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My Magic Cure for a Chronic Cough
www.parents.com - I have such a breakthrough to report. I wrote about Fia’s chronic cough a couple months ago. This is a cough that lasted for 5-6 months and nothing was working. I was at my wit’s end and annoyed at my ...
How Spontaneous Are You with Your Kids?
www.parents.com - I always thought when you have kids, spontaneity goes out the window. In the beginning it kinda does. But during these early years–before real school gets in the way–I’m finding myself more spontaneous than during my pre-kid/marathon/climbing Kilimanjaro years. Take, ...
Bye-Bye Binky?
www.parents.com - Could it really be this easy? Or did I just get über-lucky? Did something that I have anticipated (and dreaded) having to do for 3 years just come and go without a fuss or protest? I was envisioning sleepless nights, ...
Birthday Cake Disaster
www.parents.com - I failed Home-Ec in junior high. Well, didn’t fail, but I did get a D on a lot of my projects. So it’s no surprise that I have never been very good at most domestic things, especially sewing or ...
A Birthday Letter to My 3-Year-Old
www.parents.com - Dear Fia, They say three years old is one of the most magical years of childhood. I can believe it. You are gushing with creativity, curiosity, and imagination. You are forming into a little person. Yet, the world is still so ...
My Family’s Worst Vacation Decision
www.parents.com - Sometimes I really think we suck as parents. We decided to take a last minute mini-vacation. Saturday we started looking for hotels and cool places within a 6-hour drive from Los Angeles. After exhausting the morning, we gave up. Then ...
Does Blogging Make You a Better Parent?
www.parents.com - When Fia was born, the internet saved me. The web was my connection to the world. I would spend hours giving and getting advice from moms. I’ve often said it wasn’t my husband or my therapist who pulled me ...
Are Parents Guilty of “Oversharenting”?
www.parents.com - I know I overshare on my blog. There is a new term. It’s called "oversharenting." I cringed when I read parts of this Wall Street Journal article. As in, “God I hope I’m not oversharenting everything I post.” When it comes ...
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