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October 3, 2019

Wanna Be a Dad?

Stop drinking six months before conception.

Can alcohol affect sperm? Dads-to-be should stop drinking 6 months before conception, study finds

Alcohol consumption during pregnancy has long been linked to congenital defects and developmental problems in newborns. Now a new study has found a link between a baby's congenital heart defects and their prospective parents' drinking before conception

Compared to non-drinkers, fathers who drank during the three months before conception were 44% more likely to have babies born with congenital heart disease.

If the prospective dads were binge drinkers, which was defined as downing five or more drinks per session, there was a 52% higher likelihood their baby would have a congenital heart defect.

(read the rest of the article at above link)


Sobering news, no pun intended. Even though I'm no scientist, it makes sense.  Alcohol IS, after all, technically a poison.

OTOH, I suspect a LOT of "conception events" are directly due to alcohol consumption.



September 24, 2015

Tiny Tot's Tears Trivia

Newborns cry but they have no tears;  their tear ducts aren't formed until the infant is about a month old.


March 7, 2015

Micro-Pigs

Micro-piglets eating an apple.


The regular sized pigs look especially good with an apple in their mouths, too...after a long, slow roasting.

January 23, 2015

Shock & Awe

The kid will probably be traumatized when someone does "Got your nose!".

September 15, 2014

Peekaboo Surprise!

Poor little girl.  Still funny, though.