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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Moment of the Week – 52: Read, Always Read
Lull in the action? Read! http://parentwin.blogspot.com/2011/07/moment-of-week-52-read-always-read.html
Posted in Moment of the Week
Tagged babies, children, kids, moment of the week, parenting, reading, toddlers
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Toddler Tricks – 52: Learning for Life
Problem: Your children are getting older, and you are doing more and more activities with them that require you all to wander far from your home. What if one gets separated. If they can talk, they’re old enough to know … Continue reading
Posted in Toddler Tricks
Tagged babies, child safety, children, kids, parenting, safety, toddler tricks, toddlers
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Forays into Facebook
I don’t spend much time on Facebook, but every once in a while I can be sucked in for hours. I’ve got something like 300 or 400 friends on there. I never know when anyone cuts me. I only know when people add … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging and Internet
Tagged babies, children, facebook, internet, kids, parenting, pictures, toddlers
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The Day Between Sickness and Wellness
We’ve been sick here. Very sick. Having lived in a germ-free bubble for the most of the last year means that one of the twins invariably picks up a virus or two whenever we come into contact with the outside … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Out of the House
Tagged babies, children, getting out of the house, illness, kids, parenting, tantrums, toddlers
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Why I Will Continue to Tell my Daughters that They’re Beautiful
Quite a while ago now, Lisa Bloom, blogger for the Huffington Post, wrote a piece outlining why we need to stop focusing on appearance in little girls. She made a lot of good points, and it gave me a lot … Continue reading
Posted in Article Responses
Tagged babies, children, daughters, girls, kids, looks, parenting, self esteem, toddlers
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Step Out of your Comfort Zone – It’s Worth It
It was a lazy Sunday morning when I got a text from my friend Yasmin, who has a little boy, two years old. “What are you doing today?” Well, we weren’t doing anything, yet. We had thought about maybe going … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Out of the House
Tagged babies, children, friendship, getting out of the house, kids, parenting, toddlers
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Recipe Monday – A Pizza for Every Day of the Week
Having toddlers means ordering in is just easier than going out, sometimes. When we first moved here, we tried all the local pizza delivery options. We didn’t really like any of them. In fact, our favorite is Dominos, if that … Continue reading
Toddler Tricks – 51: Why Ask Why?
Problem: Your child has reached the age where everything is a question. They need to know about every menial task and action from the end result all the way back to the root of the idea. Usually this happens with … Continue reading
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Tagged babies, children, kids, parenting, questions, toddler tricks, toddlers, why?
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The Things that Annoy Me about Kids’ Shows
Being an expert in educational children’s programming, by which I mean I’m a parent who sometimes needs to clean or make dinner in peace, I have some gripes. Most are irrational, some are grudgey, all legitimately bother me. The first … Continue reading
Posted in Television
Tagged babies, cartoons, children, kids, kids shows, paernting, television, toddlers, tv
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How to Make Friends: The Mommy Edition
I am a horrible judge of character. I basically like everyone on sight and invite them into my home and give them my stuff immediately. I ended up with a lot of jovial troublemakers in my circle, which was all fine … Continue reading
Posted in Helpful Hints
Tagged babies, children, friendship, kids, mom friends, parenting, toddlers
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