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• Coffee stirrers make good juice box straws

  Published: July 25, 2007, 9:18 am

  Tags: 01 03yrs Toddler, 03 05yrs Preschooler, 05 12yrs Kid, Feeding Nursing, Travel Going Out

  Why do the juice box straws always end up at the bottom of the bag? Winnie's solution: I had a ton of coffee stirrers left over from a party and figured I'd just use them for craft projects. However, I've found that hollow coffee stirrers make a great straw for kids. From toting juice boxes in my bag, I often lose the straw. Coffee stirrers

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• Frozen yogurt tubes stand in for ice cream treats

  Published: July 24, 2007, 12:53 pm

  Tags: 01 03yrs Toddler, 03 05yrs Preschooler, 05 12yrs Kid, Feeding Nursing

  From Sara: I wouldn't normally buy yogurt in tubes, but I picked some up the other day and noticed a suggestion to freeze them.  Sold!  I now keep "frozen yogurt" tubes in the freezer for a healthier treat than ice cream. Popping a frozen yogurt tube into a lunchbox keeps things cool till the lunch bell rings, and the

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• Socks stop cold water bottles from dripping

  Published: July 23, 2007, 9:59 am

  Tags: 01 03yrs Toddler, 03 05yrs Preschooler, 05 12yrs Kid, Feeding Nursing, Travel Going Out

  Try Ana's smart hack on your next summer outing: At the zoo, it was extremely hot and humid so I pulled out the water bottles we brought to keep hydrated.  Within seconds, the cold bottles, of course, started dripping condensation and it was hard for our three-year-old to keep a grip on his.  Having a pre-schooler, I always pack an

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• Easy cooking project: Homemade tortillas

  Published: July 27, 2007, 9:58 am

  Tags: 01 03yrs Toddler, 03 05yrs Preschooler, 05 12yrs Kid, Feeding Nursing, Fun Toys, Habitat, Learning

  My kids both have an attraction to anything squishy. They love all of those stretchy, gel-like trinkets flooding the market, and all manner of playdough. When I can muster the patience, I pull out the flour, water, salt, baking soda, vinegar, and food coloring -- my son's favorite ingredients for "experiments," and let the kids have at it. They

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• Tricks for keeping toddlers hydrated

  Published: July 31, 2007, 12:51 pm

  Tags: 01 03yrs Toddler, 03 05yrs Preschooler, Feeding Nursing, Health Development, Travel Going Out

  Beat the heat with some kid hydration hacks, from Sara: We're traveling in the very hot and dry country of Turkey this summer with a two year old, and have found the following to be helpful in keeping her hydrated: 1) "Juicify" your water -- Miss J doesn't get much juice, so a little bit poured into a glass of water at mealtimes encourages

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• Herbal teas that really work to increase breast milk supply in breastfeeding mothers

  Published: August 3, 2007, 12:45 am

  Tags: Breast Milk Supply, Breastfeeding, Increase Breast Milk Supply, Increasing Milk, Nursing

  Herbs and their benefits are amazing, especially to a breastfeeding mother needs to increase breast milk supply. Traditionally, certain herbs were used in wet nurses to increase breast milk production. Wet nurses usually had to breastfeed two or more children, so they really needed the extra milk.

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• Martha Stewart (and staff): Parenthackers?

  Published: August 4, 2007, 11:24 am

  Tags: 03 05yrs Preschooler, 05 12yrs Kid, 13 18yrs Teen, 18yrs Grownup, Fashion General Cuteness, Feeding Nursing, Fun Toys, Getting Organized, Habitat, Learning

  There's a fine line between the hacker-ish DIYers and the stylish crafters. Case in point: the Martha Stewart Omnimedia folks got in touch to tell me about Good Things For Kids, a new special issue of on newsstands now. It's full of pictures of unnaturally well-groomed children, and I can't help but wonder what life would feel like if it actually

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• Coffee sleeve makes frozen drinks easier to handle

  Published: August 7, 2007, 10:00 am

  Tags: 01 03yrs Toddler, 03 05yrs Preschooler, 05 12yrs Kid, 13 18yrs Teen, 18yrs Grownup, Feeding Nursing, Travel Going Out

  Art's hack should be posted at all quick-mart checkout counters: With warm weather upon us the requests by my children for the insert brand name ee frozen drink of choice at the local convenience store has risen with the temperature.  Along with that goes the complaints by the kids of "it's too cold" and the occasional dropped

