period, there've been 4 evening/weekend events scheduled (two of those at my request), and something like 2 dozen weekday morning events. If I stayed, I'd want to pay pro-rated dues or something, because that's not at all fair.

This week there's been news about tainted baby formula in China - one baby dead, 60 or more being treated for kidney stones. Apparently it has melamine, just like the pet food did a while back.

This morning, they're reporting that some of the formula may have made its way to the US (likely only in ethnic grocery stores, but still....): http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/17452417/detail.html

A lot of people I know are ambivalent about breastfeeding, and take any mention of cloth diapers, making baby food, or any other attachment parenting or green parenting or crunchy parenting ideas as proof that you need to see a shrink.

But today...I feel somewhat vindicated when it comes to those choices

cute pro-breastmilk/pro-attachment parenting shirts for babies here:

http://www.cafepress.com/photoscrappin4u/1943633

Including:

I'm so cute my mommy wears me
I let my mom and dad sleep with me
Boob - it's what's for dinner
I love boobies