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Pregnancy & Tooth Pain

Gum and tooth pain during pregnancy is not uncommon, but discomfort is usually a symptom of a more serious underlying dental condition. According to the American Academy of Periodontology, roughly 50 percent of all pregnant women develop gingivitis, or an inflammation of the gums. Left untreated, gingivitis can lead to more severe periodontal disease, causing uncomfortable tooth pain and possible tooth loss.

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Trading My TV for a Tablet: A Parent’s Perspective

Ill admit it – I watch a lot of TV. I watch NCIS, NCIS: LA, the Mentalist, MLB, NCAA basketball and the NHL. What can I say, Im Canadian and hockey is our national sport. But now that I have preschoolers, Im re-evaluating my TV habits and our familys in favour (notice the Canadian spelling) of tablets.

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Social Skills Groups For Kids With Special Needs

About a year into my child’s social skills group, me and few other parents began to talk. There were five kids in our group. When the kids are in a session, the parents wait in the lobby. This particular facility allows the parents to leave during this time. Sometimes we go shopping or for a walk. Often, we stay. We read or write on a laptop (that would be me) or we talk. This one time we began discussing how valuable we all felt these social skills groups were for our children. And, we came up with an idea: To ask our case workers for a second group.

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Build Your Children’s Confidence!

I have always said that the single most difficult thing to do as a parent is to sing your childrens praise only because its constant, never-ending praise. The you are so smart, funny, cute, fast, a great artist, baseball, soccer, lacrosse, football player etc. is mentally exhausting. I never got that as a child. I was the last of five girls, and I am sure that by the time I came flying out …