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Lead paint on children’s toys. Unpronounceable ingredients in food. Toxic chemicals in everything from sippy cups and toys to paint and the carpets in our homes. It angers me. Really angers me. Children are helpless. Their precious little bodies were not meant to process this stuff. As adults we can [...]

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How the hell do you get a kid who’s teething molars to open his mouth at toothbrushing time? How the hell do you get a toddler to lay in a big bed instead of playing all night and/or freaking out? How the hell do you get a toddler to stop freaking out when he wakes up alone, [...]

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For the first and only time ever in my lifetime, my birthday was on Easter Monday this year. I’m 32. That’s pretty old. Good thing I have kids to keep me young! I plan to spend my birthday money and gift cards on a Cuisinart panini press/griddle thingy. Paninis are my new [...]

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Thanks to Mom Central and Kellog’s we received a parcel in the mailbox this morning containing a box of Cheddar Townhouse Flipsides. (They’re also available in original.) (Does the period go inside the bracket there, just like the question mark does here?) (Probably.) (Right?) We opened the package right at the mailbox [...]

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At this site, right on the home page, there is a published “review” with images and text stolen directly from The Opinionated Parent and claimed for their own. (Look for Speckles & Weeds about 3/4 of the way down.) See the same thing here? It’s bad enough that they can’t write their own blurb about [...]

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Like, really early! A friend (three of them, actually) sent me this in an email and it’s rather interesting: Easter is always the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moon after the Spring Equinox (which is March 20). This dating of Easter is based on the lunar calendar that Hebrew people used to identify passover, which is [...]

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This afternoon, Primo finally had a nap (after taking a crap, breaking his brand new dresser and me lying with him for a while). I decided to take my short reprieve and use it to do a little bit if digital scrapbooking. I was sitting at the computer and all of a sudden my mouse [...]

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Don’t worry - I’m going to tell you what happened at the smoothie store soon. But not right now. _______________________________________________ Primo’s been in his big boy bed for over a week now and I’m not going to lie to you. It sucks. Big time. Tonight’s the ninth night and it still sucks. [...]

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I’ve been playing around with the newest software from Kutoka that they sent me to review. It’s called Mia Reading both at home and with a few former students. (Former because I’m on mat leave and don’t actually have any students right now.) It’s made for kiddos from 5 to 9 years old and has [...]

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This is why I am so sick that if I stay home for a little while longer after my subsidized mat leave ends we’re about $750/month short just for the basic expenses. F**king student loans.

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Dear Primo, Go the heck to sleep, okay? You have a very expensive and lovely brand new double mattress all to yourself. I wish it had bars, but sadly it doesn’t. Just imagine they’re there and go to sleep, would you? Please, for the love of all that is sane. You’re [...]

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5 Minutes for Mom is hosting their annual Blog Party this week and I’m jumping on the wagon. I like to party and what with all the pregnancies and nursing this is the closest I’m going to get! If you want to know a little or a lot about me, check this out. GIVEAWAY! [...]

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Thanks to Mom Central, our family was given the opportunity to review Giftventure. If you, like I did at first, think “What the heck is a giftventure?” have no fear. Here’s the explanation from their site: A Giftventure is a personalized treasure hunt service where all of the materials are custom made and delivered [...]

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A few weeks ago, we bought Primo a double mattress for his room. We got a high quality one (and an amazing cover for it) because we didn’t want to have to buy him another one. This should last him until he can buy his own. We opted to just put a [...]

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Just testing a new post. Upgrades pretty much done. Thanks for the emails (and comment) about the dark background colour - I will try to lighten it but I don’t have time now. Also working on the header thing so I can have a custom one each month-ish again. The only thing I can’t fix [...]

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MMTaM may be down for maintenance occasionally over the next few days. I hope for very little down time and plan to be back up soon but if you stop by and see something wacky, please forgive me and come back soon! Update 1: I’ve upgraded to the newest version of Wordpress all by myself [...]

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Click here or on the image above to see all previous Kid Vids. Grab the code from the box above and paste it in your sidebar for an easy link to this new feature. Teach your kids to “Go to Mommy’s Blog and click on the video camera.” It’ll keep them entertained while you [...]

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Thanks to Mom Central, last week I received a couple of boxes of the new Whole Grain Pop Tarts for review. We tried the cinnamon and the strawberry. The good: The first ingredient is whole wheat flour. Everyone should be eating more whole grains so this is awesome. I’m glad to see there are more [...]

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Bella had a crusty eye due to a blocked tear duct. You know the kind…sealed shut and really boogery looking? The cure? Breastmilk squirted right in there. It took me a few tries to get it in because her eyes kept closing. I think she wondered what the heck I was doing. [...]