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The Adorable Baby Bathtubs We Never Used

Baby bathtubs are adorable. They are pretty and plastic and brightly colored and just waiting for a little baby to lay inside and splash, well, adorably. Of course we had a baby bathtub. In fact, I think we might have had two bathtubs at one point just for baby, but we didn’t up using either [...]

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The Debate: Do You Really Need a Glider?

Okay, so it’s not as heated as the bottle or breast debate and in actuality, few other moms or dads care what you decide, but for some mothers it’s a problem – the question of the glider. The question many mothers wonder is if you really need one. Sure, we all want to be able [...]

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Heavy Duty Toddler Utensils from Ikea

Toddler dishes and spoons and such caused a bit of confusion around our house. We have a collection of all kinds of dishes and flatware, and they are all different sizes and shapes and some are much, much better than others. When we were doing baby food by spoon during the infant days, the little [...]

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Baby Bedding Sets: Eh, Who Needs ‘Em?

I’m all about making the baby’s room look great. After all, it’s important the nursery be set up and ready for the little one when he comes home and totally critical to show it off to everyone who comes over to see it before then. The nursery is a specialized room and unlike the rest [...]

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The Hiking Backpack – Love it or Hate it!

If you’ve never tried it, the hiking backpack (a real one, not a front carrier worn on your back) is something you’ll either love or hate. Love it for the freedom and fun or hate it for the hard work it entails. The hiking backpack carries a grown baby or a toddler in a canvas [...]

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Heavy Duty Parenting: The Double Jogger

Now that I have a 5-year-old and almost-3-year-old, there aren’t many baby relics left around our house. The only item that I have had for years and still use regularly (although not as regularly as I’d like) is the double jogger. It’s important to realize that I’m not a jogger. I use the stroller for [...]

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