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Arwen, a frequent commenter and talented artist, is having a giveaway here. She has made a few really cool door hinge butterflies ideal for your garden or even as art in the home (pictured above). Personally, I would use them as a ...

Deal or No Deal: The school-supply edition
Silly me. I was under the mistaken notion that as children got older, the number of school supplies they need would go down. Heading into fourth grade, I envisioned my son needing some pencils, a few folders, and a couple of notebooks. ......

Whenever my mother-in-law comes to visit, she comments to my father-in-law, “See, that is how a garage is supposed to look. They can fit two cars in there.” A bit of a pack-rat (”Those old lunchboxes are going to be worth something, ...

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Of course the birth of any child is a miracle, but these twins have the most interesting story I’ve encountered in some time. According to the New York Daily News, an interracial couple (she’s originally from Ghana, he is from Germany) ...

Does tongue-tie interfere with breastfeeding?
The resurgence of interest in breast feeding has been accompanied by debate about the significance of “tongue tie” or ankyloglossia, and whether or not this condition can interfere with breastfeeding by making it difficult for the baby......

Parents should always consider their child’s safety, even if those parents are, say, living it up in Hawaii on a second honeymoon without said kiddos in tow. When DH and I headed out west on a child-free adventure* a few months ago, ...

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I love the format of Maya's Mom--that's the first Mom network I joined when I started blogging as a Mom-- and I think that Baby Center's new community will be a fantastic networking opportunity for new parents, especially new ...

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Big "we get it" for P&G, relying on "Power of Mommy Bloggers" and their social networking success around BabyCenter.com. BabyCenter is trying to close the generation gap -- that social-media gulf between a Generation X mom and one who ......

According to the release "BabyCenter’s social network enables members to share and connect with each other and builds upon the experience and expert voice parents have depended on from BabyCenter for more than a decade. ...

From BabyCenter.com
And they’re off! The stages of crawling usually go something like this: from a sitting position to all fours, to rocking and forth, to finally pushing off with the knees — and then starting to move forward (or back). ......

A recent article in the New York Times’ Real Estate section, examines a rising conflict between apartment-dwelling neighbors. What’s the conflict about? Noise. Who’s making the noise? Kids. It seems that tenants who don’t have kids, ...

Crabby? Blame your mother. Or, birth season affects temperament ...
Crabby? Near-sighted? Schizophrenic? Blame your mother’s bad timing. Evidence is piling up to reveal a relationship between temperament and the season in which you were born. I’d say that sounds more like astrology than science, ......

Nicola Hart, a British design student, has an interesting solution for breastfeeding moms–a chair to facilitate comfortable and discreet breastfeeding. The exhibit of her new chair coincides with the announcement of a new Equality Bill ...

Toddler portraits…tattooed on your arm?
Wow, this takes babywearing to a whole new level. According to this article, hot design trends in tattoos for parents include kids’ footprints, their handprints, their pictures and even, inexplicably, Disney Princesses. ......

Crabby? Near-sighted? Schizophrenic? Blame your mother’s bad timing. Evidence is piling up to reveal a relationship between temperament and the season in which you were born. I’d say that sounds more like astrology than science, ...

Junk food mamas
ice-cream.jpg A post on From Dates to Diapers, and beyond! by Christine, a mommy to six children* ages 7 and under, made my day. In it, she describes what she fed her kids the other day:. Breakfast=doughnuts; Lunch=ice cream sundaes ......

The birthday of an ordinary 8-year-old in Sweden is making headlines across the world after school officials confiscated his party invitations. According to Yahoo! News, the boy handed out his invitations at school but did not give ones ...

Signing with Baby - A Good Idea? ABSOLUTELY!!!
There are many benefits to signing with your baby, but some people have the belief that signing with your infant can actually hamper verbal language skills. This is simply NOT TRUE. According to the Baby Center article referenced above, ......