Children's Health

State Rep Debbie Riddle To Breastfeeding Hordes: Hey, "I Breastfed" Too!!!

As we noted yesterday, State Rep Debbie Riddle (R-Tomball) smacked open a hornet's nest of angry breastfeeding moms when she posted on Facebook her reasons for opposing a bill increasing breastfeeders rights. Riddle said the bill would make it easier to sue business owners who interrupted women bre ... More >>

Debbie Riddle's Facebook Page Gets Tsunami'd By Pissed-Off Breastfeeding Moms

You don't mess with moms. Especially if it's about breastfeeding. The Texas legislature is once again taking up the ticklish subject of whether moms should be able to breastfeed in public. Representatives like Jessica Farrar (D-Houston) are backing a bill that would allow business owners to be sued ... More >>

Saint Patrick's Day Guide

Our lucky guide to a green world of pubs and parades

Ouch: Rep. Jessica Farrar Again Seeks To Put Teeth In Breastfeeding Law

As new mothers know, infants are not the most patient people when it comes to getting fed. If they get hungry, and you're a breastfeeding mom who hasn't brought along a bottle of your best, then it's time to whip out a breast. In Texas, if you happen to do that in the establishment of someone who ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: Girls Only — the Secret Comedy of Women, Panto Mother Goose

Upcoming Events: Big Bites and Triniti Meets Treble Clef

If you went to the recent LaB 5555 event at the Houston Museum of Natural Science (which featured our own mixology competition), you know how awesome the new paleontology hall is. What does that have to do with food? Big Bite Night is just around the corner, that's what. And if you've never gone in ... More >>

Vanessa Clark: Second SIDS Death in a Year Leads To Child Endangerment Conviction

A Lufkin woman has been convicted of felony child endangerment after an infant died in her bed for the second time in a span of two calendar years. Yesterday afternoon an Angelina County jury handed down a guilty verdict against Vanessa Clark, 33, for her role in the death of her two-month-old son ... More >>

HISD Wants You to Know There Is No Pink Slime In Its School Lunches

In the wake of the recent "pink slime" scandal, EOW has received press releases from various grocery stores and restaurant chains assuring us that no pink slime -- or boneless lean beef trimmings, in non-neologism speak -- is used in their food products or sold in their establishments. Pink slime h ... More >>

Pot o' Parties

Follow the rainbow to these golden St. Patrick's Day events.

Pregnancy Puzzler

Lactation not related to giving birth.

Donnicia Venters: Lactation Not Related to Pregnancy, Houston Federal Judge Rules

Not connected to pregnancy.​U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes is likely about to become the butt of Internet merriment with the news of a recent decision. He'll also be pissing off breast-feeding moms, and that is one group you do not want to cross, as many companies and entities have discovere ... More >>

Giant Duck Threatens To Bring ExxonMobil To Its Knees (w/Video)

Photos and video by Monica FuentesDon't get this duck angry​If ExxonMobil collapses by the end of the day into bankruptcy, with company executives begging for forgiveness for their polluting ways, all the credit should go to a giant inflatable duck. The duck is being displayed across the stre ... More >>

CRAVE Cupcakes Team With MD Anderson to Fight Cancer

​CRAVE Cupcakes does more for the Houston community than just give away its "morning cupcakes" as lagniappe at lunch. The cupcake company has partnered with MD Anderson Children's Cancer Hospitals's Art in Medicine program to raise awareness about childhood cancer. Pediatric cancer patients h ... More >>

Mama's Got a Squeeze Box...of Baby Food

​We get a ton of products across our desks here at the Press offices. Mostly, they're CDs for the music guys, boxes filled with tuna and panties or alcohol-spiked chocolate milk. But we never get baby food. Until last week, when a box of Peter Rabbit Organics baby food showed up on my desk, c ... More >>

In a Pinch?

We've got you covered this St. Paddy's Day.

St. Baldrick's Day Celebration

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Jolanda Jones says never talk to HPD

In a Pinch?

We've got you covered this St. Paddy's Day.

Breastfeeding: Aggie Professor Joan Wolf Questions the Battle Against the Bottle

Texas A&MJoan Wolf asks if the breast is best​Ever since First Lady Michelle Obama talked about removing barriers for breastfeeding mothers last week, we've been thinking more than usual about boobs. Maybe that's why we were interested to read about a Texas A&M researcher's new book, Is Breas ... More >>

Cold Weather Baby Names: Naming the Bundle of Joy You Started This Morning

It made sense in February 2011, kid​No doubt all of you people who don't work in the news industry are either off this morning or working from home. But we all know that no one gets any work done at home with all the distractions running around you. Television, NetFlix, Internet porn, food, wi ... More >>

Sampling the Goods (and the Bads) at the HISD School Lunch Food Show

​Yesterday afternoon HISD held the School Lunch Food Show in the cafeteria of Jefferson Davis High School. Parents, teachers, students and the media were given the opportunity to voice their opinions on more than 80 new, healthier menu items -- with reduced levels of sodium, fat and sugar, and no ... More >>

Facebook v. Leaky Boob

Houston mom in a FB face-off.

Facebook Bows Down to Houston's Leaky Boob

At least someone appreciates a leaky boob​We think Rockets coach Rudy Tomjanovich said it best: "NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE HEART OF A LEAKY BOOB!!!!" Facebook has learned that harsh lesson. Houston blogger/tweeter/Facebooker Jessica Martin-Weber, the founder of the Web site theleakyboob.com, ap ... More >>

Vegetarian Pâté: Why? Just...Why?

​I am sympathetic to the plight of vegetarians, whether it's a lifestyle chosen for religious, health or ethical reasons. "Plight? What plight?" you may ask. The plight of often being overlooked or ignored by restaurant menus, for one. And the plight of not being able to enjoy life's simple pl ... More >>

Ode to an Immersion Blender

​In the spirit of brevity, here's a simple list to extol the praises of the best kitchen appliance ever (at least for the price). 1. A decent one costs merely $20. Other things you could buy for $20: two combo plates (3 veggie, one meat) at Aladdin, 20 "I heart dorks" buttons from etsy, or ... More >>

12th Annual Texas Children's Hospital Kids' Fun Run

Get up all you baby couch potatoes, it's Fun Run time

The Gulf Coast Film Festival Opener

Twenty-six films screen over a three-day celebration of independent movies

A Question of Power

Do fields from high power lines cause childhood cancer? Years of research have revealed few solid facts. But Joe Jamail has charged the answer is yes, and HL&P knows it. He's headed to court to prove his case - or to dig into the utility's deep pockets.