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		<title>Toddler Tricks &#8211; 77: Getting Away from the Kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Problem: You&#8217;ve been staying at home with your little ones and they&#8217;re rather attached to you, to put it mildly. But sometimes you have to do things like go to the doctor, or to the gym, or they get old &#8230; <a href="http://parentwin.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/toddler-tricks-77-getting-away-from-the-kids/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=parentwin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15237642&amp;post=1733&amp;subd=parentwin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Alternate Dimension of the SAHM</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s 8 a.m., and I&#8217;m telling my girls that they can switch jackets after lunch if they hate the ones they&#8217;re wearing so much. I&#8217;m arguing with them over who changed out of their nighties first yesterday and whose turn &#8230; <a href="http://parentwin.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/the-alternate-dimension-of-the-sahm/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=parentwin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15237642&amp;post=1730&amp;subd=parentwin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Is Up with Sizing?</title>
		<link>http://parentwin.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/what-is-up-with-sizing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know what size I am. This is not because I&#8217;ve changed size. I&#8217;ve been the same weight and shape, basically, since my teens. Now, I started out in a size 10-12, but I wore my clothing much looser &#8230; <a href="http://parentwin.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/what-is-up-with-sizing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=parentwin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15237642&amp;post=1727&amp;subd=parentwin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Survival of the Fittest</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was a rough day. I didn&#8217;t even get a chance to bore you with a blog. I spent the whole day writing an ebook for a nameless employer for which I will get no credit and very little money. &#8230; <a href="http://parentwin.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/survival-of-the-fittest/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=parentwin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15237642&amp;post=1723&amp;subd=parentwin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Recipe Monday &#8211; A Winter Burger</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You don&#8217;t need a grill for these spicy, curry burgers, and they&#8217;re perfect for a wintertime yen for barbecue. Now these are thick and small in circumference because when you broil burgers, you&#8217;re that much more likely to dry them &#8230; <a href="http://parentwin.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/recipe-monday-a-winter-burger/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=parentwin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15237642&amp;post=1718&amp;subd=parentwin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Toddler Tricks &#8211; 76: Cake and Marker</title>
		<link>http://parentwin.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/toddler-tricks-76-cake-and-marker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Problem: It&#8217;s someone&#8217;s birthday, and you want to make a sheet cake, but you can never get it out of the pan without cracking it or crumbling it in some way. Solution: Aluminum foil. If you line the pan with &#8230; <a href="http://parentwin.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/toddler-tricks-76-cake-and-marker/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=parentwin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15237642&amp;post=1712&amp;subd=parentwin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Insults Really Mean</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Mama, you stinky.&#8221; &#8220;I&#8217;m stinky? No, I&#8217;m not stinky. I smell good.&#8221; &#8220;No! You stinky! You stinky, huh!&#8221; My daughter then proceeds to walk outside and hang out on our porch for twenty minutes to a half hour. &#160; This &#8230; <a href="http://parentwin.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/what-insults-really-mean/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=parentwin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15237642&amp;post=1707&amp;subd=parentwin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s in Charge? Mark your Territory</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My kids are being awful. It&#8217;s a problem. It&#8217;s doubly a problem because my mother is visiting and I want them to be good. Every time she comes or we go to visit her, I think, well, they&#8217;ve been such &#8230; <a href="http://parentwin.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/whos-in-charge-mark-your-territory/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=parentwin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15237642&amp;post=1704&amp;subd=parentwin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The War on the War</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night I ended up having a conversation with a good friend of mine about only children. Did you know that even today, they feel judged and ostracized for their parents&#8217; reproductive choices? It&#8217;s not just &#8220;onlies.&#8221; Children are judged &#8230; <a href="http://parentwin.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/the-war-on-the-war/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=parentwin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15237642&amp;post=1701&amp;subd=parentwin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What I Learned from the Pediatric Dentist</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The visit went well. I learned they&#8217;ll need braces at age 12, but what kid doesn&#8217;t these days? Here are some things I found out that may be of help to someone out there: 1) Yes, you&#8217;re supposed to teach &#8230; <a href="http://parentwin.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/what-i-learned-from-the-pediatric-dentist/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=parentwin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15237642&amp;post=1693&amp;subd=parentwin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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