A blog about motherhood…
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Now that it is October, I have a scary proposition for you. Cook with your Kids! Today, with the hubs out of town and my sanity on the brink, I decided to make it a good day. I was going to make a mess, let my kids help and make them very happy about it! [...]
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http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4a49a12c?page=34&p2506=80#/4a49a12c/34 I read this article the other day, and I am not sure what to make of it. I think breastfeeding is an instinctual thing, that may need to be learned. When my first and I were learning the ropes of breastfeeding together, I missed out on that all important skin to skin contact just [...]
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How many parents feel this way? Probably a good deal of them. Who wants the mess that comes with a baby learning to self feed? Too bad. Babies need to learn to eat with a spoon and fork. In fact I bet they want to. I know my 13 month old son wants to. If [...]
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I heard the comment the other day that you can’t over feed a baby. It is somewhat true, you can’t over feed a breastfed baby. You can most certainly overfeed a formula fed baby. When feeding a formula fed baby, the formula pretty much just drains from the bottle into the mouth and down the [...]
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Since having my kids I have heard lots of complaints from other parents that their babies hate the car and will scream the entire time they are in the car. I don’t know the specifics of everyone, but I would guess the majority of these complaints are from people who waited too long to take [...]
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We all know how important car seats are for our children. This is why we go out of our way to spend hundreds of dollars on these life saving pieces of equipment. But is your child really safe? That depends. Did you follow the law? Did you keep your child rear facing until age 1 [...]
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Your baby is starting to walk! Hurray! Another milestone! Now it is time to contemplate footwear. Really, you need to think this through, babies feet grow at an alarming rate for the first few years, and then starts to taper off. How much do you really want to spend on footwear? Yes, there are specialty [...]
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As if living with a toddler weren’t hard enough, there comes a time when it dawns on us moms and dads that we are going to have to teach this little person how to go to potty on the toilet. Joy! Rapture! The idea of a potty-trained toddler is a wonderful one; you have visions [...]
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So you have a toddler or preschooler or even an infant. Yes, we all say, “my child won’t watch TV”. But seriously, there comes a point where mommy hasn’t bathed in 3 days, there are no clean plates, and sanity is on the line. I have been brought back from the brink many times with [...]
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