Erica Lyon Childbirth & Parenting

07/25/2013

Is it wrong to love the breastfeeding luvs commercial? By the time my daughters have kids will it be first time moms doing this? Better yet, will the waiter not react or look surprised?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgmbJso-2-o

Second time moms know: When you've gotta feed, you've gotta feed, no matter your location. Do you relate? Live, Learn & Get Luvs Join the conversation on Fac...

07/24/2013

Want to know how the royal new mom may be feeling?

http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/kate-middleton-oxytocin-royal-baby-love/story?id=19751346

Kate Middleton is raging right now -- with oxytocin, the powerful hormone that acts a neurotransmitter in the brain and plays a big role in the warm and fuzzy feelings that promote mother-baby bonding.

02/24/2013

went shopping with France and found a solution to weaning (yes those are little spikes)

01/25/2013

Recently a student said to me, “I don’t know where anyone gets off telling a pregnant mom how and what to eat!” I agree - it’s important to keep the focus on great fabulous FOOD, not 'rules'.

That’s why as a total foodie, this is one of my favorite classes to teach, brought to you by The Natural Gourmet Institute:

https://publicclasses.naturalgourmetinstitute.com/class.html?id=1046

01/15/2013

Is our compulsive desire to know about every celeb's baby bump interfering with serious media's boundaries?

http://www.ericalyon.com/?p=449

One of my close family members works for a major gossip rag. It’s a really good job and he is an amazing writer and reporter. Recently, I was lamenting to him how the press primarily reports gossipy bits on possible baby bumps over actual important things like the oncoming crisis in obstetrical care...

11/05/2012

I recently attended a lecture by Madeleine Kunin on Balancing Work and Family. While it was clear that the moms in the audience wanted more on COPING with balancing work and family than necessarily to plunge into political life, Ms. Kunin said something that really stuck with me: "If you're not at the table, you are on the menu."

Tomorrow I will vote and my single vote will represent two of my kids and my non-US citizen husband who pays taxes here-one vote for 4 basically. Amazing to think how every parent's vote represents all of the people who can't say I want a good education and a happy healthy future!

Madeleine May Kunin - author of the new book 'Pearls, Politics, and Power'. What difference do women make?

10/04/2012

I won't comment on who I think won, although I am biased towards American Families. However I couldn't help but notice whose kids were in bed as debate is way past bedtime and whose kids were up for show.

09/04/2012

Jiminy..it's been a busy few weeks; highlighted by dropping my son off for college. I can't believe I grew a whole one!

08/09/2012

Bloomberg's advocacy for breasts..as in feeding.

It may not be PC to say so but the New York mayor Michael Bloomberg’s ‘Latch On’ program is a step in the right direction.

08/03/2012

Who Said It? Toddler or Teen?

Child: "It is a nice building with large glass things"
Me: "You mean...windows?"
Child: "Yeah."

07/25/2012

TIME reports: "Bar Installs Pregnancy Test Dispenser in Bathroom"

this soooo has a "Friends" meets "Three's Company" meets "Up All Night" episode written all over it-Genius PR though!

http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/07/23/minnesota-pub-installs-pregnancy-test-dispenser-in-restroom/

Step aside, condom machine. That dusty, crank-lever dispenser in bar bathrooms reminding you to make safe choices while drinking has met its challenger. An upscale bar in southern Minnesota has installed a pregnancy test dispenser in its woman's bathroom.

07/23/2012

There's a lot of chat right now on Can Women Have it All? What can we learn from thought leaders on women's issues like Don Draper, Kelly Ripa and Marissa Mayer?

http://www.ericalyon.com/?p=430

There’s been a lot of chat on the Internet right now about whether or not Marissa Mayer “can have it all” after announcing she was pregnant AND taking the reigns at Yahoo.