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Most Common Names for Baby Girls

After your ultrasound and the proclamations all say, “It’s a girl,” you are probably seeing pink. Over the next few decades, you have quite a few decisions to make, from what age she will get to date to how you will pay for her wedding. For now, however, all you have to do is to choose a name.

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Seven Ways to Give our Kids the Right Gifts for Their Future

A little girl . . . was in a drawing lesson. She was six, and she was at the back, drawing, and the teacher said this girl hardly ever paid attention, and in this drawing lesson, she did. The teacher was fascinated. She went over to her, and she said, “What are you drawing?” And the girl said, “I'm drawing…

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List for Packing a Diaper Bag

The following is a guest post from Leslie Newton from timi & leslie Ive been designing diaper bags for 12 years, even before I had a child. When I finally had my own baby girl three years ago and I had to use one of my diaper bags for the first time.I panicked! Suddenly I couldnt remember what all those pockets I designed were for!

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It’s Not My Job To Make My Kids Happy

I am not my childs friend.Years ago, I overheard a veteran mom speak these words with a confident, dismissive shrug. My kids were tiny then. I was a new mom. Everything parenting was fresh as a summers day.Her callous words felt like a punch to my heart. Of course I was my childs friend! His protector, his confident, his cook, his maid, hiseverything!I was committed to being the …