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What is your least favorite thing about the holidays? »

What do all you parents dislike most about the holidays?
Not to be Scrooge or anything - but I hate wrapping presents. It just takes too long.
Maybe next year I will shop only at stores that wrap. But usually the sales people are so overwhelmed that it takes forever anyway.
So now, I am exhausted after my [...]

Friday Giveaway Roundup »

Here are some great giveaways that I have come across this week:

Musings of a Housewife is giving away four Lands End Diaper Totes!
Karen at Gluten Free Food Reviews is giving away a box of her favorite gluten free products to celebrate her blog’s first birthday. Happy Birthday!
Momsational is giving away the High School Musical 2 [...]

Keeping a Baby Food Journal »

Introducing solids to an infant is a tricky business.
Today I had the honor of writing a guest post on Aruni’s excellent blog - entrepreMusings. Many of you know that my children are affected by food allergies, so when it came time to introduce foods our stress and uncertainty levels were high. Click on over to [...]

Magna Carta - Sold! to the Highest Bidder »

Today was your chance to own a piece of history. The only privately owned original copy of the historic document - The Magna Carta was sold in auction at Sotheby’s in New York today for $21.32 million dollars.
Why am I mentioning the auction of the Magna Carta on a site about parenting and kids? [...]

Cheerios Snack Mix »

I was recently contacted by a representative General Mills to review their new Cheerios Snack Mix. Since I am always looking for healthy ways to fill my kid’s seemingly bottomless tummies, was happy to give it a try.
I promptly received in the mail one bag of the cheddar flavor of Cheerios Snack Mix. Upon [...]