Precocious puberty. Precocious puberty is when girls under the age of ten years old begin puberty due to an estrogen imbalance. It is now thought that nearly 10% of all girls might be impacted. In the most extreme of cases, it has been noted in little girls as young as three years old. In the more extreme cases, this can be treated to allow the girl to develop at a relatively normal age, however for many they are faced with some awkward years at a young age.

I have heard other mommy friends make the occasional comment like “girls should not eat Chicken McNuggets because the hormones injected into the chicken meat can make girls enter into early puberty” and I always thought that was silly, but now I wonder if there is some truth to this. Is it possible that genetically modified meats and produce are harming our children? I attempted to do some googling on the topic, but most articles I saw were biased towards a certain agenda, so I am just not sure what to believe. In any case, back to topic. If you have concerns about your own daughter, please raise them with your doctor.

A seven year old life saver! When seven year old Ben Mathensia saw a classmate choking on a plastic toy figurine, he used his smarts to give the boy the heimlich maneuver, saving the boys life. I never thought to teach my children this at such a young age. This is inspirational and you bet my kids are going to be enrolled in an age-appropriate first aid course!

New celebrity mommy’s. Both Nicole Richie and Christina Aguilara gave birth one day apart in the same hospital. Nicole is proud momma to a baby girl, Harlow Winter Kate Madden, while Christina named her little boy Max Liron Bratman.