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1 5 Tips For Taking Fabulous Toddler Photos
Elementary
2 lil Find: TuTu Cute Swimsuit
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3 Museums Are a Playground For Max Bratman and All Babes
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4 PishPosh Mommy Pack For Practical Mamas
Elementary
5 Supersize This: Janie and Jack's Fall Coats
Why Didn't Anybody Tell Me
6 Why Didn't Anybody Tell Me: Pinching
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7 Mommy Dearest: Can't Get My Child in Her Carseat
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9 Should Children Under 5 Have Hamsters as Pets?
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10 Lil Tip: Mommy Gets a Shot, Too!
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12 YoBaby Meals Are a Modern Option to TV Dinners
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13 Did You Trade Dine In For Takeout After Having Children?
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14 Kids Grow Up Quick: When Is a Baby No Longer a Baby?
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15 Lil Community: How Do You Handle a Defiant Toddler?
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16 Learning Fun: 5 Educational Devices For Tots and Preschoolers
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17 Reasons For Lack of Physical Activity at Daycare Revealed
Once you've made the transition into parenthood, you may assume that your prebaby bucket list is a thing of the past. However, there's a brief window of time during which your little bundle of joy — no matter how demanding — will be reliably by your side. Take advantage of this phase before your baby starts walking, and enjoy the relative ease of these seven activities or ways of Read more
My daughter recently had her one-year checkup, and only one part left me slightly terrified. Not the fact that she is now weighing in at more than 26 pounds (no wonder my arms are looking pretty good these days). Nope, the scariest part was when my pediatrician informed me it was time to get rid of her bottles. I nodded my head and smiled, but my internal dialogue sounded something like this: Read more
Here's another post from our friends at Circle of Moms! Every week, we bring you the best parenting and motherhood stories from our partners at Circle of Moms, including this post from Kim Westerman about giving up your toddler's nap. It's one o'clock in the afternoon — do you know where your toddler is? All his friends are fast asleep, napping soundly after lunch. But your little one is Read more
Here's a post from our partners at BabyCenter! Every week, we bring you the best parenting and lifestyle stories from the experts at BabyCenter, including this post from Andrea Updike about toddlers using pacifiers. I have a confession to make. My 3-year-old uses a pacifier when he sleeps. Also? I have no intention of taking it away. We’ve all seen the pictures of Suri Cruise with her Read more
Organic baby food pouches are so last year! Since the healthy, squeezable packets of baby purees first caused a ripple on playgrounds in 2010, the baby pouch has quickly become the go-to baby food choice for mamas who want the best, but just don't have time to cook up their own purees. Now, two of the first baby food pouch creators are setting their sites on tots who've moved beyond second and Read more
One of the first places eager parents try to babyproof is the staircase. And while stair-related injuries to kids dropped 11.6 percent from 1999 to 2008, a child is still treated for injuries that occur on or near their household stairs every six minutes. For infants, 25 percent of the injuries occur when mom and dad are carrying the tot down the stairs. According to a new report in a March 12 Read more
Oh you silly Lily! Last night's episode of Modern Family had First Amendment advocates cheering, the No Cussing Club fuming, and parents everywhere nodding their heads through the shared experience as 2½-year-old Lily seemingly dropped the F-bomb throughout the episode (it was bleeped out and pixelated so viewers never heard or saw it). Hearing a toddler say a cuss word isn't anything new for Read more
Do I look fat? Obsessing over body image and calories to the point of disordered eating is an affliction most commonly associated with young women and the glare of Hollywood, not with the sweet young things running around the playground. Sadly though, there's a disturbing trend that's seeing younger and younger children being treated for serious eating disorders. Reporting on the results of a Read more
Toy makers released lots of new toddler toys this year — was there one in particular that your tot couldn't get enough of? Eco-friendly mamas opted to entertain their tykes with green — and educational! — toys like the Green Toys' Pizza Parlor ($19) and the Plan Toys' Build a Robot ($32). Tots who are always on the go got the ride of a lifetime on the new Wishbone Flip Rocker & Rider Read more
Get ready for a holiday overload on your DVR! With Winter break quickly approaching, many mamas are already trying to figure out what they'll do to entertain the tots over the holiday stretch. Have no fear, brand-spanking-new holiday episodes of lil ones' favorite shows are here! Some of your kiddo's must-watch shows — like Yo Gabba Gabba! and Imagination Movers — have new holiday-themed Read more
