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Women After Pregnancy

Our theme this week has been babies. If you’ve been stopping by, you’ve already read about how you can’t spoil a baby and fun baby games. Today we’re talking about women after pregnancy. And babies. The babies, with their floppy heads and constant drool are pretty cute. Women after pregnancy? If you’re a woman and […]...

July 11, 2013 7:03AM      FACEBOOK   /   TWEET   /   EMAIL

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Fun Baby Games

We read and talk a lot about baby poop (smells like apricots, looks like scrambled eggs) and baby sleep (they usually aren’t letting us get enough) but what about baby fun? There are so many fun games to play with babies, even before they are old enough to play catch or go on a pretend […]...

July 10, 2013 7:13AM      FACEBOOK   /   TWEET   /   EMAIL

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Can You Spoil a Baby?

“Oh Jenny, you can’t pick her up every time she cries,” my mom chided as I scooped my three-day-old out of her bassinette and into my arms. My newborn quieted immediately but I seethed inside. Why didn’t my mother understand that I had a physical, primal, urgent need to hold my daughter as much as […]...

July 8, 2013 7:00AM      FACEBOOK   /   TWEET   /   EMAIL

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Disconnect to Connect

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I am used to staying in touch with people and accessing the news online whenever I want. I spent an enormous amount of time on my phone and computer over the past year, while writing and launching my new book, Parenting Without Borders. There were edits I was eager to see, updates I had to keep […]...

July 4, 2013 8:25AM      FACEBOOK   /   TWEET   /   EMAIL

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Camp Food: What Do You Do When Your Child’s On A Special Diet?

Summertime and the livin’ is easy. You know that old Gershwin song? Summer brings a glorious freedom from certain rules and routines. Summer brings camps, camp food, new experiences, new friends, new ideas. This freedom can also create new worries. Parenting worries. When my boys were little, they had tummy troubles. Their problems were so […]...

July 3, 2013 10:44AM      FACEBOOK   /   TWEET   /   EMAIL

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