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Today's Everyday Sweepstakes Action: Reply to Today's Community Chalkboard Question!
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Getting to know our members better is truly important to us. One new way to do that is through your answers to the questions on our Community Chalkboard. We’ll ask new questions all the time, all you need to do is go to our Home page and click to type in an answer in the answer field. Check out this instructional video for help with How to: ... Read More
Food Allergies - A Mother's Fears
Thursday, May 17, 2012 by Sara McTigue
May 13-19th is Food Allergy Awareness Week. This cause is one close to my heart, as one of my twins, Sawyer, was diagnosed with allergies to dairy, eggs, and peanuts when he was just a year old. Having a child with food allergies has been eye opening in many ways, and some of those ways can be a source of great worry. Of course, stories like that ... Read More
How Long is TOO Long to Breastfeed?
Thursday, May 17, 2012 by Stef Daniel
By now, you likely know the benefits to breastfeeding your child. And while it is recommended, this is not an article intended to debate breast or bottle – or to crucify women who have chosen to bottle feed. I have personally done both. Breastfed two children and bottle-fed two children. And both methods worked out perfect... Read More
Thursday, May 17, 2012 by Jeannie Fleming-Gifford
The first time we had dinner as a family my daughter was two-days old. We came home from the hospital, cooked up a little stir-fry and sat down to the dinner table together. Of course, the little one was only slurping breast milk at that moment, but she joined us – in her vibrating bouncy seat - at the table nonetheless. Having dinner to... Read More
Which big decisions do you wish you'd thought about before delivering your baby?
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Which big decisions do you wish you'd thought about before delivering your baby?... Read More
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 by Sara McTigue
If you are a parent to children of a certain age, there is a very good chance that Pixar is an important part of your life. With movies from Finding Nemo, Monster’s Inc., and Wall-E, to the soon-to-be-released Brave, they have consistently been producing films that kids – and adults – fall in love with. I can name many a meltdown ... Read More
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 by Sara McTigue
Having children can be dangerous business. Just the process of carrying and delivering a baby provides ample opportunities for all sorts of ailments and injuries. But today that isn’t what I’ve been thinking about. I’ve been thinking about a different kind of danger from your children. Last night I was bathing my kids. I was sitt... Read More
Melissa Joan Hart is Having a ... Baby?
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 by Heather Montgomery
Image via prphoto.com Melissa Joan Hart told People recently that she plans to not find out the gender of her third baby. She says “We don’t want to know. We found out both other times, but this one we want [it to be] a surprise.” She also talks about struggling with fatigue and nausea while chasing after her two b... Read More
Budgeting for Back-Up Childcare
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 by Kathy Murdock
If you are already a parent, you may know this situation: It’s five o'clock in the morning, and you’re preparing to get up to get ready for work when your child complains of a headache. One touch to the forehead and you know she has a slight fever, but both you and your husband have used up your allotted sick days so lost time at work m... Read More
Do you have a side you always carry your baby on?
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Do you have a side you always carry your baby on?... Read More
What if Nobody 'Likes' My Kid?
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 by Sara McTigue
I’ve been introduced to a word that is new to me: oversharenting. Steven Leckart defines it as “the tendency for parents to share a lot of information and photos of their kids online” in an article discussing the boundaries – or lack thereof – of social media in parenting today’s children. As a frequent... Read More
Tuesday's Top 10 - Signs Mom's Gone Nuts
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 by Stef Daniel
I am crazy. I have decided, finally and completely, that motherhood has truly caused me to go insane. So insane is my new normal. Since I don’t really have a choice, I am going to roll with it, and enjoy the insanity and the bliss of Mommy Brain for as long as possible. Are you crazy yet? (Chances are if yo... Read More
What were your child's first words?
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
What were your child's first words?... Read More
Monday, May 14, 2012 by Sara McTigue
The Social Security Administration has revealed their list of most popular baby names for 2011. Of course much about the list stays similar for years at a time, but there were some new additions to the top 10 this year. Boys: Jacob ... Read More
Monday, May 14, 2012 by Stef Daniel
A friend of mine, married for many years and with several children, was confiding in me the other day about her marriage. Her and her husband had become essentially roommates. While there was nothing awful and pressing, abusive or disrespectful about her marriage – she knew that it was essentially over. Still, she could... Read More
How Much Would You Pay for a Gym Membership?
Monday, May 14, 2012 by Kathy Murdock
I have a love – hate relationship with my gym membership. I love the gym itself. It’s clean. There isn’t a bunch of hair in the showers, people wipe down machines when they finish, and childcare offers actual classes like Zumba for Kids and Music and Motion for parents with kids throughout the day. It’s a drive, but once ... Read More
Monday, May 14, 2012 by Jeannie Fleming-Gifford
Many of us, myself included, think that attachment just happens. But does it? As a parent, did you automatically feel an emotional connection like no other the moment you laid eyes on your little one? Or, has it taken time for this relationship to grow? What about the attachment your child has with you and other caregivers in their life? I... Read More
Monday, May 14, 2012
Is your little one made from sugar, spice, and everything nice? Or something else…?... Read More
Do your little one's grandparents have a favorite activity with your child?
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Do your little one's grandparents have a favorite activity with your child?... Read More
Saturday, May 12, 2012 by Sara McTigue
Mother’s Day. You know, I always think of it as a marketing ploy – just another excuse for the greeting card companies and the florists to get some action during a slow month. It isn’t that I don’t appreciate my mother. But I make an effort to tell her that as often as possible, lest she think I take for granted the fact tha... Read More
