Sugar Editorial Picks
Sep 17, 2009 -
When it comes to fudging the truth, are kids or adults the experts? Tweens find ways to round up their age to sound older than their actual years while their parents try to slow the aging process and round as their own birthdays pass. At the park the other day, I overheard a woman admitting she flat out lies to her gym about her child's age so they will admit her to the daycare.
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Jul 01, 2008 -
There's something magical about makeup that makes youngsters swoon. Perhaps it's their desire to mimic mommy, but lads and lasses alike often love applying blush and eye shadow to their baby faces.
My daughter recently broke out in a rash and I needed to apply special lotion to her face and body.
- 3 Comments
May 19, 2008 -
I tell my kids that there's a Santa Claus, that the tooth fairy is small enough to fly under a pillow and that the Easter Bunny sometimes sprinkles carrots in their food when they aren't looking. In other words, I lie.
For the most part, I am honest with my kids to a point that is sometimes much to my own mother's chagrin.
- 30 Comments
May 08, 2008 -
A friend of mine called me after she gave birth to her daughter and asked, "Why didn't you tell me all the crazy stuff that happens?"
The truth was, as the first in our group to have a child, I had no one with whom to compare notes. And, I didn't want to scare anyone.
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Nov 04, 2009 -
Sadly teenage pregnancies have become all too common, even trendy in some spots. While movies like Juno make it seem like an American phenomenon, other parts of the world have seen babies having babies for ages. In many countries, the age of consent is as low as 13 or 14.
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Nov 04, 2009 -
Can you stand it? Our girl FitSugar was kind enough to share her babes with us in the Sugarbabies group. A creative and crafty mama to boot, she whipped up these fabulous costumes for her girls for their trick-or-treating pleasure.
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Oct 22, 2009 -
- 18 spooktacular recipes — Parenting
- Jenna Elfman drags out her non-maternity gear in a mini — Celebrity Baby Blog
- Registry must haves for moms-to-be — Fit Pregnancy
- Oye! She's still using a sippy cup in grade school — CafeMom
- Holly Robinson-Peete wishes the Travoltas spoke out earlier about autism — ParentDish
- Salma Hayek says the pregnancy glow is a lie — Celebrity Baby Scoop
- The baby manicure tragedy — The Laughing Stork
- Help find these recently missing children — Mom Logic
- Do you write down what your kids say? — The Poop
- Mother-daughter relationships — Real Simple
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Oct 19, 2009 -
In the case of Richard Heene, the acronym UFO may mean something else: Unruly Father Overacts. While the giant Jiffy Pop saucer may have attracted the whole country's attention, it was the parents' history of taking their three children on storm chases that made me raise my eyebrows. While I may have little in common with people who race after hurricanes, I would like to think that moms and dads always have one goal in mind — the safety of their children.
- 7 Comments
Sep 18, 2009 -
As youngsters, we are led to believe storks drop newborns off in a bundled white sack. At some point in time, wee ones will find out that Santa Claus isn't real and that mama lied about those long necked birds. There are only two ways to enter this world — through the birth canal or slipping through a surgically split belly.
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Aug 25, 2009 -
Aches and pains are part of pregnancy, but some are harder to handle than others. The sciatic nerve, which runs from the lower back, through the glutes, and down the back of each leg, is the largest nerve in the body. Because of the nerve's placement under the uterus, it is pressed as the baby grows, often creating sharp or aching pain during pregnancy.
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