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• 'Retired' Tennis Star Returns to Court 6 Weeks Post-Partum

  Tennis anyone? Oh, not me. I think the sport is as boring to watch and discuss as it is to play.  But what I do love is sports talk that centers on motherhood. Obviously. I can't get enough of stories about women who not only continue to compete during and after pregnancy, but especially when the thrive because of it. Sometimes, kids do just the opposite of draining your aspirations. They turn it around an inspire them. This is what happened to the 31-year-old tennis star ... Read More... Posted Jan 13 2008, 05:04 PM by Madeline Holler with | with no comments Filed under: pregnancy, baby, babies, sports, exercise, basketball, Madeline Holler, Alpha Mom, athletics, a mommy story, running, sport parents, babies' mothers, alpha moms, lindsay davenport, Paula Radcliffe, marathon, tournament, tennis, grand slam

• Monkeys Talk Baby Talk Too

  Baby talk. It's inescapable. And it's universal. I don't mean the annoying speech-impediment pattern shared by Tweety Bird and my kids in embarrassing public occasions, no, "baby talk" (the technical term, but also referred to as "motherese") refers to that singsong swooping inflection we use when we talk to babies. Any babies. No matter where we live. And no matter if we are monkeys. Read More... Posted Aug 26 2007, 11:32 AM by Karen Murphy with | with no comments Filed under: babies' mothers, rhesus monkeys, baby talk, motherese