Candy and Lou are a rather handy duo in our home. They arrived about three years ago and haven't stopped working yet. Candeloos are safe, portable lamps - ones that are perfectly sized for small...
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I thought I would introduce myself since I've joined the folks here in the parenting blog. My husband and I have one daughter, who is nine and in the third grade. We live in North Carolina, out in...
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With two very active toddlers, I am positive that I will get an A in Childproofing Your Home 101. Apart from making sure that our new home will be child-friendly and relatively accident free, I am...
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Please excuse the unannounced hiatus. We moved from the city to the suburbs; and it took forever until we were able to get the service guy to install our tv/internet/phone connection. Despite the fact...
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by Melissa Petri on November 23, 2007
photo Most houses are creeping with hazardous items that exposes our kids to possible accidents. Eventhough parents try to make the house as baby-friendy as possible, especially when babies start...
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photo Lillebaby's Euro Tote is a multi-functional and fashionable baby carrier designed for kids between 0 and 3 years. Good thing about the Eurotote: 1. You don't have to buy a separate foot...
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photo My eldest son JP said goodbye to his pacifier when he was 2. My husband and I had no intentions of weaning him from his "Schnulli" until that weekend, when we couldn't find any of...
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photo You're lucky if your baby is not colicky. All parents go through the same experience, when our little princes and princesses just wouldn't stop crying. Despite endless feeding, cuddling,...
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photo With the number of sexual predators lurking in chat rooms and the number of sites with adult content, my heart misses a beat (well, several beats) every time my son turns on the computer. Good...
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photo Balancing work and family is not an easy task. Most women give up their careers so they can focus on being full-time mothers. However, the issue of finances cannot be taken for granted. With...
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According to the research conducted by Frederick Zimmerman of the University of Washington, 90 percent of children in the U.S. under the age of 2 and 40 percent of infants watch TV regularly. The...
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by Melissa Petri on February 16, 2007
With a demanding 5-month old to take care of during the day, I normally am not left with much time to make sure that everything is in order at home, every single day. If and when I do get the......
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