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Sugar Mommas’ Labor Inducing Rum Cake

You know the cake is good whenyour girlfriend calls you up from the hospital, feet in stirrups about to give birth and requests that you make it, stat! When I visited Ms. Craving in the hospital, the first thing she said as I entered her room was, Did you bring THE Rum Cake. Good thing the alcohol burns off in the oven! In honor of her new baby, we thought this recipe was a good one to start off 2010 with a bang!

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Meet the MILs: Which of These Mother-in-Law Types is Yours?

Let's face it, when you said "I do," you probably didn't realize you were also signing up for a lifelong subscription to MIL Magazine, complete with monthly issues filled with unsolicited advice, invasive questions, and the occasional guilt trip, courtesy of your brand new mother-in-law. For many, entering this uncharted territory can feel more like…

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Safe Sleeping Medications for Children

For some children, despite their parents’ best efforts, sleep doesn’t come easily. If your child’s attempt to fall into a restful slumber results in a struggle each night, he may suffer from a sleep disorder. While the FDA does not recommend any sleeping medications for children, some doctors opt to use sleep-aid medicine in an “off-label” fashion. When a doctor uses a drug “off-label,” he is using the drug in a way that it wasn’t originally intended. These “off-label” sleep aids likely pose little risk to your child and, with a doctor’s guidance, may prove to be the answer to his struggles.