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Embarrassing confession: I will be seeing New Moon this weekend (and I can�t freakin� wait!)
Yes, I�m 31 years old, yes I�m a mom, yes I�m pregnant with number two and yes, I love Edward Cullen. There, I said it.
Finally, A Chapped Lips Miracle Product
My 10-year-old son has suffered from chapped lips since he was 6. Not just the chapped lips we all get once in a while: he looks like a clown from October to March. Once the dentist actually stopped working on his filling, stood up, and asked me: ...
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2009 Homemade Halloween Costume Contest Winner (Plus, Our 24 Fave Runners-Up!)
Check out the finalists of the 2009 costume contest - and find out which costume won!
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Send Us Your Scared of Santa Photo!
Was your child less than thrilled to be sitting on Santa's knee? If your Santa picture looked more like a scene out of a horror film than the Kodak moment you had hoped for, we want to see it. Your kid could be featured on Parenting.com, or in a ...
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Kids' Holiday Fashion for Every Budget
Parenting's age-by-age shopping guide to the most adorable, affordable holiday looks.
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First Time Hosting Thanksgiving (At 8 Months Pregnant!): Got Tips?
Next Thursday I will be hosting my first ever Thanksgiving and I couldn�t be more excited. I absolutely love to cook and entertain (if I didn�t have a job, I�d already be ironing the tablecloths and arranging the centerpieces) and it makes me feel ...
Lefty vs. Righty: When Do Kids Typically Display Handedness?
When her daughter turned 27 months, Sherry Glaser of Jonesborough, TN, worried that the tot was missing a milestone: handedness -- the preference for using one hand over the other. "I thought that it would cause confusion and frustration down the ...
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Military Moms: Got Money Questions? We've Got Answers!
If you have a money question, send it in, and we�ll get Jim Ludwick, founder of MainStreet Financial Planning, which offices in Washington DC and in California, (and a former serviceman himself) to weigh in.
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Weird and Wonderful: Watching a Blank Slate Become a Person
It's weird to watch someone become a person a little bit at a time, day by day. She came to us a stranger in her own body. She could think and feel, cry and poop. The rest was a blank slate. She'd stare right through you, seemingly unable to tell ...
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Free Holiday WiFi? Thanks, Google!
If you're among the 20 bajillion families headed to the airport this holiday season, here's a little perk: Google has teamed up with 47 airports to bring you free wireless Internet access from November 16, 2009 � January 15, 2010.
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Got a Great Cookie Recipe? Win a $500 Target Gift Card!
Enter to win our 2009 cookie bake off, and you could win a $500 gift card to Target!
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The Baby Merch Maze: Taking a Minimalist Approach to Baby Gear
Did you think it was awfully suspicious how, seemingly moments after conceiving, piles of junk mail from Babies R Us and Wal Mart and every other major retailer arrived at your door? Are the digital pregnancy tests rigged up with GPS trackers now or ...
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How to Teach Your Tot to Throw Overhand
Step aside, A-Rod! Between the ages of 3 and 5, most kids develop the ability to throw a ball overhand. It's a more complex skill than the scoop-toss that most toddlers use. To master it, your future Hall of Famer has to have developed everything from ...
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Is My Baby Angry? How to Tell What She's Really Feeling
The scrunched face. The furrowed brow. The screaming. Your 4-month-old looks amazingly like that always-furious boss you once had, but what is she really feeling?
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PTA Reflections: Amazing Artwork By Kids in Grades 3-5
The National PTA� has been honoring students' artistic achievements through the Reflections Program since 1969, and this year Parenting is proud to be the official national media sponsor. Over 500,000 entries are received each year. Here are a few of ...
Today is My Cancerversary!
Eight years ago today I was diagnosed with cancer. Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML). At the time I thought my life as I knew it was over. I assumed I�d be sick, bald, dying. But thanks to the miracle drug I take, my experience with cancer was ...
The Split Blog: Faking It
Happy, that is. I'm a women's magazine junkie and they're always telling you that if you fake being happy sometimes (like smiling even though you don't feel like it), your mood might actually lift a little bit in kind. So, given that I have no desire ...
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Family Budget Boot Camp: Over $45,000 In Debt
On the phone, I asked Leah what was outstanding on credit cards. Now that the house is hopefully off their backs, we can start to put together a plan to pay off debt. I started getting really worried as Leah shared the details of her debt. (Let's just ...
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Our Favorite Fall-Inspired Treats
Apple, pumpkin, sweet potato...cranberry, cinnamon, caramel...we've covered all the flavors of fall in this mouth-watering gallery of snacks! Kid-testers loved these fall-inspired treats.
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Happy 40th Birthday, Sesame Street!
Hard to believe that it's been 4 decades since a group of monsters, a frog, and one big bird changed children's relationship to television.
Thanks, Sesame Workshop for a lifetime of memories!
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New Help for Moms with Postpartum Depression
An inpatient psychiatric unit specifically dedicated to women suffering perinatal (prenatal and postpartum) mood disorders opens and gets new moms the help they need.
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4 Ways to Make Sure Poultry Is Safe
What you need to know to keep your family safe from food poisoning in poultry
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How to Decode Your Child's Personality
4 ways to get a little insight into what's going on in that little head
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Recall Alert: Maclaren USA Recalls ALL Umbrella Strollers
The CPSC reports that Maclaren USA is recalling all of their single and double umbrella strollers sold from 1999 through November 2009 � about one million strollers, in all. The models affected are Volo, Triumph, Quest Sport, Quest Mod, Techno XT, ...
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Erin Zammett Ruddy's Family Photos
Our Project Pregnancy blogger shares personal photos of her cancer treatments, and both pregnancies.
