I am not a fan of hummus.

I recognize all the words in that sentence, but strung together in that particular order, they make NO SENSE!

Oy. A hospital in England put up a poster in their children's ward, encouraging mothers to breastfeed their babies. The poster has a picture of a little girl, maybe two years old or so, fully clothed, holding a baby doll to her chest, imitating her mother breastfeeding a baby. [link] Some people are freaking out about this picture. "Disgusting" and "highly offensive." (I'd go with "weird choice of persuasive poster content," since there are probably tons of way better ways to promote breastfeeding, but it's a cute picture.)

President Obama has signed the Credit card bill into law.

Also, the President liked carrots Star Trek: [link]

"Now, movies I've been doing OK [with] because it turns out we got this nice theater on the ground floor of my house," Obama said. "So 'Star Trek' we saw this weekend, which I thought was good. Everybody was saying I was Spock, so I figured I should check it out."

And believe it or not, he actually did the Vulcan hand salute. Yes, the leader of the free world just showed said world his inner geek.

OK, perhaps the most "Huh?"-inducing comment on that article:

I find it a bit weird. Should kids be thinking about being mothers at that age? Early sexualisation of kids is wrong.

Isn't pretending to be a parent the usual way of playing with a baby doll?

I'd say so.

I'd say so.

I now have a wee, solid beastie in the garage....

No collar and tag, I assume, but maybe he has a chip?

I'm also very puzzled by the people saying that breastfeeding is an "adult issue" that children shouldn't know about. Um, last time I checked, breastfeeding involved two people, one of whom was a child.

No collar and tag, I assume, but maybe he has a chip?

No collar, no tag, no tattoo that I could easily see. By the time he showed up, it was too late to call my vet or the nearby animal hospital to take him in and I refuse to call animal control, since they're a kill-shelter and I just don't trust them. I'll take him into the vet tomorrow to see if he has a chip.

a little girl, maybe two years old or so, fully clothed, holding a baby doll to her chest, imitating her mother breastfeeding a baby.

That could have been my daughter at that age. Only Franny went for verisimilitude, so she tended to pull up her dress or top to give the doll proper access.

I am not surprised the photo upset some people. People are freaks and nonsense when it comes to fears about overly sexualizing kids. For starters, nursing isn't sexual, particularly not to kids. I am so glad Franny's teachers at the time found her behavior completely appropriate.