Have you ever come across a problem with medications or certain products regulated by the FDA and you thought, “Someone should know about this!”? If so, there is a way that you can become involved, something you can do about it. You can file a report with the FDA.
How?
The MedWatch program at the FDA is for anyone, from consumers to medical professionals. The mandate is to accept reports and complaints, investigate them, and advise the public of any problems or issues that result from the investigation.
MedWatch is the Food and Drug Administration’s …read more

Many parents have difficulties getting their children to sleep but adopted children come with their own host of problems. Parents are often bleary-eyed, caffeine jittered, desperate balls of nerves. Or, at least I was. And ALL I wanted was some respite and a good night’s sleep.
I asked everyone I knew to let me into their parenting club…to reveal their sleep secrets and their tricks to the sleep trade and some did…others just told me to “wait it out” or Ferberize him because he’ll eventually come around and get used to it. Well, adoptive parents, it just does not work that …read more

Yeah Right.
A few months ago we had an adoption medical specialist (or so she said) tell a group of pre-adoptive and adoptive parents that sleep issues work themselves out within a matter of a few weeks.
Bull Shit.
Oops, am I allowed to say that?