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Mattel/Fisher-Price toy recall

post from Parent Hacks on 02 August 2007 08:13:00 PM. © Parent Hacks

Many of you emailed me with news of the massive Fisher-Price toy recall currently underway -- thank you. In general, I don't post recall notices here; the CPSC covers this territory well, even offering an RSS feed of recall notices...

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Creating a Home Study Area

post from Weary Parent: Parenting Tweens & Teens on 02 August 2007 07:23:24 PM. © Weary Parent: Parenting Tweens & Teens

Where do your kids do their homework? While my kids have a full-up kids office, complete with computers, kid-sized office chairs and supplies, I prefer they do the bulk of it at the kitchen table. They are more focused there.So what do you really need to create a home study area at your house?Start with [...]

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The Ultimate Baby Gear Guidebook

post from Parenting.com: Mom Tips and Expert Advice on 02 August 2007 02:13:03 PM. © Parenting.com: Mom Tips and Expert Advice

Excerpts from Parenting magazine's baby must-haves

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Babytalk/GMA Cover Contest

post from Parenting.com: Mom Tips and Expert Advice on 02 August 2007 02:13:03 PM. © Parenting.com: Mom Tips and Expert Advice

Behind the scenes with our semi-finalists!

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Almost 1 Million Fisher-Price Toys Recalled

post from Parenting.com: Mom Tips and Expert Advice on 02 August 2007 02:13:03 PM. © Parenting.com: Mom Tips and Expert Advice

Chinese-made toys, featuring Dora the Explorer, Elmo and more, have been recalled due to lead paint

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Pipe your car's navigation system into your kid's
portable DVD player

post from Parent Hacks on 02 August 2007 12:46:00 PM. © Parent Hacks

Eirik's brilliant road trip entertainment hack for GPS/navigation system users: Our four year old son has been very interested in the navigation system I am running while we're out driving. He leans over to follow it closely and it's actually...

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Who is Littlemummy - 16 - 21 Years Old

post from Littlemummy.Com on 02 August 2007 11:55:00 AM. © Littlemummy.Com

These five years were probably the biggest in my life. As I mentioned in part one I met Alex at cadets when I was fifteen and he was sixteen. We were at annual camp together and by chance we ended up working the Edinburgh Tattoo together. Alex asked me to be his girlfriend as the lone piper was playing, very romantic. We were inseperable for a year and a half when we surprised both our parents by getting engaged, I was still a couple of weeks off my seventeenth birthday!

In June the same year we rented Alex’ parents house (they moved to another house) and moved in together. By this time my dreams of becoming an Army Officer were in the past and I’d left school to go to college and then decided to find a job and start earning some money. My first job was as an office junior for a well respected chartered accountant firm, from there I went to the Scottish Legal Aid Board where I was an administrative assistant before being promoted to a debt collector. Debt collection didn’t really suit me, I think it was a bit heavy for someone of seventeen. I left there and held a couple of temporary positions before working for Alexander Forbes in their private healthcare division. I enjoyed my administrative position and was hopeful of being promoted to account co-ordinator, when I fell ill.

It started with constant diarrhoea and sickness. The doctors thought it was food poisoning, and then gastroentiritis. I began losing weight and became extremely fatigued, getting off the sofa was a major achievement. After several weeks the doctors suspected crohn’s disease and I had a lot of tests until it was confirmed after about three months. I was down to seven and a half stone and looked visibly frail. The doctors put me on a combination of drugs and slowly my health improved. I was nineteen with no previous illness, it was a shock to know that I would be continuing my life with a chronic disease.

Luckily my crohn’s was brought under control quickly. I returned to work to find that the promotion I’d hoped would be mine had been passed to someonelse, I can’t blame my employer, they needed someone and I ended up being off for around four or five months in total. Knowing that another promotion might be some time away I decided to look for another job. At the same time we managed to get our wedding day organised for August 20th 2004. It was to be a small family affair in my hometown, Swansea. I had been back in contact with my father for a year and put the past behind me, he was to attend the wedding with my new half sister. It was one of the best days of my life, I still get teary when I think of it.

On the job front I joined an agency and it wasn’t long before I had an interview with a start up mortgage brokers as a senior mortgage assistant. I got the job and was looking forward to learning the ropes and possibly going on to do the mortgage exams. Three months later, coincidentally when they found out I would need to go into hospital for a reocurring absess problem in connection with the crohns, they made me redundant. This was quite a low point at the time but ended up being a blessing in disguise…to be continued

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Sale: Up to 80% Off at Girl Charlee

Girl Charlee is having a Summer Clearance Sale with adorable items up to 80% off. Check it out.

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An easier way to apply sunscreen to kids' faces

Cheri's summer-simplifying tip: I have found a way to make applying sunscreen to my kiddo's face SO much easier! I was always finding myself chasing their faces around and telling them to Look up! Finally I had my son lay...

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