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Family Budget Boot Camp: A Short Sale, Not a Foreclosure
Friday started out to be a normal, boring day like every other in my life lately -- until I opened my email to find that my short sale had finally been approved!!
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Hot Links: Swine Flu Edition
Here's a roundup of recent H1N1 news stories. And tell us: Have you encountered Swine Flu in your community? Did you get your family vaccinated? Did you get the shot, or the mist? Let us know!
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Black Friday: Would Buying a Special Sweatshirt Make You More Likely to Get Up at 5 a.m.?
Here�s a new kind of Thanksgiving dressing...clothing made to wear on your annual holiday shopping sprint. God bless the legions of moms who rise before dawn and make their way, coffee in hand, to Toys R Us, Best Buy, and Wal-Mart.
Big Freakin' Surprise: Cocoa Krispies Aren't Supervitamins
Wouldn't it be awesome if the sugar-coated cereals our kids beg us to serve boosted their immune systems and helped them fight off sickness? (And did the laundry and dishes?) That's what Kelloggs was claiming on their cereal boxes (minus the laundry ...
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Best Baby Toys of 2009 (Enter Daily to Win Them All!)
The best toys of the year are here! These 15 games and toys are educational, fun and perfect for kids from 0-5. The best part? You have a chance to win all of these mom-tested toys! Visit parenting.com/toys to find out how to enter our giveaways for ...
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Best Kids' Toys of 2009 (Enter Daily to Win Them All!)
The best toys of the year are here! These 16 games and toys are educational, fun and perfect for kids from 5-12. The best part? You have a chance to win all of these mom-tested toys! Visit parenting.com/toys to find out how to enter our giveaways for ...
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Does Separated = Single?
I was chatting with a friend yesterday about a new guy in our circle, and she said: "Hey, you're single for the moment, you should jump him. I would!"
She said it in passing, and we were cracking jokes but the comment startled me. I certainly don't ...
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Cancer Update: Our Project Pregnancy Blogger Gets Not-Great News
I got a call from my oncologist, Dr. Mauro, a few days ago and my latest cancer test came back with a VERY WEAK positive. I capitalized very weak because I don�t want you (or my family, who reads this blog) to think this is anything to panic about. ...
Does Society Hate Children?
After a toddler tantrum got a 2-year-old and his mother booted off a Southwest flight, the blogosphere rejoiced. "Bout @#$$#@ time," and "The mother is only angling for a free ticket so she can flee the little basterd," were among the comments on ...
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The 6 Best Things About Tweens
Why you shouldn't dread the tween years, and how you can enjoy them the most
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25 Things to Do With All That Halloween Candy
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Pair it with wine. The chocolate, caramel, nuttiness of Snickers go great with tawny ports, and the cookie-like Twix goes well with a smooth scotch (starchefs.com).
Make homemade flavored vodka. Just drop it in a bottle and let it soak ...
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Recall Alert: a Half a Million Pounds of Ground Beef Due to E.coli
Check your freezers! Fairbank Farms (NY) has recalled 545,699 pounds of ground beef that is already past its sell-by date.
Here's a list of the recalled ground beef products, and where they were sold:
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Paying Teens to NOT Get Pregnant...What Do You Think?
There's a North Carolina-based group called College Bound Sisters that gives girls a stipend toward college, if they make it through the program without getting pregnant.
Read Teenage girls earn extra cash for college -- as long as they don't get ...
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No Sleep? No Prob! 11 Instant Energy Boosters
By the time you hear your child's early-morning stirrings, you've probably already worked out for 90 minutes, meditated for 30, and enjoyed a healthy, balanced breakfast, which of course included a low-fat pomegranate smoothie. Why, there's nothing ...
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Parenting and PTA Team Up to Support Families
Parenting is proud to support PTA in its efforts to provide parents with the best tools to help children be successful students. This year, Parenting is the national media sponsor of Reflections, and will feature the program in Parenting School Years ...
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Make These 8 Discipline Mistakes, And You'll Make Your Life Harder
You know the drill: You give your child an ultimatum -- "Get dressed or we're staying home!" -- and naturally she says, "Okay, we'll stay home!" Might as well plant a big "L" on your forehead. We all see our discipline efforts backfire on occasion ...
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Baby Einstein DVDs: Will You Request A Refund?
Do you have Baby Einstein DVDs at home? Did you watch them often, and did you think they were educational? What do you think of the charges of "unfair and deceptive practices" against Disney?
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Homemade Halloween Costume Contest: Round 5
Costume entries are pouring in! Check out these great costume ideas, and enter your own for the chance to win a $500 gift card to Michaels Arts & Crafts!
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13 Great First Finger Foods
When it's time to introduce your baby to solids, here are some simple and vitamin-packed first foods.
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12 Halloween Pumpkin Carving Stencils
Make perfect jack-o'-lanterns with these pumpkin carving patterns. Easy to do: Just print out a stencil and you're ready to make scary, silly, and fun Halloween pumpkin faces.
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Still Need a Costume? 27 No-Sew Costumes for Kids
No sewing skills? No problem! These 27 costumes super easy to make (and cheap, too!).
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A Special Joy: Kids With Down Syndrome Galleries
In honor of National Down Syndrome Awareness Month in October, we're showcasing photos of your beautiful kids, who happen to have Down Syndrome. Last year you sent so many adorable photos we just had to have more. Check out our latest gallery and see ...
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6 Gym-Free Arm Workouts
Get sleek arm muscles for that sleeveless dress with these quick moves
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Is It Better to Save, or Pay Off Debt?
"My husband and I both work, but fear he'll lose his job. What's more crucial -- adding to our emergency fund or paying off credit cards?"
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5 Simple Ways to Make Your Nursery Eco-Friendly
Check out our recommendations for organic art, paint, furniture, toys, floors, and bedding for your baby's room
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