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• Pureed vegetables disappear into more easily-accepted foods

  Published: August 12, 2007, 1:40 pm

  Tags: 01 03yrs Toddler, 03 05yrs Preschooler, Feeding Nursing, Health Development

  Liz is doing what she must to get the vegies in: My one-year-old is going through some sort of regression that only permits him to eat macaroni & cheese (with homemade cheese sauce I learned from Parent Hacks, thanks!), yogurt, applesauce and crackers. I was having a nervous breakdown because of the lack of veggies in his diet, but every

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• This Day In America August 13

  Published: August 13, 2007, 11:25 am

  Tags: Mortgage News, Mortgage News, Nursing, Fokker, Homage, Nightingale, Florence, Refugees, 1910, Fidel

  the founder of modern nursing, died in London at age 90. Fokker, pay homage . Today Cuban President Fidel Castro is 81 Today Actor Danny Bonaduce is 48. mortgage news ---Related Articles at Consumer Mortgage Reports:Todays Current Mortgage Interest Rates August 13 2007Risky Mortgage PitfallsMassive Foreclosure Wave LoomsWho Should We

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• HIDDEN TREASURES

  Published: August 13, 2007, 1:03 pm

  Tags: Youth, Jesus Christ, Youth Ministry, Bible, Gospel, Elderly, Nursing Home Ministry, Youth Group, Spiritual Guidance, Young Adults, Death, Jesus, Family, Faith, Christianity, Life, Current Events, Spirituality, God, Theology, Church, Peace, Religion

  we were holding at the nursing she was wearing a pretty hat and ready to go. Once, when I asked how she was doing, she said “I'm blessed” and I believe she really meant it! Imagine, in a nursing home, blind, can't walk, but she is blessed! Who could accomplish that but the Lord! As my husband preached you could hear a loud

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• Where can you find maternity bras for the buxom set?

  Published: August 15, 2007, 1:26 pm

  Tags: Boobs Too Big, Boobstoobig, Bras, Can T Find Bra, Can Tfindbra, Fit, La Leche League, Lalecheleague, Llc, Maternity, Nursing, Too Large, Toolarge

  Leche League maternity and nursing bras. I got a lot of complaints from busty women who noted that the LLC bras did not go up very high. So now I turn to you readers. Where can my adorable friend get a bra that fits her?Permalink   Email this   Linking Blogs   Comments

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• IF WE LOVE THE BRETHREN . . .

  Published: August 18, 2007, 10:44 am

  Tags: Youth Ministry, Palestine, Youth, Bible, Israel, Bush, Jesus, Death, Gospel, Injustice, Spiritual Guidance, Youth Group, Nursing Home Ministry, Christian Zionism, Discernment, Zionism, Elderly, Young Adults, God, Iran, Military, Iraq, Current Events, Family, Faith, Life, Christian

  by Ted Hellmann How far have we drifted from that of a New Testament church? This church had absolute Unity of the Body and the exercise of all the gifts of the Spirit. A ministry directed by the Lord, with signs following: healing, deliverance and miracles. If we love the brethren, we would nurture them in the full oracles of God and not local

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• Kid-friendly kitchens help even the youngest pitch in

  Published: August 19, 2007, 12:31 pm

  Tags: 03 05yrs Preschooler, 05 12yrs Kid, 13 18yrs Teen, 18yrs Grownup, Attitude Mindset, Behavior, Feeding Nursing, Getting Organized, Habitat, Learning

  Heather wrote up a fantastic post on her blog, Oh My Stinkin Heck, about encouraging kids to help in the kitchen by making it more accessible to them. Really, the topic is much bigger than that -- it's about honoring your children by teaching them to pitch in...that they naturally want to help and you do them a disservice by not showing them how.

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• Ice cubes help keep a sick kid hydrated

  Published: August 20, 2007, 6:31 pm

  Tags: 03 05yrs Preschooler, 05 12yrs Kid, Feeding Nursing, Health Development

  Here's Kip's novel method for keeping the liquids going into his ailing daughter: Sarah (now 5) was having a sore throat. Quick strep test came back negative, so a virus was suspected, and the doctor said to keep liquids going in. Sarah was perfectly willing to eat popsicles all day long, but somehow I wasn't convinced that an all-popsicle diet

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