Showing posts with label Births. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Births. Show all posts

Saturday, April 30, 2011

...Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey

Well well well. They have finally had their twins, a baby boy and girl. The baby girl was born first, weighing 5 pounds, 3 ounces, and was 18 inches long; her brother was next, at 5 pounds 6 ounces, and was 19 inches. They have not picked out names yet though, so we still have that to look forward to. Apparently Nick drove them both to the hospital in their Rolls Royce, a little detail Mariah's representative threw in there. The babies were born in Los Angeles at 12:07 PM EDT Saturday. Her rep also said they were listening to Carey's "We Belong Together" after the children were born. The babies just happened to be born on the couple's 3rd anniversary and the couple is still expected to renew their wedding vows on Sunday.I wish them good luck and I know for a fact their kids will be spoiled with love and material possessions and a lot of magazine covers will be paying big bucks to get th 1st pics of the new family. I am giving Nick and Mariah a Digit Up for their new additions.

Friday, August 27, 2010

...U.S. Child Births

I am not into kids, I do not plan on having an ever and I will medically make that possible if I have to. Apparently due to this "Great Recession" we are in many Americans are thinking the same. Child Births in America are at an all time low, its lowest level in at least a century according to the CDC. As many middle and low income families are struggling with job loss and little or no income, having a child just does not make sense. In the last 3 years birth rates have been steadily falling. Oddly enough Europe's birth rates are climbing and in America women over 40 have are seeing a higher birth rate, because they feel as if they are running out of time, which is true...Jennifer Aniston. This is nothing new though. During "The Great Depression" birth rates fell sharply and took over a decade to bounce back. I think that this should stick for a while. We do not need more children, we have too many older people around as it is and old plus young equals a lot of tax dollars for things that I cannot see but am told is very important. I do not think we have to limit it to say 1 or 2 kids per family, but I think that we should just maybe consider prolonging this halt on child birth until we sort things out and thin out our herd. I am giving this news a Digit Up.