Recently, a study on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome stated that babies of mothers who were light drinkers were not at a greater risk than other children. However, the medial reported differently. They stated that the light drinking could be beneficial to some children because there was no difference in their development by the time they turned three.
The problem with the study is that the children examined were only from a high socioeconomic group and these children (as reported) tend to do better developmentally than children from a lower economic group.
Additionally, the adverse effects of light drinking is subtle, unlike the effects …read more

Okay, so lets get this straight (and I am going to be flippant here)…for all of you searching my site for information on just how much alcohol you can drink while you are pregnant I will answer you.
 National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome:
“No safe time. No safe amount. No safe alcohol. Period.”
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: “While it is apparent that children who meet the criteria for FAS are born only to those mothers who consume large amounts of alcohol during pregnancy, studies have reported neurobehavioral deficits and intrauterine growth retardation in infants born to …read more

I’m also over at Being Savvy Chicago today dealing with after school meltdowns and yesterday I was over at Chicago Moms Blog with tons of information about FASD.

Yesterday AJ and I had an episode at the library that actually, for the first time, scared me. Sure, I have dealt with his aggression and his anger all before but this time I almost drove him straight to the doctor because I did not know how to handle him.
He got upset because I would not allow him to keep the key to the bathroom (they have a key to let you into the bathroom, not sure why but they do). I quietly asked him to give it back and explained that it was not his to keep or play …read more

Yeah, Big Debate here…
The Autism Community is all in a huff over this article.
Dr Maggie Watts, vice chairman on alcohol for the Scottish Association of Alcohol and Drug Action Teams, fears that even low levels of drinking could be related to a range of behavioural problems in young children, the cause of which has previously been a mystery.
Watts, who is also a consultant in public health medicine at NHS Ayrshire and Arran, warned that up to one in 100 Scots children – as many as 9,000 – could be suffering from Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) with symptoms including behavioural …read more