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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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It's Dr Seuss's birthday! Put a candle in those green eggs and ham
In honor of Dr. Seuss' 107th birthday, we've pulled together some of our very favorite items for those of us who can't get enough of those magical, Seussical creations.
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The Happiness Project: The book that changed my life
I first got to know Gretchen Rubin when she was kind enough to include me in one of her 
Happiness Project interviews on her popular blog. At the time, I had no idea that she was about to come out with the #1 New York Times best-selling book that would absolutely change my life and the way I see the world.
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Field notes from a journey of unexpected grace
Kyran Pittman's subtitle for her memoir Planting Dandelions is "Field Notes from a Semi-Domesticated Life." I hope she'll forgive me for repurposing it here to tell you why this is the mothering memoir you would be foolish to skip because you think they're all the same.
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One Year to an Organized Life with Baby
Even if I had know about One Year to an Organized Life with Baby when I was first pregnant, I probably would have been too disorganized to read it.
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Talking parenting with Katie Couric
Yesterday, CMP editor-in-chief and publisher Liz Gumbinner joined NurtureShock co-author Ashley Merryman to talk with Katie Couric about some of the hot parenting topics today on Katie's excellent CBS News webshow, @katiecouric. ... [More]
A parenting book you might be surprised to love
My dad died when I was 22--long before I met my husband, or had my son--and my mom is very much alive. So you wouldn't necessarily think that the book Parentless Parents would resonate with someone like me. And yet it is one of the most inspiring parenting books I've ever read.
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Warning: Reading this book during pregnancy will make you pee yourself. Even more.
We have eagerly been awaiting the Let's Panic About Babies book every since we first became pregnant with our own babies. And that's saying something.
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Consider It Done. No, really.
On any given day, I might have to drop off a neighbor's kid at his piano teacher's house although he doesn't know her last name or the name of the street on which she lives, clip a finch's toenails, and negotiate with an international credit agency for an elderly relative. We moms are usually expected to just figure out how to do some wacky stuff all on our own.
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Organizational tips from Sarah Welch of Pretty Neat and Get Buttoned Up
I consider myself to be a pretty organized person, save for the junk drawer and my backpack graveyard of a hall closet (shhhhh). But since adding another kiddo into our mix, I can use all the organizational help I can get.
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Spit That Out!
I'm not the Most Neurotic Mom in the World, but some days I feel I'd make it to First Runner Up, ready to step in, should she be unable to fulfill her duties.
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