Wednesday Linkins: Sharing Breast Milk, Saving Money on Your Energy Bill, Giveaways and More

2/11/09 - By Jodi

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Before we get to the links, I want to announce the winner of our Valentine's Day Giveaway. Alysia and her family will be enjoying a sweet dinner four four delivered to their home thanks to Susie's Supper Club. Congrats!

Any family with more than one child will hear the cry “You love him/her more!” often enough to switch our parent guilt into overdrive.  Turns out, you don’t have to worry so much.  The information on that good news, as well as Google's new tool to reduce your energy bill, Macy’s Valentine’s Day snafu, the Holy Grail of giveaways, and sharing breast milk...after the clickity click click.

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With parenthood comes joy, and guilt, and plenty of it.  Luckily, new research shows that even if a child perceives that you love their sibling more, it doesn’t damage them in the long term.  Now, we can feel free to feel guilty about the thousand other things we do wrong!  (Free Range Kids)

Google has created a Smart Grid to illustrate how much energy you use in your home that will help you reduce your usage significantly and save money.  Check it out here.  (Tree Hugger)

Some people are saying Macy’s totally blew it with their Valentine’s Day in-store campaign.  It features a painted white bicycle, strikingly similar to the Ghost Bike Memorials all around the country.  Judge for yourself here.  (Gothamist)

Love a good giveaway? Well, here’s my gift to you.  Tip Junkie has an area dedicated to blog giveaways.  Check it out and let me know what you win.  I’ll let you know if you have to share it with me.

By now most people have heard about Salma Hayek breastfeeding a sick baby while she was in Africa.  Sharing breast milk has been done for ages, here’s how women are doing it today. (Lilsugar)

Jodi Nelson Call also blogs at Pistols and Popcorn.  Check out her latest entry about paying the consequences of disobeying Oprah here.