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Uh oh! Let mommy get the poop off of it before you play with it please. (Edited to add: Yes, I was talking about his wang chung.) Copyright © 2007 Much More Than A Mom. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the [...]

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1. I’m thankful, certainly not that Rylan has a nasty cold, but that it hasn’t turned into anything worse and that the miracle of breastmilk cleared up his eye goo without drops. 2. Rylan gave me his cold. For that I am not thankful, but I am pretty darn glad that I only had it [...]

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Today is Mother-Talk’s Fearless Friday. I had actually forgotten all about it (I’m too busy to remember anything more than to wipe my butt lately) but as I was in the tub reading “Protecting the Gift” I remembered. I’ve always thought of myself as a fairly fearless woman. The only things I’m really afraid [...]

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Liz wrote a while ago about the whole “My child is smart” phenomenon. (My opinion? They’re all smart in different ways and it’s a parent’s right to brag a little, as long as it’s within reason and you’re not doing it to show up another mother. Don’t be a competi-mama. Ya [...]

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This video of an obviously ill child (via kind of crunchy mama) and KOCM’s commentary on it got me thinking about extended breastfeeding. Not that I don’t think about it often. I do. I guess she just got me thinking about blogging about extended breastfeeding! We’ve official made it to our goal of [...]

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In fine bulleted form…with pics below. • On Friday night, at 364 days old, Rylan took his first independent steps. Nobody was surprised that food was the motivator. He was lunging toward a spoonful of red pepper hummus. • The BG and I spent the day before Rylan’s birthday reliving last year with me saying a lot [...]

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I post very rarely for loudlaunch, because I’m picky about any sponsored posts that I’ll consent to object y’all to. You’re welcome. When they asked me to post this one, I knew you’d like it. My Coupons has relaunched their web site and it’s bigger and better than before. They [...]

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Some very inspiring and thoughtful folks are doing this weekly gratitude journal thing and, since I’m such a bandwagon jumper, I’m going to too. Actually, I once tried to start a gratitude journal, a la Oprah, and I totally suck at journals. I type way faster than I write, so I’m thinking this will work [...]

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Ed: Posted a day early since his birthday is on a Saturday. Tomorrow’s the big par-tay…can’t wait! Dear Rylan, Happy 1st Birthday! Every year on April 21, we will celebrate the fact that you were born. Nothing in the world has ever made us happier. Our family began on the day your daddy [...]

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Sometimes I harp on you guys about naturals and organics. You know you love it. I have an example for you to illustrate why you must get all possible chemicals out of your home - especially once you have children. The BG was changing Ry and was distracted by a large and rather stanky [...]

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“Day-Goo” = Thank you! “Day-Goo” = Hey, look. There’s the sky. “Day-Goo” = I love my blocks. “Day-Go” = Here you go. “Day-Ga” = I’m so happy I could poop! “Daw-Guh” = There go my crazy dogs again. “Day-Goo” = I love playing with you, Daddy. “Day-Goo” = I love my mom. “Day-Goo” = Riding in the van is fun! “Day-Goo” = Hey, [...]

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Leahtard was here yesterday for a visit. We’re not those cool bloggers that meet online and decide to hook up. We’ve been friends since I was 17. *ahem 14 years ahem* We live about 90 minutes apart and don’t see each other nearly often enough. Lunch with Leah. “You want some tomato? It’s [...]

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So, Beth can’t moo. While I feel terribly for her, it’s not such a big deal because ‘moo’ is not only a sound, it’s also a word. She can get by with simply saying “moo” or “moo moo” when discussing cows (or playing cow?). The commenters, however, were rather concerned with their [...]

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I searched everywhere for the bins I needed. In a city of this size, there aren’t a lot of options, but I tried Canadian Tire (two of them), Zellers, Home Hardware & Superstore. With much chagrin, I finally went to the dreaded evil empire (yes, four separate links because that’s how bad it [...]

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So, um…I got a lovely email this morning. Apparently, I’m among some pretty amazing company in being nominated for some Blogger’s Choice Awards. Best Parenting Blog and *ahem* Hottest Mommy Blogger If you’d be so kind, please click over and give me your vote. It’s a one time per IP address thing so it’ll only take a second. [...]

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Michelle at Scribbit has created a Google custom search engine of nearly 1700 mom blogs. If you want information on one of the many topics we all post about, try her search engine out. If you want similar posts to link to, she’s got that too. It’s really very cool, and [...]

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We’re back from our first Easter as a family of three. We had an awesome time! Poor BG had to work overtime all day Good Friday and Saturday so he joined us on Sunday. Since it’s a 4 day weekend he still had some time to relax and enjoy my mom’s cooking. [...]

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Today’s the big guy’s birthday. I consider myself the luckiest woman in the world to be married to my best friend. He’s the kind of guy that everybody likes. He’s intelligent, strong, kind, gentle, loyal, an amazing husband and father, a smartass to the highest degree, full of integrity, so funny sometimes [...]

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Over yonder in my sidebar, you’ll find a new renter by the name of Southern Mama. She’s (duh) from the south and raising 3 kids at the ripe young age of 28. She’s just a pup, but go see why she’s feeling old! Leave her a comment and a big hello from me! Hmmmm, I’ll [...]

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Dear Rylan, Did you know that eleven plus one is twelve? That means in only one month you’ll be a year old. I truly have no idea how this year passed so fast. I remember so clearly bringing you home from the hospital and having you sleep beside me in your little bassinet. [...]

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but I’ve been awarded the Thinking Blogger Award! My friend Raechelle says: I am cheating here a little, since I have the honour of knowing her in real life too. She has been an inspiration for me for years. Always driven and strangely over organized, she started with an amazing blog when pregnant with her first son. [...]

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I’ve entered a competition to get paid to blog full time for a year. I entered The Opinionated Parent in the contest since that’s the “full-time gig” but if, by some slim chance, I were to win, I’d be blogging both here and there full time, and with far less miscellany here. And [...]

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“Can you tell me when my registration is due? I didn’t receive a notice and we’d like to have both vehicles due at the same time,” I asked the nice girl at the registry counter. The BG and I were renewing the registration on the Prelude on his way back to work. She [...]

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This post is part of the April blog exchange and was written by Mayberry Mom. She’s a former NYC resident now living in ‘Mayberry’ and loving it. Our assignment was to re-post our favourite post of all time. Go see the best of MMTaM over at Mayberry Mom’s place. If you are a [...]