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Picky Eaters: Changing Eating Schedules
We asked you on Facebook for your biggest challenges when it comes to having a picky eater in the house. We called in Elizabeth Pantley, best-selling author of The No-Cry Picky Eater Solution to help...
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Halloween Bingo from the Crafting Chicks
Want some Halloween-themed fun for your child’s school party or just for a fun afternoon? Check out these cute Halloween bingo cards from The Crafting Chicks. The best part? They’re free! Now you just...
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Smart Product: Clothing Labeler
When I was a kid and heading to sleep-away camp, my mom actually dropped my clothing off with a local seamstress to have the required labels sewn into every single item. Today, there’s a much easier...
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Boys Are Wild Animals, and 10 Other Truths the Parenting Books Won’t Tell You
Random observations from a mother of three boys who grew up with two sisters, and so was wholly unprepared. 1. Boys are wild animals. Just watch any nature documentary footage of lion cubs wrestling,...
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A Twist on a Classic: Gingerbread Dinosaurs
Want to try something that’s kind of holiday-ish, but not so expected? Why not skip the gingerbread men and their candy decorated homes in favor of gingerbread dinosaurs? The kitschy company SUCK UK...
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Adorable Picks for Kids from In Style
Our colleagues over at InStyle.com have come up with a great gift guide for those special kiddos in your life. This is my first holiday season with our baby and my husband and I go back-and-forth on...
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Snow Day Activity: Snow Stencils
If you’re lucky enough to have a white day-after-Christmas, try this fun activity once you’ve thrown all the snowballs and made plenty of snow angels. The idea comes from Armelle Blog, and all it takes...
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Anticipating the Time Your Child Leaves Home. Trying Not to Cry.
While I was at the office and weeding the garden and worrying about whether or not I had the most updated train schedule in my purse, unbeknownst to me, my oldest child was getting ready to go to...
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New Girl Scout Cookies with Mango and Vitamins via The Stir
Buying Girl Scout cookies is a yearly ritual for me. When cookie season rolls around, I always feel the need (and want) to help my fellow scouts. It reminds me of the times I walked door-to-door in our...
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Indoor Camping: Children’s Teepee Roundup via Remodelista
What child would not love their very own teepee? I stumbled across this idea a few months back and then re-stumbled this past weekend while doing some cruising over on Remodelista. To see the full...
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Entertainment News for Kids from EW’s the Family Room
Now that I have a little one, I am starting to tune-in to more tevelevision series for children. And, I am quickly realizing that the Smurfs and Care Bears have been replaced with Dora and Diego and...
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Keep Your Kids’ Lunches Cool
Tonight as you’re packing lunches (either your own or your kids’) Take one extra step, and make sure that those lunches stay cold tomorrow, even if there’s no fridge to store them in. Use this idea...
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6 Rules for Raising Healthy Children from Mom.me
Recently, my one-year old has been transitioning from puréed foods to solids. Some days he surprises me and enhales everything on his tray, and then other days it’s either thrown across the room, or...
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All-Time Favorite Nurseries from PopSugar
Nurseries and kids rooms grab my attention, especially rooms that incorporate interesting DIY features and bargain finds. I am a sucker for yard/estate sales and seeing what can be done with an old...
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Help Me Help All of Us
Has it really been two months since the shootings in Newtown, Connecticut? Why does it still feel like it happened yesterday? Maybe because—and this is a good thing—the debate about what to do to...
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How to Revive a Worn Out Stuffed Animal
Thanks to the frigid cold weather, your kids have been cooped up indoors day and night, and their toys are getting more use than usual. If your son or daughter has been toting around a teddy bear or...
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What a Mother Who Lost Her Son to Gun Violence Wants to Change
As Kristin announced earlier this week, Real Simple launched a powerful online forum with All You, Health, and Essence magazines that simply asks: What 1 simple change would you make to help keep our...
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Watching the Red Carpet with Kids via Entertainment Weekly
One of our colleagues over at Entertainment Weekly’s blog the Family Room, Christina Kelly, recently posted a piece about watching the Oscars red carpet coverage with her kids and the challenge of...
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Easy Activity to Entertain Kids in Waiting Rooms
I love this idea from Tot Treasures for these easy-t0-make activity sticks that will keep your kids busy while waiting for a table at a restaurant or in the waiting room at a doctor’s office. And all...
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Rental Damage Left By Kids from Apartment Therapy
Our little boy has officially entered the toddler years and I am beginning to understand the strong need for cabinet locks, toilet clamps, sharp edge protectors, socket covers, gates on the stairs,...
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