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Leslie Morgan Steiner Daycare Hell Just thinking about all the childcare arrangements I’ve made for my three kids over the years makes me break out in an icy sweat even today. The list reads like a daycare c.v. of modern American motherhood, no less important to my career than a resume....	Niedria Kenny Mommy, baby and Earth Day To commemorate Earth Day 2013; face of Climate change, my son and I decided to spend the afternoon at the part enjoying a"green day". To make it fun for him, since he has no idea what going green is or earth day, I took along some games for the park. I...	Maria Ferreira Indepentent Silpada Design Representative Hello My name is Maria Ferreira, I am newly married my husband is in the USMC we have two children. I currently started my own home base business going to be selling jewelry if anyone would love to see what is in store for the spring let me know. Email me...	Deanna Verbouwens Achy Breaky Insides: A Four Year Old's Love Story I was applying my make-up yesterday morning (what little I wear), trying to get out the door, shooting orders like a drill sergeant at the boys to get their back-packs packed, brush their teeth, and get jackets on - when I noticed out of the corner of my...
Michelle Karam Apple Cinnamon Raisin French Toast Recipe Mother's Day is on Sunday, and if you're a mom like me, it generally means it's one of the only mornings that I can sleep in, wake up to a cup of coffee and possibly breakfast in bed... if I'm lucky enough, it might follow through to lunch or dinner......	Perl Watson How Quitting Smoking Can Help Your Family Smoking is a difficult habit to break, and no doubt most smokers have already tried to ditch the cigarettes. Unfortunately, it's easy to slip back into it - especially without the proper support. Smoking becomes an even bigger problem when you have a...	Risa Green Good Writer, Bad Mom Depending on how long you’ve been reading this blog, you may or may not know that I’m an author. My first book came out in 2005, titled Notes From the Underbelly, which was a fictionalized account of my own experience with pregnancy, followed by the...	Andrea Byrne The Happiest Baby Guide to Great Sleep Review For some reason, Children in my house do not like to sleep. My 7 month old was getting up dozens of times each night, I have a five year old that wakes up periodically throughout the night and cries (just because she woke up), and a seven and three year...
Deanna Verbouwens The Finish Line When I train for a race, no matter the distance, no matter if it is a road race, a relay, a fun run, a triathlon my thoughts, my goals, my effort and my training is focused on one thing: The Finish Line. I train to cross the finish line. I spend...	Rachel Blaufeld Where Does Bullying Start? Bullying is a hot topic now. The talk shows want more on bullying, the blogosphere is full to the brim with posts on bullying, and left and right there are speakers on the topic of bullying. There is a lot of bullying information out there - it is...	Niedria Kenny Child support AKA Chissup; the forbidden word Child support is a sensitive subject to many men who have to pay it. Whether their reasons stand with or without merit; the consensus says they simply can not digest the concept of: A. Either money being taken from their check or B. having to hand it over...	Perl Watson Salsa Dancing - Want to dance yourself fit? Over the years I have tried all sorts of exercises in order to get fit. Running, swimming, going to the gym, fitness classes… I’ve done them all, each with varying degrees of success. But it wasn’t until I tried out a salsa class with a friend that I...
Dana Aarons Lego City Undercover for Wii U My thirteen-year-old son Eli and nine-year-old daughter Sarah’s birthdays are only a few weeks apart, and my husband and I frequently get them joint presents with relatively mixed success. Last year was a trampoline that Eli uses all the time, but Sarah...	Deanna Verbouwens Do Insecure Moms Raise Insecure Children? With the end of the school year fast approaching, I thought this would be the year that I would make some “mom friends.” You know: Shuffle our children off after school for play dates, go out to dinner every once in a while, get tipsy laughing over the...	MomsThoughts Five Reasons Why Every Mom Should Be On Twitter Are you one of those moms who avoids computers? If so, the time may have come to change your ways - to embrace technology and all it has to offer. Twitter may seem confusing at first, but if you're unsure how to navigate the social media site, just...	Niedria Kenny Trials of daycare and sick child How many times have you walked into a daycare and spotted the sick child and said to yourself, he/she shouldn't be here. Then, with that same look on your face you wonder if you should leave your child, if your child will catch whatever it is or why that...