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Thoughts on Vaccines?

I just found out my midwife will likely want me to get the whooping cough vaccine during my pregnancy. I do not at all like the idea of vaccines and have heard some bad stuff about them. At the same time though, I in no way would ever want to endange

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Video games & kids

In our circles, I am the last hold-out for not allowing video games.  My kids have done a few here and there with friends by my 10-year-old is really pushing for minecraft, all his friends have it and wi's and ipods.  We don't have TV but they netfli

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To Parents: SLEEP, are you getting it?

So with all this newfound energy and increased activity, my body wants so much more sleep than I'm able to provide.  Do any parents here have any tips for maximizing rest or catching more Z's? I feel like it's the last frontier on my health issues. 

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Funny sense of humor

Hi!

I need a little help!

My precious 2.5 year old little boy seems to think it is funny to bop me on the head or kick me sometimes. He doesn't do this to anybody else.

I have tried sternly to tell him to please stop, but this just sends him into a fit

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Please help me with tantrums

OK, my son is 13 months now and he's just starting to have tantrums.

When he gets frustrated or when I don't allow him to play with something he flares his legs like a fish and screams and pitches a fit.

 

What do I do?? Yesterday he did it in a store a

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Other Mothers!

If we lived in a California paradise like the well-known Raw Vegan Family of Storm and Jingee, feeding my 6 yr. old healthfully would be SO much easier!Not that I haven't tried. Until she was nearly 5 years old my little one actually believed that th

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