Had a busy week? Here are the top TODAY Moms stories you might have missed from the past week.
Major League Mama! Demonstrating the fast-reaction time and multi-tasking abilities that only motherhood can teach, Tiffany Goodwin caught a foul ball while holding her 8-month-old son Jerry during a minor league baseball game in Richmond, Va. Little Jerry seems pretty content with everything, so it would appear his big league mommy also managed to teach him there's no crying in baseball. What do you want to bet the pro baseball players came to ask her for her autograph after the game?
Warning, when social networking and baby-naming mix, kids get named Like. A couple of Facebook fanatics who seemingly wanted people to give their baby name selection a big thumbs up named their child Like, after the favorable button on the social networking site. Just imagine the first time this kid gets slipped the old "do you have a crush on me" note in school: "Like, do you like me, yes or no? If you do like me, do you like-like me, yes or no? Because I like-like you, Like."
Surely the Botox Mom has taken more than her allotted 15 minutes of fame (infamy?). We first met her amid claims she gave her eight-year-old beauty pageant daughter Botox injections in order to keep the child looking youthful and to give her a smooth fore-head-start over the competition. Next thing we heard, Child Protective Services had gotten involved and removed the girl from her mother's care. Before we could even furrow our brow trying to take it all in, the controversial mama came out with a new claim, saying she made the elaborate story up for a paid article in a British newspaper. Forget the Botox, this situation needs an injection of sanity.
With up to one-third of girls' clothing deemed "sexy" by researchers, how do moms avoid the offending garments? Even if a mom refuses to buy her young daughter provocative clothes, they seem to find their way into the closet nonetheless. One mom, whose daughter was given a too flirty for her age shirt, is trying to fight the good fight against the "Haute Chic Guess" rhinestone-studded shirt that made its way into her daughter's heart.
Dana Macario is a TODAY Moms contributor and Seattle mom to two sleep-depriving toddlers. She is currently developing an alarm clock that will start an IV coffee drip 10 minutes prior to wake-up time. Once properly caffeinated, she also blogs at www.18years2life.com.