Sure $565 is a little high for a children's bookshelf, but when it means getting your little geek to appreciate reading and Star Wars at the same time isn't that a small price to pay? Of course, the real reason for the relatively high price tag is because the design is custom made from wood by WhittledInWood and you have to pay good money when it comes to that kind of artistry.
Young Charlotte Figi was born with Dravet Syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy in which the patent suffers frequent, long-lasting seizures that don't respond to medication. Charlotte spent a lot of time in various hospitals, while the seizures stunted her development.
By then Charlotte had lost the ability to walk, talk and eat.
She was having 300 grand mal seizures a week.
Her heart had stopped a number of times. When it happened at home, Paige did cardiopulmonary resuscitation until an ambulance arrived. When it happened in the hospital, where they'd already signed a do-not-resuscitate order, they said their goodbyes. Doctors had even suggested putting Charlotte in a medically induced coma to give her small, battered body a rest.She was 5 when the Figis learned there was nothing more the hospital could do.
Charlotte's father Matt Fiji had read about a case in which medicinal marijuana helped another Dravet patient. It was a special strain that was low in THC and high in cannabidiol, or CBD, which has medicinal properties but will not make you high. After a difficult quest to get a prescription, Charlotte's parents bought two ounces, which was the entire supply available.
"When she didn't have those three, four seizures that first hour, that was the first sign," Paige recalled. "And I thought well, 'Let's go another hour, this has got to be a fluke.' "
The seizures stopped for another hour. And for the following seven days.
The next problem was the drug supply. Read how a group of brothers came to the rescue for Charlotte, who is now six and thriving. Link -via reddit
Littlemissgt uploaded this adorable picture of Chewy's babies to I-Am-Bored last year, but I can't tell you which convention they were dressed up for. Personally though, I absolutely adore the fact that each one has different fur styles so they really look like wookiee brothers.
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Sean and Lynn recorded how they broke the news to his mom with a stunt in which Grandma had to find her "birthday present" hidden somewhere in the kitchen. The moment it registers is priceless! Bonus: Yakety Sax. -via Viral Viral Videos
We've featured Dan Wilbur of Better Book Titles, who "improved" book covers through clever Photoshoppery, before on Neatorama. This time around, Dan focused on improving children's books. I'd say he nailed them!
View more over at Better Book Titles - via Laughing Squid
Teach your child to share. Yes, Volcano should share, too--even if no one appreciates his unique contributions.
Gregory submitted this picture of his little ones dressed up as Leia and R2D2 on Costume-Works. I don't know about you guys, but I would pay to watch a Sweded copy of Star Wars if it featured these cuties.
This kids version of Breaking Bad was conceived by middle school student Ian Hollowood, produced by Patrick Willems & Mike F. This time, a kid plagued by a diagnosis of diabetes produces illicit bubble gum. "I am the one who rings the doorbell and runs away." Ha! Note the clever use of the bubblegum and the bicycle bell. -Thanks, Joel Macready!
Children's menus in restaurants are handy because they offer smaller portions at lower prices than the rest of the menu. They also have options for picky kids, which can save a family night out for parents who want to visit a specialty restaurant. But it wasn't always so.
Depending on where you stand vis-à-vis childrearing, the golden age of youth dining in America either began or ended with the Volstead Act. In the century leading up to the dry laws, children rarely ate out. A child had to be relatively well-off in order to dine in public, and a guest at a hotel to boot. (Restaurants not attached to hotels didn’t tend to serve children, reasoning that they got in the way of boozy grown-up fun.) But the lucky boy or girl who could tick these boxes was assured of a pretty good time. When the English novelist Anthony Trollope toured the United States in 1861 (his two volumes of crotchety travelogue were later published as North America), he was astonished to see 5-year-old “embryo senators” who ordered dinner with sublime confidence and displayed “epicurean delight” at the fish course.
Prohibition spelled the end for 5-year-old epicures. Taking effect in January 1920, the dry laws forced the hospitality industry to rethink its policy on children: Could it be that this untapped market could help offset all that lost liquor revenue? The Waldorf-Astoria in New York thought so, and in 1921 it became one of the first establishments to beckon to children with a menu of their very own. But even as restaurants began to invite children in, it was with a new limitation: They could no longer eat what their parents ate.
What is notable about those first children's menus are the weird, bland offerings, based on what was considered proper food for kids in those days -and it was so different from what adults ate, and extremely different from what we consider nutritional (or even palatable) today. Those first menus seem almost designed to punish a child, or at least deny him any pleasure. Of course, what we consider "good for kids" and what appears on children's menus now are two totally different things, but that's marketing! Link -via mental_floss
We feature a lot of baby cosplay here, but for those on a budget, you can still have fun with baby costumes. Just take a great summer fruit, carve it up and slide it on. Voila, you have the watermelon knight.
Cookie Monster is trying to show some self control, but it's a constant struggle. Eva Senín Pernas, whose work we've featured previously, shows our blue friend after a bit of self indulgence.
He may look like an adorable sleeping baby -but that's just how he gets close enough to murder his victims. Fortunately, someone spotted Little Boo here at PAX so you know what to look out for when it comes to killers.
Gryffin Sanders of Golden, Colorado, was in the car with his younger brother being driven by their 74-year-old great-grandmother. The car was traveling at 60 mph when Darlene Nestor passed out!
Gryffin saw the car start to veer toward oncoming traffic, so he grabbed the wheel to steer the vehicle away -and into a ditch. His father, Sean Sanders, considers Gryffin a hero.
The car slowed down in the ditch filled with mud and he and his brother were unharmed. Passersby stopped to call 911 and help his great grandmother. Sean said there easily could have been head-on collision.
"The car could have rolled. There could've been, you know, a travesty of an injury or even possibly a fatality," Sean said. "The good news is we will never have to know."
Luckily, this is not the first time Gryffin has driven. He says he learned a lot playing the video game "Mario Kart".
"And, I'm pretty good at go kart driving," Gryffin said.
Nestor was airlifted to a hospital where she is undergoing tests. Link -via Geekologie
Etsy seller pipandbean sells this adorable hammerhead shark dress up costume for your little critter. If your youngster doesn't like hammerheads, she also sells a more traditional great white style costume.
