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- Fri, Dec 7, 2012 3:00 PM EST | CommentsOne of my favorite parts of Christmas Eve is stuffing the kids' stockings with small gifts and little, fun toys after the family is asleep. I prepared for this all year round by picking up fun little items and stowing them away to eventually fill up my kids' stockings later. Check out 8 of my favorites affordable (under $15!) stocking stuffers for kids this year! - By Liz Stanley
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Anderson and Lisa Rinna, who was co-hosting for the day, discussed the controversial breastfeeding doll for little girls. The toy makes suckling sounds that are prompted by sensors sewn into a halter top. Lisa graciously demonstrated how to use the doll. Would you purchase this for your little girl?
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Leaving the hospital earlier this week.
The horrible news broke Friday morning that the receptionist who fell for the prank call from two Australian radio DJs impersonating the Queen of England and Prince Charles, which resulted in private details being released about Duchess Kate's pregnancy, was found dead in a suspected suicide. The UK newspaper The Daily Mail reports that the receptionist, Jacintha Saldanha, was a married mother of two and that her unconscious body was found near the private hospital where she worked. EMTs were unable to revive her. Her family has been notified.
If the reports are accurate, the global celebrity machine has claimed another victim, as it did William's mother, Princess Diana, who died in a high-speed chase with paparazzi in France in 1997. This would be an extraordinarily sad thing to have happen at the outset of life for Diana's grandchild, and must be a terribly sad moment for William and Kate, who, though they would not be responsible, could not help but be shaken by these events.
We ...Read More »- When you're pregnant, friends, family, and even strangers shower you with health tips and parenting advice. However, there are some things no one may have told you about being pregnant. When St. James's Palace announced Kate Middleton is pregnant, she probably did not expect to be hospitalized so early in her pregnancy. The Duchess of Cambridge was hospitalized for hyperemesis gravidarum, or extreme morning sickness, thought to be caused by higher levels of the pregnancy hormone, hCG.
What surprised you most about pregnancy?
When I was pregnant, there were plenty of things that no one told me. Even if you read the prerequisite parenting books, track your pregnancy with a calendar, and ask as many questions you can at your prenatal appointments, pregnancy comes with some surprises.
Mommy brain strikes early - Early in my pregnancy, I suffered from severe morning sickness and nausea. The doctor offered me a prescription medication to help with the symptoms. I was not drinking coffee or eating any artificial sweeteners,
...Read More » - It is with great joy and a calmer outlook on life that I can tell you, without a shadow of a doubt, the "soo soo," the pacifier, the bobo, the mimi, has been put to bed. And not in our bed, or a bed anywhere near our house. It is GONE. And I know what you're thinking… "Don't get too confident Allana. That soo soo could one day come back to haunt you and then once again you'll be crawling around on your hands and knees looking under couches and beds for random pacifiers to sooth your toddler who at one time had the ability to say "soo soo" 89 times in a row."
A 7-Step Guide to Pacifier Banishment
Not this time my friend. Those days are OVER.
And why do I know this? Because it's been at least 4 weeks and just this morning my daughter looked at a picture of herself on the fridge with a pacifier (how did I miss this?) and said, "That soo soo is for a baby."
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It is done. It is OVER. No more yelling to my husband like a maniac:
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- We help our kids count down the day until Christmas, while focusing on the Christmas storyBy Melanie Myatt | Yahoo! Contributor Network | Fri, Dec 7, 2012 6:08 PM EST | Comments
December is certainly a month for family traditions. For a little while, it felt like we had more traditions than there were days in the month.
The younger members of our family can find it hard to wait for the big day, so we try to find various ways to count down the days of Advent. In the past we have lit Advent candles at night, one candle for each week, leading up to Christmas.
This year, we are trying something new, in the hopes establishing a new tradition for our family. This year, we are putting together a "Jesse Tree." For each day of the month of December, we read a passage of the Bible and short devotional thought. Each day has a different picture or ornament to go with it. Since we have a large chalkboard in our dining room, I drew a chalk tree. Each night, one child takes a turn taping our "ornament" to the tree.
The kids are enjoying the various pictures for each day. I like that they have an opportunity to count down the days to Christmas Day, while focusing attent
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Ali and John talk A. O. Scott's article in The New York Times Magazine that discusses how 2012 was the year of the woman. In films this year, women took on less of a chick flick-type role and were portrayed as stronger, more empowered females, as evidenced in The Hunger Games and Brave. Even television shows started featuring more empowering female characters, like Claire Dane's role in Showtime's Homeland and, dare we say it, Honey Boo Boo.
Who was your favorite female character in films this year? Tell us in the comments!
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11 hilarious tips for undresOne of my favorite parts of Christmas Eve is stuffing the kids' stockings with small gifts and little, fun toys after the family is asleep. I prepared for this all year round by picking up fun little items and stowing them away to eventually fill up my kids' stockings later. Check out 8 of my favorites affordable (under $15!) stocking stuffers for kids this year! - By Liz Stanley
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...Read More »- You know the drill. It's already December. There are gifts to buy. One more important than the rest. I'm speaking, of course, about the one for your wife. But there's a catch. Not only do you have to buy a gift for her. You also have to buy your children's gifts for her, too.
A 5-Step Survival Guide to Meltdown-Free Holiday Shopping
Which, of course, brings you to another catch. How to execute this mission - which could take hours - without your children melting down. And my partners in crime for such expeditions are five-year-old triplets. Which, you know, presents challenges. Exactly why, though, I've come up with a fool-proof, five-step plan. If you, too, will be shopping with your kids, you might wanna take a peek.
1. Come up with a game plan
You know what the best game plan is? To knock this stuff out online. But then, of course, your children wouldn't feel as if they were part of the process. At least mine wouldn't. Which means that visiting an actual store (gasp) or mall (double gasp) is a must. This, of course, means that you hav...Read More » In my opinion, nothing says "holiday season" quite like cozying up with a cup of cocoa and a little holiday read and I could hardly wait to do this with my baby. We have a few holiday books left over from my childhood days, but for the most part they're for bigger kids (i.e. quite wordy with delicate paper pages), so I started looking for board books that would help me introduce the holiday season to my baby in a way that would be fun for her and free me from the worry of her ruining our more fragile holiday books (we can save those for when she's a bit older). I searched high and low and unearthed some pretty adorable Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa board books that would be perfect for little ones who prefer playing with their books to reading them. - By Lauren Hartmann
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