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Pregnancy

How Did you Maintain Work-Life Balance when Pregnant?

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A long time ago there was a commercial for a pregnancy test on TV that showed a woman standing up and thinking, “I can’t concentrate. Could I be pregnant?” For years, my husband and I laughed at the commercial because we could not make the connection as to what one had to do with the [...]

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Expecting a 4th Member

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As you may know, the husband and I have been trying to conceive our second child. I’m happy to share with you that we are expecting a fourth member of our family and will be welcoming him or her in December! Earlier this week, I announced our good news on our pregnancy blog. You can [...]

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Atlanta Billboards Say Black Children Are An Endangered Species

Pregnancy

I first saw this story on the Orlando Sentinel’s Moms at Work blog, but with a quick search found other stories like the one on NYDailyNews.com. What do you think? What is your initial reaction to the billboard? Do you think it’s effective in getting their message across? You may have to read the stories [...]

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Getting Pretty Big, huh?

Motherhood

For all you moms or soon-to-be moms out there, I’m sure you can relate. We’ve all heard those annoying comments or questions when pregnant. The one I used to hate the most was, “Getting Pretty Big, huh?“. I used to just smile and nod, or fake a lil laugh, but man, do I wish I [...]

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New Baby in the Family!

Motherhood

My brother and sister-in-law just had their baby last night! I have a brand new nephew to add to the collection. She was in labor for a little under 23 hours before they did a c-section. My little nephew just didn’t want to make his way down the canal. Try as they did, he stopped [...]

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Mommy (and daddy) Resources Part III

Motherhood

Back when, I started a series of parenting resources and I still have two more parts that I haven’t posted! I’m such a slacker. Anyhow, here is part 3 of the four part series. These are various sites with information on pregnancy, parenting, ways to connect with other moms (or parents), newsletters, free tools, etc. [...]

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Mommy (and daddy) Resources Part II

Motherhood

As promised, here is the second part of my list of resources: Baby Food – they all mail (or email) coupons Nursery Water – http://nurserywater.com/home.html Gerber – http://www.gerber.com/home Beechnut – http://beechnut.com/ Gerber also has a separate site for their clothing items at http://www.gerberchildrenswear.com/. Did you use the Nursery Water for your baby’s milk? Or, did [...]

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Mommy (and daddy) Resources Part I

Motherhood

Throughout my pregnancy, I collected a variety of websites that offer free information, newsletters, samples, coupons, etc. Some of them, I still keep up with as they also have great parenting information. Now that my sister-in-law is with child, I decided to compile a list for her so that she too can reap the benefits. [...]