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German Baby Girl Names

Many factors come into play when deciding what to name your baby. You may consider how the name sounds, how it looks on paper or what the name means. Some parents choose to honor a specific person by naming a child after her, while others want to choose a name that recognizes the family’s nationality or cultural heritage. If you’re looking for a baby girl name of Germanic origin, you’ll find that many of them are among the most popular names of the last century and the first 10 years of this one.

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Healthy Raw Food Snack Ideas

Our seven-year old daughter enjoys eating raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds. What’s so strange about that? Absolutely nothing! Except thats all shes eaten since she was weaned off of breast milk. Perhaps the strange part, if there really is one, is that not only does eating raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds seem perfectly normal to our daughter, but also that we had to go to great lengths to explain why some people choose to eat other fare.

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Is My Child Growing Appropriately?

As mothers, we do everything we can to make sure our children are healthy and growing appropriately. We make pencil marks on doorways and compare the height of our children to their peers. But what is right and appropriate growth for one child may be different for another. The important thing is that your child continues to make progress on a growth chart.

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Why Is It So Expensive to Adopt a Child?

Once you start researching the process of adopting a child, you may be surprised at its expense. What seems like an act of goodwill or even charity can become complicated, time-consuming and expensive. However, reputable adoption professional and agencies have transparency when it comes to their fees, so you should be able to get an estimate of the range of your expenses, as well as the reasons for each one.

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Advice for Those Who Are in Love With Someone From Another Culture

The principles of attraction are complicated and difficult to predict. You may find yourself drawn to someone who is physically attractive, or perhaps you might fall in love with a man based on his values. These principles of attraction and the resulting relationship are even more difficult to understand when they lead you to form a bond with someone from a distinctly different culture. It is not unusual for some women to find themselves smitten with men they have nothing in common with. If you find yourself in this situation, you will likely find that these cultural differences can present a host of relationship challenges.