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The Parenting Patch Fall Fluff Giveaway Hop: Sign Ups Now Open

The Parenting Patch Fall Fluff Giveaway Hop: Sign Ups Now Open

/ April 30, 2012 12:00 am

The Parenting Patch is excited to announce that sign ups are now open for The Parenting Patch Fall Fluff Giveaway Hop. James and Heather, a husband and wife team, launched The Parenting Patch: Where Parents Grow on September 15, 2011. [...]

Baby-proofing Tips: Keep Your Young Child Out of the Laundry Room and Away from the Washing Machine

Baby-proofing Tips: Keep Your Young Child Out of the Laundry Room and Away from the Washing Machine

/ May 19, 2012 12:00 pm

A toddler in Oregon died in early April of this year after a tragic accident involving a washing machine. Twenty-one month old Ollie had been playing in the laundry room while his mother, Tiffany Hebb, was working on washing the [...]

Stay-at-Home Moms More Likely to Be Depressed According to Gallup Poll

Stay-at-Home Moms More Likely to Be Depressed According to Gallup Poll

/ May 18, 2012 12:34 pm

As a stay-at-home work-from-home dad, I fully understand that being a stay-at-home mom is not an easy job between all of the diaper changes, feedings, random crying sessions, and other fussiness, but a new study by the team at Gallup finds that [...]

Alicia Silverstone Pre-chews Her Son’s Food: Why You Should Pre-chew Your Baby’s Food Too

Alicia Silverstone Pre-chews Her Son’s Food: Why You Should Pre-chew Your Baby’s Food Too

/ May 18, 2012 12:00 pm

Actress Alicia Silverstone made the headlines in the parenting community because she videotaped herself pre-chewing food for her young son, Bear. In the video, Silverstone takes a bite of breakfast food from a bowl, chews, and then transfers the chewed [...]

Measles on the Rise: Why You Should Choose the MMR Vaccine

Measles on the Rise: Why You Should Choose the MMR Vaccine

/ May 17, 2012 12:00 pm

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced that reports of the measles in the United States are on the rise. During 2011, 222 cases of the measles and seventeen outbreaks were reported, which is a sharp increase [...]

Walking Is for the Dogs: A Wordless Wednesday Espentorial

Walking Is for the Dogs: A Wordless Wednesday Espentorial

/ May 16, 2012 12:00 am

Image Credits Espen on the Sidewalk © 2012 Heather Johnson Espen and the Stairs © 2012 Heather Johnson Espen and the Fire Hydrant © 2012 Heather Johnson Espen and the Tree © 2012 Heather Johnson Espen and the Lilac Bush [...]

Breastfeeding Mothers and Vaccination: Hot Topic Tuesday Blog Hop

Breastfeeding Mothers and Vaccination: Hot Topic Tuesday Blog Hop

/ May 15, 2012 12:00 am

The Hot Topic Tuesday question for the week is “Should women be vaccinated while breastfeeding?” In my researched opinion, every single individual who can be vaccinated should be vaccinated. Vaccines save lives. When too many people opt out of getting [...]

Monday Mingle: 14 May 2012

Monday Mingle: 14 May 2012

/ May 14, 2012 9:00 am

Looking for a fun and quick meme to do on Mondays? Monday Mingle as hosted by Eighty MPH Mom is a meme that asks bloggers to answer three questions each Monday. The questions for this week focus on birthmarks, recess [...]

“Happy Accidents” by Billy Jonas Giveaway: Summer Splash Giveaway Event

“Happy Accidents” by Billy Jonas Giveaway: Summer Splash Giveaway Event

/ May 14, 2012 12:00 am

Welcome to the Summer Splash hosted by Life With Two Boys, With Our Best, and Bella So Savvy! This giveaway event begins on May 14, 2012 at 12:01 am EST and will end on May 27, 2012 at 11:59 pm [...]

Making Salt Dough Handprint Ornaments: Happy Mother’s Day from The Parenting Patch

Making Salt Dough Handprint Ornaments: Happy Mother’s Day from The Parenting Patch

/ May 13, 2012 12:00 pm

Happy Mother’s Day from The Parenting Patch! Did you get your mother an awesome present to thank her for being your mother? For our first Mother’s Day together, Poppy and I made salt dough handprint ornaments. We made an ornament [...]

Giveaway Linky: Sunday 13 May 2012 to Saturday 19 May 2012

Giveaway Linky: Sunday 13 May 2012 to Saturday 19 May 2012

/ May 13, 2012 12:00 am

Welcome to this week’s installment of the weekly giveaway linky hosted by The Parenting Patch! I will post a new giveaway linky each week on Sunday at midnight. After you share your giveaway link, please also share this post on [...]

Success! I Lost My Pregnancy Weight by Five Months Postpartum!

Success! I Lost My Pregnancy Weight by Five Months Postpartum!

/ May 12, 2012 10:45 am

Today my daughter is five months old. As excited and as emotional as I am about her growing up so quickly, I am even more excited to reveal to my readers that I have succeeded in losing all of my [...]

The Problem with Electronic Fetal Monitoring

/ May 12, 2012 12:00 am

Did you know that, during the year that electronic fetal monitoring was introduced, the cesarean section rate in our country jumped from 5% to 23%. According to the World Health Organization, the optimal rate that provides the best outcomes for [...]