When Dara Torres (US), and Constantina Tomescu (Romania) won medals last week in swimming and marathon, respectively, nobody batted an eyelid. Why should they? Many other women like them -Paula Radcliffe (UK, long distance runner) and Lindsay Davenport (US, tennis player), to name a few – have achieved athletic feats not unheard of in this [...]
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I did it! I went shopping for some new clothing this weekend, despite my post-baby belly bulge. I received gift cards to Ann Taylor Loft this past Christmas and could wait longer to cash them in for some girly goodies.
Fortunately for us post-partum ladies, empire-waist and baby-doll style tops and dresses are in style right [...]
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One of the most difficult parts of motherhood, at least for me, was and still is, letting go. I guess it`s because as mom of twins, I always have to let go two kids in one go.
The first time was when they were about 6 months old ? when they were left alone with Grandma [...]
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My daughter is now a little over 7 months old and right at the beginning of my favorite age. Well, at least it’s my favorite age thus far in my journey through motherhood.
I absolutely love the 6 months through 18 months stage of babyhood. It’s the age where they are still very much [...]
Tags: 12 months, 18 months, 6 months, 9 months, babies, firsts, motherhood
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