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Attachment Overload
I’ve been really into attachment parenting ever since I found out about it (when I was pregnant). I still believe in it, but now that my baby’s getting older, I’m not sure if I can handle it! He’s so big and heavy and I’m so exhausted…and then I see other mothers with their strollers and their babies who sleep t...
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My Baby, The Chubster
I was recently harshly reprimanded by a relative for calling my young toddler Chubby, Chubs McGinty and Chubby Chubs and, okay, once Greedy Guts (she eats all the time!). Apparently this relative was traumatised by being called fat names when she was younger. But my daughter doesn't even talk! And babies and toddlers are supposed to be fat! And ea...
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The Family iPod
Since our son was little, we've just been playing him the music we like around our house. He has really taken to the punk stuff. Our families are always presenting us with the latest kids rock release to try to ease him into something "more appropriate." He doesn't mind some of it, but would much prefer to slam dance to the real thing. Is there re...
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Parental Advisory: Shy Girl
My daughter is four, and has attended an excellent preschool for almost a year now. For the most part, we love the school, and she seems to like it too. However, she is a dreamy little girl who would rather play on her own than in a big group of children. She's an only child, and I'm sure it's in part because of that — but both my husban...
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One Word: Plastics
I've been reading about this horrible tainted formula in China. So sad and awful. And then I realised, wait, isn't MELAMINE, the stuff these babies are being poisoned by, the same stuff MY babies are eating their meals of off every single day?? Are melamine plates safe? — please say yes! Dear Please, Poor plastics. So promising in 196...
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