If you search for “surprise eggs” on YouTube, you will find literally millions of videos of people opening what are essentially Easter eggs filled with candy and small toys. Dorothy is 100 percent obsessed with them. She could seriously sit with her iPad and watch these YouTube videos for hours. I know this, because I have let it happen on occasion…
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Don’t. The answer is, “don’t.” You know that look of horror 98 percent of kids have when they have to sit on some guy wearing a rabbit costume’s lap at the mall? That’s what I looked like on the inside while dying eggs with Dorothy. “But every two year old needs that 3.5 minutes of Easter fun!” You know it’s going…
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My second (and more than likely, final) pregnancy has been fascinating. Yes, it’s pretty common knowledge that no two pregnancies are the same – even with the same mother. Symptoms you have with your first may or may not appear with your second. Your first baby could be a week past their due date, and the the second could arrive…
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How Far Along? 28 weeks. Hello, third trimester! Baby Stats: Baby is the size of an eggplant, or about 2.5 pounds. She’s also about 14 inches long! Weight Gain: 15 pounds (up 4 pounds since last month). I’m still tracking better than I was during my first pregnancy at this time, so I’ll call this a win. Symptoms: The Braxton Hicks contractions are still…
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I shared my baby registry tips a few weeks ago, based on the items we are recycling for Baby C2. Trust me, new mommas, when I say you don’t need all that much! But, while we truly already have everything we could ever possibly need for a second baby, I still have a wish list. And it doesn’t contain diapers…
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