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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 ĂĽber-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 ...
Full-Time Help: And Better For It
www.parents.com - I’m not ashamed to say that I now have a full time nanny. Cleo started part time, with the understanding that we go full time once Emmett arrived. She is an amazing woman with a heart of gold. She is ...
The Nanny Price Tag
www.parents.com - Full Disclosure: I paid in excess of 4K to give my cat, Wayne Sanchez a vagina. But that was to save his life. When it comes to my kids, and yes, I do consider Wayne one of my children, I ...
A Primate Made Me Lactate
www.parents.com - A monkey made me lactate. That sounds like a bad Judy Bloom title. But it’s true–actually two monkeys made it happen. Not even in person, but on video. Phil took Fia to the zoo and while there, he ...
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