{"id":341,"date":"2015-09-04T16:07:26","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T04:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/?p=341"},"modified":"2015-10-21T06:07:28","modified_gmt":"2015-10-20T18:07:28","slug":"obsessions-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/?p=341","title":{"rendered":"obsessions of the week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><\/em>just in time for the weekend!!<\/p>\n<p>Hope all the mamas and the papas and the kidlets out there in geekland have been happy and healthy. \u00a0Our house played host to a gnarly and aggressive bug (virus? \u00a0couldn&#8217;t tell ya) but we&#8217;re all good now. \u00a0Nothing makes me appreciate my awesome immune system like giving it a sick day.<\/p>\n<p>T<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2015\/apr\/16\/after-birth-elisa-albert-review-novel\">his is a review of the fantastic book I am reading<\/a>. \u00a0<em>After Birth<\/em> by Elisa Albert. \u00a0It is utterly amazing and that is all I have to say on the matter at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a little <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/how-a-new-father-s-brain-changes\/?WT.mc_id=SA_MB_20150826\">something from Scientific American about the changes<\/a> to a new daddy&#8217;s brain, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ltVPj6-5xpo\" target=\"_blank\">if you can make it through this video<\/a>\u00a0about motherhood without shedding a tear, you are a stauncher mama than I. \u00a0 It&#8217;s just about 3 mins long and very nice indeed. \u00a0Thank you Auntie Bee.<\/p>\n<p>This is <a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/jpc.12988\/abstract?campaign=wolearlyview\" target=\"_blank\">a link (courtesy of Keryn) to some info about a research study just published in the journal of Pediatrics and Child Health\u00a0<\/a>&#8230; it&#8217;s about the wellbeing of children in Christchurch and I know for a fact I am not the only baby\/family person in our district who is scratching our heads a bit about it. \u00a0Sounds like the researchers might be, too.<\/p>\n<p>Finally: fifteen minutes of lo-fi inspiration and delight, this is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Xv-FOSJIwrU\" target=\"_blank\">super magnificent Courtney Barnett&#8217;s most excellent Tiny Desk Concert.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>just in time for the weekend!! Hope all the mamas and the papas and the kidlets out there in geekland have been happy and healthy. \u00a0Our house played host to a gnarly and aggressive bug (virus? \u00a0couldn&#8217;t tell ya) but &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/?p=341\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,9,14,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=341"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":357,"href":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341\/revisions\/357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/baby.geek.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}