If your Dachshund is not used to being left alone – separated from you – they may become anxious when you leave and bark excessively or howl. Reactivity A Dachshund that barks and lunges at other dogs and people when out for a walk or away from the house is said to be “reactive”....
and too am still too damn young to be a Golden Girl (though if I have to get old, I hope my life is like theirs – where’s the cheesecake?). Half of my skin still wants to be a teenager, and the other half thinks I’m an old fart. Ironically enough, I never had...
One of the dangers of disposable diapers is that their inner padding is made with super absorbent polymers that contains a chemical calledSodium Polyacrylate. Even the “eco-friendly” diapers contain these absorbent polymers, too. Sometimes you’ll find these small, shiny, gelatinous SPA crystals...
Day 18: No one else seems to know anything about what is going on. I am compelled to find a way to embody the struggle. In my first period class, I see a marker beside the whiteboard. I pick it up, not sure what I’m going to do, but then hear myself asking my classmates to...
An old study looked at the pooping habits of 600 healthy infants during their first 3 months. Those who drank breast milk typically had yellow poop, while those with formula often had green poop. If a baby’s poop is especially smelly, watery, or hard, or if it has blood in it, con...
As your child starts to drink breast milk or formula, the meconium is pushed out of the intestinal tract and clears within a few days. Then, your baby’s stools should be tan, yellow, green, or a combination of these colors. These first poops shouldn’t be very stinky, but they might...
David’s Park is a green, grassy field about the size of a city block, with public restrooms for men and women at its northeastern edge; it was inside this dingy outpost that Anissa and Morgan first attacked Bella. There was a tussle in which Morgan tried to restrain Bella, and another...
12 is the number of my idol, Tom Brady. It’s the sum of all the letters in my name. It’s also how old I was when I started high school. In short, I skipped two grades: first and sixth. Between kindergarten and eighth grade, I attended five schools, including two different style...