Chinese Moms Risk Arrest for Buying Safe Formula Illegally

May 16, 2013
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When a baby is born, we have decisions to make including whether or not we will nurse or bottle feed. Those of us who choose bottle feeding take into account the expense, but most of the time we’re not thinking about whether or not the formula we buy is safe. Moms in China are not [...]

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I Spy Sensory Toy for Quiet Play

May 16, 2013
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Don’t you love Etsy? There are so many really cool things to look at – between Etsy and Pinterest I could totally spend all day just looking at things. I especially like the handmade toys. There is just something special about a handmade toy compared to the garishly colored, plastic stuff that lines the shelves [...]

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How Many Questions Kids Ask in a Day

May 16, 2013
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When I’m tired, sometimes I feel like I’m bombarded with 100 questions a day from my kids. I thought maybe I felt that way because when I’m tired, I don’t really want to have to think. It was worse when they were three, because questions were formed in a litany of “whys” which often led [...]

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Regrets? Everyone Has Them

May 16, 2013
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Last week I was talking with a young mother who seemed to have a fabulous life with healthy kids, a basically secure home environment, and a credit card to Bloomingdales. Her eyes were sad and, although beautiful,  she really looked like she had too little sleep and too much stress. Her conversation was hesitant, as [...]

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Pick Out a New Painting from Overstock Art.

May 15, 2013
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I don’t know about you, but I hate bare walls in my home. If you’re looking for some new wall art, check out the Overstock Art website. Overstock Art sells reproductions of famous paintings by artists like Van Gogh, Monet, Renoir, and Degas. The paintings on Overstock Art are actual handmade reproductions of some of [...]

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Entertaining Kids with Cootie Catchers

May 15, 2013
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If you’re looking for a cheap and easy way to entertain bored kids for an hour or two, you can’t go wrong with making cootie catchers. Also commonly called paper fortune tellers, these toys are tremendously amusing for kids. When I was in fourth grade, my friends and I would make cootie catchers with the [...]

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The Mommy Files: Awesome Father’s Day Crafts

May 15, 2013
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Now that Mother’s Day has come and gone, it’s time to think about Father’s Day. And though you can certainly buy a Father’s Day gift for your beloved, it’s nice to have the kids do a little crafting too. At school, for Mother’s Day, the kids all put their footprints on a small art canvas [...]

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Covering for the Ex

May 15, 2013
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Divorce is messy whether you think it will be or not. I didn’t really care how messy it got as far as I was concerned, but when it spilled over and affected my kids I went ballistic. It just seemed like they had been through enough without being engulfed in the fallout. I decided pretty [...]

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Avoiding Lead in Children’s Cosmetics

May 14, 2013
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Recently, a TV station in my area ran a story about a six-year-old girl who was showing symptoms of lead poisoning. Her parents eventually traced the source of the problem back to the lip gloss she loved to play with. The lip glosses in her collection were clearly marketed to little girls, with colorful labels [...]

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