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Wow – OxiClean Really Works!

Posted on07. Sep, 2009 by Kate.

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You may already know this. In fact, I might just be the last mom on the planet to know this, but now that I know, I can’t help but share. OxiClean is the best damn invention since sliced bread. I’m usually wary of any product hocked through late night infomercials, but I have to admit [...]

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Trader Joe’s Healthy Snacks

Posted on27. Aug, 2009 by Kate.

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It’s hard to fully explain the greatness that is Trader Joe’s for quick, easy and nutritious meals. Since I’m on the quest to find such things, I went to the Trader Joe’s around the corner from our house and came home with the mother lode. To tell you my entire grocery list would take too [...]

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Baby Product Recall List

Posted on26. Aug, 2009 by Kate.

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I was reading the recall notices in this month’s issue of Parents Magazine and thought, “ahh, nothing I have,” but it got me to thinking – do I really know what has been recalled and what hasn’t? Apparently not…I just found out our car seat has been recalled! Yikes. We have the Maxi Cosi car [...]

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The Search for Healthy Toddler Food

Posted on21. Aug, 2009 by Kate.

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I’ve been struggling with nutrition as of late. Since becoming pregnant and having all sorts of aversions to food and, well, the entire kitchen, I’ve noticed that I’ve let my toddler’s food choices slip from nutritious to easy to make. Now I’m not saying that things that are easy to make are inherently not nutritious, [...]

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To Pacify or Not To Pacify?

Posted on20. Mar, 2009 by Kate.

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In our house, we decided that a pacifier was the way to go when at two or three months our daughter was having trouble sleeping. Well, that is an understatement. She had a witching hour where she screamed her tiny head off of a full hour, if not longer and the only things that calmed [...]

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Have We Become Our Own Wet Nurses?

Posted on19. Mar, 2009 by Kate.

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I was reading an article in the New Yorker about breastfeeding and was stunned at the idea that we, as mothers, may becoming our own wet nurses because of the preference of pumping over breastfeeding. As a mother who had difficulty with breast feeding because my milk had trouble traveling down my milk ducts to [...]

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Maternity photos: making your pregnant belly photograph beautifully

Posted on19. Jan, 2009 by Kate.

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Pregnant women are undeniably adorable. I find that there is something about seeing a woman with a big belly that makes me feel happy. Although, having been one of those women once, pregnant woman don’t always feel quite so adorable. I photographed a beautiful woman the other day and, during the shoot I kept thinking [...]