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Children and Cholesterol Medication?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:30:00 GMT

Childhood obesity is a hot topic and a real concern in America these days. The problem is only growing and health officials and parents alike have been debating about what course of action to take in both prevention and treatment. With obesity, comes a slew of health problems including high cholesterol. Unfortunately, children are not exempt from this side-effect of obesity. Recently, I read an article concerning this topic on RealAge titled “Should 8-Year-Olds Be Popping Cholesterol Pills?” and it got me to thinking.More Here...

Fun And Easy Recipe: Lemon Curd with Meringue

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:15:00 GMT

Guest post from Six Flower Mom

We were recently given some lovely fresh lemons as a gift. I wanted to make something special with them so here is what I did, it was so yummy!

Perfect Lemon Curd (recipes from AllRecipe.com)

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Inside Kourtney Kardashian's Baby Registry

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:05:00 GMT

Guest post from Baby Bump Blog

No word yet on whether Kourtney has taken any of our suggestions for her baby registry, but here's what we did find on her registries at Bel Bambini and Babies "R" Us (we guess no one told Kourtney she could consolidate her multiple registries with MyRegistry.com!). More Here...

My Little Miracle - An Endearing Tale of Babyhood!

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMT

I hold him in my arms,
watching his small face break out into a smile.
He plays with his hands,
pointing and trying to talk.

He laughs when I tickle him,
he squirms when I have to change him.
He doesn't smile when he's hungry,
he stares at the kitchen. More Here...

Graded Papers in Kindergarten - Are You Kidding Me?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 GMT

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Tutu's Bliss recently wrote a post about Kindergarten - here and this got me thinking.

My son Cheeky goes to Kindergarten. He has been a happy go lucky kid who enjoys school. Last year he went to Pre-k and had so much fun. True to his name he is quite Cheeky too.. he had told his teacher that his hand hurts and very often would get out of any writing they required him to do! While suppressing my laughter I tried very hard to tell him he shouldn't do that! He hid under the table at clean up time and played truant! He is a fun kid and means no harm, just that he is Cheeky! The teachers have always loved him and he has never been in trouble at school.. not even a time out! He is a well behaved kid and likes to let the teachers have that good impression about him!

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"Are We There Yet?"-How to Survive Holiday Travel

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:00:00 GMT

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Will you be traveling a long distance with children this Thanksgiving or perhaps another holiday coming up? Traveling with children can be, well, interesting to say the least! Surviving the drive to your holiday destination does not have to be a nightmare, so don’t worry; just have a game plan in place to help reduce your holiday stress! At least there are portable DVD players these days; they didn’t have those around when I was a kid! More Here...

Comfort Smells for a Mother

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:15:00 GMT

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When my son was a baby, I'd hold him close and just breathe him in. I could spend hours doing nothing except holding him in my arms, watching his perfect face, eye lids twitching in his dreams, and inhale, smelling the scent that is everything perfect and full of potential ... laundry detergent and Desitin and gentle soap and plasticy diapers... and their skin, so soft and pink with its own smell, like dew on a flower.

He's 16 nowMore Here...

One Mom's Diary: Why I Switched To Formula

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:35:00 GMT

Guest Post by Supermom Central

Please welcome my sweet sister, Lynsey, who is a total Mom-spiration to me! She's an awesome mom of 2 lucky little ones, a fantastic writer (you'll love her blog), and a totally amazing sister- plus she's by far the most hilarious person I know. She was kind enough to share with us her struggles to nurse her babies and the difficult process she went through to find the right solution for her.

When I had my first child, there were complications while breast feeding. Caleb had health problems and was not gaining weight quickly enough or at all, really. To top it off he screamed pretty much all of the time. It went way beyond "colic."

Even though I was an inexperienced first-time mom, my intuition told me that something else was wrong.More Here...

Normal Adoption - Really?

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:05:00 GMT

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"Normal adoption"-to many, that right there is an oxymoron. The conventional family is obviously biologically related, I'm aware. But I'm not really trying to address absolute normalcy, what I'm tackling is something that occurs within the adoption community.

Okay, so I am adopted. I am white, and I was adopted into a white family. I have no physical or mental disabilities. I am an adoptee of a closed adoption. This right here makes me normal of all adoptees. More Here...

Finian's Rainbow - A Magical Night on Broadway for the Whole Family

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:27:00 GMT

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The folks behind the new family-friendly Broadway musical Finian's Rainbow, graciously provided me with two tickets to check out the show, so this past Saturday, I braved the rain and headed into New York City. I was hoping the weather would clear up before the night’s end and that a real rainbow would appear but alas it did not. However, the moment the play began I forgot all about the wet weather outside of St. James Theater. It turned out to be a magical night of songs, dancing, and jokes. More Here...