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Surprising Breastfeeding Savings

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January 27, 2019
Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding Advice
By: Shani St. Vil You'll spend almost $10,000 on your baby's first year, according to the thousands of moms who took a recent Baby Center survey. Before you throw your calculator against the wall, read on!...

Making Baby Food for the Fall

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October 20, 2017
Baby, Raising a Baby
By: Ebony Scott Dear Diary, Believe it or not, the highlight of my day comes at about 5 a.m. when I step into the kitchen to prepare breakfast for my twenty-two month old son. I fire up the stove and...

Best Pets to Adopt for Little Kids

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April 10, 2017
Raising a Toddler, Toddler
Dear Diary, Life with pets is nothing like life without them. These four-legged friends use their superpowers to make you laugh even when you are sad, wake you up early even though you are not a morning...

How to Introduce Your Dog to Your Baby

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October 14, 2016
Baby, Raising a Baby, Raising a Toddler, Toddler
Dear Diary, For many couples, a newborn isn’t their first baby--they already welcomed a four legged friend into their home years before. According to the Humane Society, 62 percent of households are made...

10 Things You Shouldn’t Say to Parents of Special Needs Children

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October 13, 2016
Baby, Toddler
Dear Diary, Parents of children with special needs are often inundated with opinions about our children and how we raise them. We get opinions from doctors, therapists, school officials, friends, family and...

11 Children’s Charities You Should Support

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June 18, 2014
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By K Mayme Lawrence Dear Diary, It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. OK, so what that my family and I live in sunny California. So what that the rising temperatures would melt poor Frosty the...
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