Health, Fashion, Parenting and Women Related Issues

To experiment with these exercises, sit in a chair with your back comfortably upright, feet on the floor, shoulders down, chest open, and hands resting in your lap. Let your abdomen expand with each inhale and contract with every exhalation. You may want to close your eyes and really focus on your breaths.

Exercise #1 — Let it all out.
Take a deep breath through your nose, and let it out easily through your mouth. At the end of the exhalation, silently repeat “la-lala-la-laaah,” which effortlessly extends the exhalation, releasing more air from your lungs. Feel your abdomen inflate with the next inhale. Do 5 times.

Exercise #2 — Take a pause.
Inhale and exhale through your nose, mentally counting “in-two-three, out-two-three,” and then “pause-two-three.” During the pause, don’t breathe in or out; just rest comfortably. Do 5 times. Over time, increase the count to four (“in-two-three-four, out-two-three-four”), then to five, until you reach a number that’s comfortable to you.

Exercise #3 — Hold it.
This technique can help you dial down a stressful reaction to upsetting news and can help you fall asleep, too. It takes a little practice, but people who use the technique swear by it. It’s the four-seven-eight breath, a favorite of health guru Andrew Weil, MD.

* Place the tip of your tongue just behind your upper front teeth; let it rest there gently for the entire exercise.
* Exhale completely through your mouth, letting the air make a whooshing sound as it passes out.
* Close your mouth, and inhale through your nose as you mentally count to four. Let the breath fill and expand your abdomen as you inhale, and then hold your breath for a count of seven.

Exhale through your mouth with a whoosh to a count of eight. That’s one complete four-seven-eight breath. Do four times. To keep stress in check, do at least one of these breathing exercises twice a day.

A friend and I went to the Diesel jewelry launch party hosted at the Soho store. It was the typical diesel-ish good-looking crowd, dj’s spinning vinyl, hired models in white tuxes (complete with white gloves and white patent leather shoes) carrying trays to display the chunky silver jewelry. (Although I must admit I kept wishing they were offering shrimp wrapped in bacon and fell for it every time.)

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Here are some things you will want to know if you have a highly intense child:

When it’s a good thing: A high-intensity child demands and receives the attention of adults. You never have to worry about his needs being overlooked because he will never allow that to happen. He’s good at looking out for No. 1.

When it’s not such a good thing: A high-intensity child’s theatrics can get a bit tiresome at times: He refuses to go to bed because his favorite pillow case in in the laundry.

Bringing out the best in your highly intense Child: Patience in the extreme is required when you’re parenting a high-intensity child—not just because you need it in order to avoid blowing your top, but because you want to model this particular virtue for your child. (High-intensity kids tends to be a little bit lacking in the patience department.)

Understanding the (Parenting) Difference Between Men and Women

There’s a scene in My Fair Lady where an exasperated Professor Henry Higgins wonders aloud, “Why can’t a woman be more like a man?” Well, moms are sometimes guilty of indulging in a little bit of reverse sexism, insisting that dads would be much better parents if only they were more like moms!

Men are not biologically inferior when it comes to raising children; they simply have a different style. Here’s what researchers have identified as the key differences between the two sexes in their interaction with children:

Type of play. Mothers are more likely to introduce toys into play when they’re playing with their children, and fathers are more likely to engage in rough-and-tumble play. (Now there’s a newsflash for you!) The theory is that moms get enough body-to-body contact during pregnancy and breastfeeding, so they’re less inclined to engage in this particular type of play than dads.

Frustration level. Dads are more willing to allow kids to experience a greater amount of frustration than moms are when those children are attempting to master a particular task. Read more

Now that I’ve found my perfect party dress, my attention has shifted towards finding a flirty babydoll dress. The babydoll theme is thought-provoking since the style, (hence the name) is mimiced after little girls’ clothing. This can either look really cute or really stupid. So, if you’re shopping for a babydoll piece, perhaps you should bring along a friend.

The dresses, camis, nighties etc are sexy, but more in an ‘I want to take your innocence way’. Even the stylists at the fashion shows often put the models’ hair into pig tails or have them carry a giant lollypop or lunch box as a prop to complete the visual concept. And it works. On a simple level the styles are cute and playful, but when you think about why they are sexy, it’s a bit strange when realizing that on some level designers are tapping into the taboo male fantasy of being attracted to a little girl. Knowing this, can make it even more fun to wear. When you slip into your little girl inspired ensemble, you can also assume the part in a flirtatious role-play (all subtle and played into merely on a subconscious level).

Below is a collection of designer babydoll dresses which I am basing my search upon; finding a dress similar to these styles but at a price I can afford.

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