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Totally Desperate Mom: Review + {Signed} Giveaway!

By megret | July 19, 2010 at 9:28 pm | 65 comments

If you're a mom, listen up. Let's admit it. We've all had those days. Those desperate days. Those days when we begin to feel like we're drowning in daily duties and if anything can go wrong, it will. Wendy Hagen understands that there are "those days." She...

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Accountable Kids: A fun & effective way to teach responsibility

By megret | January 10, 2010 at 11:43 pm | 28 comments

We've been searching for a reliable, easy-to-follow, stick-with-it system for teaching our children responsibility. Accountable Kids is just what we've been looking for! At ages 3 & 5, our two children are at the perfect stage for learning how to take ownership of their...

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Give the gift of better sleep!

By megret | November 18, 2009 at 12:23 pm | 45 comments

Our two children, since infancy, have always been 12-hours-a-night sleepers. More recently, though, they've been having trouble getting to sleep, and both have foregone sleeping at naptime. This doesn't mean that all is lost, though. They still have a mandatory "down time"...

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All moms of boys should read this book.

By megret | September 2, 2009 at 1:54 pm | 24 comments

Most any parent of a boy (or boys) will tell you that they have one thing in common: They are high energy. "Passionate," my husband prefers to say about our G. Inquisitive. Excitable. Full of wonderment and adventure. However you choose to say it, it's true that boys are...

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Tabletime tips

By megret | August 5, 2009 at 12:44 pm | 27 comments

Tabletime. It happens three times a day at most houses. From the time our tiny tots are holding their own cups and grasping their own spoons, we try to teach them "good manners." Of course, there are the mealtime mishaps and suppertime sillies, which are fun and sometimes...

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TykeLight GloMate — Helping make bedtime less daunting (and more fun)!

By megret | June 30, 2009 at 7:28 am | 55 comments

For a few years now, we've been a big fan of the TykeLight Jr. by Mobi Technologies. I stumbled across the kid-friendly nightlight on Amazon and ordered one. It's still going strong. Our son has passed it down to our daughter. I just can't say enough about the TykeLight Jr. ...

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Review: Gotta Go Mitts

By megret | September 13, 2008 at 5:38 pm | No comments

So, I know I'm not the only mom who's concerned about germs.  I know I'm not the only one, either, who taught the skill of hand washing even before my children could walk and talk, nor the only mom who keeps a big container of antibacterial wipes underneath the seat in my...

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