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03/06/12
The Seven Stages of Skyping with a Toddler
The hardest thing about going away for work is leaving Mazzy.
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02/28/12
Toddlers And Skiing Don’t Mix
Last week, we went on a family ski trip to Utah with Mike's cousins.
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02/23/12
Sleep Beats Sex in Unscientific Survey
In the Blantyre Weekend Getaway Giveaway sponsored by Poshbrood, I asked what you would do if you woke up child-free in a ...
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02/22/12
10 Toys To Help Princesses Master Math & Science
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post on Babble about the Lego Friends controversy called "Maybe We Should Let Girls Be Bakers and Ballerinas".
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02/21/12
10 Ways To Teach Your Toddler to Listen
Two weeks ago, I wrote a post about how Mazzy doesn’t listen to me.
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02/12/12
The Men In Mazzy’s Life
Who will be Mazzy’s Valentine tomorrow? That, my friends, is a very difficult question. Only Mazzy knows the answer and she’s not talking. Here are the three front-runners…
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02/08/12
The Real Reason French Kids Are Well Behaved
I keep trying to write a post about the whole superior French parenting thing (more than one person has sent me Pamela Druckerman's article from ...
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02/07/12
Why Isn’t My Two-Year-Old Listening To Me?
Do you notice that I always ask questions? Even in my writing? That for some reason I can't just write normal sentences, they have to be opened ...
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01/29/12
Passive Aggression Via Flowers
February 14th is fast approaching and some of you might be trying to come up with original Valentine's Day ideas. I say— don't bother.
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01/18/12
Bedtime Stalling 101 (As Taught By My 2yo)
Bedtime Stalling is something every toddler should master by age two. If you follow my simple instructions, by the end of this post, you should be able to push your bedtime a full forty-five minutes. With a little practice, you’ll be eating midnight snacks, watching horrible skits on Saturday Night Live and ordering Slankets off late night infomercials in no time.
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01/17/12
5 Toddler Infographics that are All Too True
Sometimes no amount of written description can possibly do a parenting episode justice.
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01/08/12
iPad App Mocks Motherhood
In my effort to wean Mazzy off of YouTube (to prevent accidental glimpses of Barney in a pool of his own blood), I uploaded some new educational apps ...
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12/26/11
Santa May Be Real But Elmo Is In It For The Money
If you are Jewish, live in NYC and don't have a tree, Christmas is something to be experienced outdoors.
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