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Countdown to a meltdown (mine, naturally)
This was the last weekend of our vacation, and if you haven’t heard, we’ve had torrential rains in San Francisco. To this add a fit of going-back-to-work guilt, an upper respiratory infection and jet-lag brought on by our arrival home ......

2.) California Baby Calming Aromatherapy Bubble Bath 3.) Preserve Razor 4.) Organic Corn Starch. Once home, I dropped the plastic bag with said items on the kitchen counter and left them there for the remainder of the day. (more…)

Pregnancy after miscarriage
While being examined in the doctor’s office, my OB-GYN pulled out the fetus, the size of a bean. My husband and I sobbed as we got our first and only look at the baby we wanted so badly, the baby we loved so dearly. (more…)...

I have a certain fascination with Asperger Syndrome, often referred to as the high functioning end of the autistic spectrum. I am especially curious about the line that differentiates a high functioning autistic child and a socially ...

Everything spins, but nothing changes…
Like my husband’s tee shirt, featuring a harried critter on a metal wheel, my life the past few days can best be summed up with: “The wheel is spinning, but the hampster ain’t moving.” I haven’t been depressed. I haven’t been angry. ......

yhst-18335333903525_1978_778528.jpg Today’s our last of vacation, which we spent in Manhattan (gotta love those sales!) It’s about an hour on the train from my in-laws, so I used the time to catch up on a few podcasts I’ve been ...

Coupons for the digital conversion now available
1671455-1186346114-220×165.jpg February 17, 2009, will be the last day for full-power television stations to broadcast in analog. The switch from analog to digital broadcast television is referred to as the digital TV (DTV) transition. ......

VANCOUVER, WA (NBC) -- A McDonald's bathroom was turned into a delivery room in Vancouver, Washington as a woman gave birth in one of the stalls -- with a 16-year old McDonald's employee acting as her nurse.

Saying goodbye to Nannie
Today I said goodbye to my little sister, Anne (or “Nannie” to my kids)– my best friend, the person (besides my husband) who knows me best, my fashion advisor, my babysitter and beloved auntie to my two kids. ......

BabyCenter asked us to do wrap-ups of the posts that elicited the most responses. Mine was the “I hate my husband post”. What started as a tongue-in-cheek post about how I hate that my husband gets more alone time than me generated ...

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The BabyCenter Store is a one-stop shop for everything along the baby journey. From preconception and pregnancy through baby, toddler and preschooler stages. Hey when you have kids saving money becomes even more important! ......

It was love at first sight for Zachary and a “Pirates of the Caribbean” figure that he received on Christmas morning. With a little help from eBay, Santa was able to deliver a toy that Zachary did not even know existed. ...

I’m not your friend anymore!
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So here we are, on vacation with the family in New York, and it’s been great. Except J. and I feel like total losers (well not really, but I’m exaggerating here for dramatic effect). You see, pretty much everything we want Isaac to ...

Weekend wonders: greeting card crafts
We’ve got a tray full of holiday cards and time on our hands these days, so recycling these greetings as fun crafts is top of mind for this weekend. Here are some ideas easy to work on with young children that I’m considering: ......

kris-eats-meat-020.JPG That would be me. For half of my life I have not eaten meat, poultry or fish. Not necessarily for moral reasons, although I am a huge animal lover. I once got really sick after eating meat, so I just stopped. ...

My husband has a great package
Of drills and tools (you pervs). He likes nothing better than to build, hammer, saw and put together intricate games and toys on Christmas morning. As for me, I’d take cooking Xmas Eve dinner for 100 guests over wrestling with a remote ......

May all of you in the BabyCenter community enjoy the same, now and always. As our own Lindsay Weiss says so perfectly in her post, Joy to the World! * Photo of Stink this morning opening up his coveted race track. The cradle set? ...

Joy to your world (from ours!)
Joy to the world This Christmas morn My kids woke up at 5. And followed their trail of ca-an-dy Right down our stairs to their sto-ock-ings. And screamed with such delight And screamed with such delight And scre-EAMED and scre-ee-eamed ......