At my baby shower for my first born, I received a number of useful items – socks, bottles, sleep sacks, and even diapers and wipes. But the most useful item, which we are still using on our now almost-2-year old daughter is the plethora of receiving blankets.
Receiving blankets are not much more than a piece [...]
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Our living room has become the playroom. As such, there are toys strewn everywhere which, although I pick them up several times a day (okay, so I actually just sort of brush them out of the way with my foot most of the time), seem to multiply as the day goes on.
There are wind up [...]
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There is a new crispness to the air. As we gather our fall jackets from the closet and begin to think about where we left last winter?s scarves and mittens, it?s time to start thinking about Halloween. It?s a great chance to get the kids together and do some fun family activities, like hay rides [...]
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When I was growing up, we spent more time outside than inside. While this was indeed before the days of Game Boys and iPods and the like, there were still children?s programs on television. We just chose against watching them, in favor of a bright, sunny day where we could go to the park or [...]
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New and expecting parents receive a lot of advice, whether solicited or not. When I was expecting my daughter, well intentioned friends, family and strangers all seemed to have something to say to me and my husband. The most common advice was to sleep ? because, as they said, we would never sleep again. While, [...]
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