From: Scripps Mercy Hospital <mail@theparentreview.com>
Date: November 10, 2009 2:30:38 AM PST
To: Joshua Guffey <guffey.joshua@gmail.com>
Subject: Infancy 40: Finger foods to try

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	Real question between parents like you and their healthcare professionals…     Can vaccines cause SIDS? Read this Real Mail / View All Real Mail Dear Joshua Guffey, This week’s topics:         Feeding your baby        Toilet training Feeding your baby Your baby probably can pick up small objects between her thumb and forefinger now and still puts them straight into her mouth. While this means that you’ll need to keep potentially dangerous small objects out of her reach, it also means that mealtime can become easier and more fun for both of you. Offer your baby a selection of food, cut up into pinchable bits, and let her feed herself. Meals will become a fun learning experience for her and you will have your hands free to feed yourself for the first time in months. Lightly steamed vegetables, fruit, rice, bits of bread, and pieces of cheese and meat all make appealing finger foods for older babies. She’ll eat until her appetite is satisfied; let her stop when she loses interest. While mealtime will be messy for the next year or so, try not to worry about table manners just yet. Allowing her to hold and play with a spoon now will teach her to use it, eventually, with neatness and skill. Fill her sippy cup with water so that splashes won’t matter so much. Plain water is better than sugary juice in any case. Toilet training While friends and relatives may feel that you should get a start on toilet training before your baby’s first birthday, researchers in child development suggest otherwise. Rather than pressuring your baby to control her bowels before she is able, wait until her second birthday approaches before introducing the potty. Too much pressure before she is ready may result in wetting or withholding, while waiting until she shows an interest in using the potty is more likely to make the process easy and smooth for both of you. Until next month, be well.

Parenting Q&A Q:”When should I wean? My husband feels I should wean my daughter as soon as she turns 1 year old and has nursed the amount of time recommended by our pediatrician. Is this true?” A:The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that mothers breastfeed their babies until age 1, or longer if desired by both mother and baby, because nursing provides the best health benefits for both mother and child. The decision and desire to wean is highly individual. One mother and baby pair may be ready to stop nursing by the baby’s first birthday. Another pair may enjoy a cuddle and a nursing once or twice a day (or more) through the baby’s toddler years. There is no recommended time by which weaning should occur.

Research Briefs from The Parent Review DHA may boost formula?but breastmilk still best For optimal infant health, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends breastfeeding for 12 months. One component of breastmilk that promotes brain development is the omega-3 fatty acid DHA-and a new study suggests that giving babies baby formula with added DHA may have benefits. Researchers followed 229 infants whose parents had chosen not to breastfeed or opted to wean after a short period. The babies randomly received either standard or DHA-enhanced formula. At 9 months, formula-fed babies in the DHA group tested significantly better than the controls in a task requiring a sequence of actions to retrieve a rattle. Experts note that babies who are breastfed for a full year consistently score the highest in cognitive tests but that making DHA-enhanced formula available may help close the gap when mothers are unable to breastfeed. Source: Child Development 80 (2009): 1376-84.

     

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“Good job James!”

I love you son,

Your Papa

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Just a thought.  I did it.  And even with a cracked screen I got $63 for my original 8GB iPhone.  (more than they originally quoted me!)
They also bought my other really old device (an HP iPAQ which ran Windows Mobile 2003) for like $54.  See below:

Happy Holidays!

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Today James, Becky & I went to the San Diego Zoo. It was a lot of fun. Lots of people were dressed up in their Halloween costumes. It wasn’t too busy and we didn’t stay too long. A perfect afternoon on a perfect day with my loving family. I’m the luckiest guy in San Diego!

Great video too!

Happy Halloween all you scary, scary people!

Keep loving,

Joshua Guffey

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Washington, DC Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007. The man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approx. 2 thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After 3 minutes a middle aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried to meet his schedule. 

 4 minutes later: 

    The violinist received his first dollar: a woman threw the money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk.. 

  6 minutes: 

   A young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again. 
 
10 minutes:

  A 3-year old boy stopped but his mother tugged him along hurriedly. The kid stopped to look at the violinist again, but the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. Every parent, without exception, forced their children to move on quickly.
 
45 minutes:

 The musician played continuously.  Only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while. About 20 gave money but continued to walk at their normal pace.  The man collected a total of $32.

1 hour:

He finished playing and silence took over. No one noticed. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.
  
No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a violin worth $3.5 million dollars. Two days before Joshua Bell sold out a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100.

This is a true story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the Metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and people’s priorities. The questions raised: in a common place environment at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context?

 One possible conclusion reached from this experiment could be this:  If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the most beautiful instruments ever made…. How many other things are we missing?

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I love my Favebook notification setup. It’s customized. Really. I mean it. Customized!

What the hell am I talking about?

Okay so I got sick of too damn many emails when I would post a comment on Facebook. I’d say “gee that’s cool Robert” and find myself innundated with the idle banter of strangers on a topic on which I knew nothing. Blaegh!

I fixed that shit!

I went into my gmail and setup a specific filter to keep out all followup notifications on another person’s posts unless the follow up commentor was the original poster. I also still receive all notifications on my own posts.

This one filter cut my Facebook bacn by about 80%. AND, it cut the LEAST RELEVANT 80%!

Ahhhhh… Facebook notification bliss!

I stay relevant and up to date on topics upon which the original poster is active and upon my own topics. In short, I stay in the conversation if it’s relevant.

NOTE: As a point of interest, I still get ALL notifications when I’m actually logged in and using Facebook either via mobile device or desktop/laptop. Just not in my email inbox!

WIFM: Want to know how I set this up in gmail? If two or more people are interested and comment MY ORIGINAL BLOG POST to request it, I’ll post screenshots and explain it so that anyone can do it quickly and easily. Be sure to subscribe so you’ll get it!

What if we, as a global community, organized ourselves and focused on the real problems facing us?

Economy, ecology, civil rights, education reform…

What if we took some of that energy and focus that we give up to celebrity flub-ups, sit-comedies and other media chatter (hey, I’m not innocent here) and instead, we put it to work in exactly the right way?

What if half of us gave up an hour of television a of couple nights each week and instead furthered an important cause with our talents? How good would it feel to build something of positive consequence?

What if we had an organized system by which we all looked out for our collective needs by focusing our specific abilities, skills and knowledge on the current projects in our cause/passion, region or sphere of influence?

How could we structure such a volunteer-based social media platform? Does a platform like this already exist?

How much more could we achieve if we focused our power in exactly the right ways?

The possibilities are facinating.

How do YOU think this could actually work?

Would any of you volunteer your time to creating such a project?

Persist,

Joshua Guffey

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You can start creating art immediately. Even if, like me, you’ve never been artistic. There’s a great selection of drawing tools, which are all customizable to the hilt.

Full color or stencil. Create anything. You can even work with as many as six layers at once.

See. I created Frank!

Watch it in action on YouTube:

Keep playing,

Joshua Guffey

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WARNING: High cute-factor!

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Keep smiling,

Joshua Guffey
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Keep smiling,
Joshua Guffey

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Keep smiling,
Joshua Guffey

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Gina is a great person and i’m sure the bed is in perfect condition.

The product was purchased from Overstock.com and can be found here:
http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/10-inch-Soft-Support-Memory-Foam-Queen-size-Mattress/3848656/product.html

If you’re interested in the bed please contact Gina at gina12c@yahoo.com to inquire further.

Keep smiling,

Joshua Guffey

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And then we went to visit Momma

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