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Homemade baby food just got about as easy as it gets
Homemade baby food is one of those things that a lot of parents consider--but the thought can be daunting. Regardless, there comes a time in every baby's life when it's clear that it's time to introduce solids and you'll have to make the decision.
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75 ways to eat pancakes
I love pancakes. They are soft, sweet, and super fun. Oh, and my kids love them too. So I love that Jim Belosic has captured pancake pride so beautifully with a new book, all about pancakes, that could turn you into the favorite parent on the block.
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Embrace pregnancy one pretty page at a time
When I was assigned to check out a pregnancy journal for Cool Mom Picks, I jokingly responded that I'd do it as long as I didn't have to get pregnant. Well, here I am (no, not pregnant!) flipping through and suddenly I'm kind of longing to be.
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4 ways to make your grandparents happy on Grandparents Day
The cool thing about Grandparents Day is that if you have grandparents like my kids do, it doesn't take a whole lot to make their day.
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Happy Chaos - parenting words to live by.
As a child of the 80's, Soliel Moon Frye and I go way back. I have a glorious memory of dressing up as Punky Brewster for Halloween one year, which involved mainly pig tails and lots of bandanas. Now, 25 years later (has it been that long?) I'm falling in love with her again as the author of a brand new parenting book, Happy Chaos
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Mothers of Intention: Using our outside voices
My interest in politics has ebbed and flowed over the years, but since I've become a mother, public policy has taken on a whole new personal relevance for me.
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A five second baby book for moms - when five seconds is all you've got
Leave it to a mom to know exactly what other moms want - a baby book. But not a time-consuming baby book.
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The economics of a better marriage
I'll just say it: I'm not a self-help book kind of person.
Samuel L. Jackson reads the "Go the F*** to Sleep" book
After reading the encyclopedia of bedtime stories, singing four rounds of Twinkle Twinkle, and then providing my kids with snuggles, kisses, and several glasses of water, I go from sweetly shushing to sleep to bribing and begging them through gritted teeth and eyes rolled back in my head that silently say "Go to sleep already!" Except usually with a few expletives involved.
Apparently I'm not the only one.
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Homemade baby food - You can totally do it!
It's that time for me again. Time to stop being baby's sole source of nourishment and start making some food for him the other old-fashioned way.
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How to help Japan--and make dinner--with a beautiful new cookbook
Now there is a gorgeous new cookbook which makes traditional Japanese cooking accessible for families to create in their own homes. And your purchase can also help Japanese families recover from the recent natural disasters.
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