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  • Pregnancy.org's Month of Thankfulness

    Come and join our Pregnancy.org members in "counting our blessings" and others "taking inventory of the positives."

  • Baby's First Christmas

    Your baby's first Christmas can be fun -- just relax and be prepared! Happy holidays!

  • Black Friday Survival Tips

    Are there any "Black Friday" shoppers gearing up for this coming week? Have you been pouring over the early release ads to make your game plan? Here are some tips from the trenches for this year!

  • Holidays Put Pressure on Women to Schedule Early Delivery

    Having a due date close to the holidays can mean pressure from healthcare providers or family for pregnant women to schedule their baby's birth -- with induction or planned cesarean. But research shows that scheduled deliveries can be dangerous to moms and babies.

  • Belly "Boo" Costumes

    Maternity Halloween costumes -- that bump opens a world of opportunity. From whimsical to historical re-enactment your imagination (and budget) is the only "confinement." Get started creating an unmatchable costume!

  • Winning the Candy Wars

    Halloween, the official beginning of the candy consumption season, has arrived. With candy universally available and regularly within sight of children, what is a parent to do? How can you win the candy wars?

  • Divorced Parenting: Managing Your Kids Over the Holidays

    The holidays are a wonderful time -- except when your kids are cranky, overtired, and over-stimulated. Then they are hell-a-days, not holidays. Divorced parents find that managing the holidays can be a huge challenge.

  • Home Alone for the Holidays

    If you share holidays with your ex, you may be facing a holiday alone this season without your child. It can be difficult to be separated from your child, but you can get through the holiday with these guidelines:

  • Avoid Gift-Giving Gripes

    It's too easy for the holidays to become a challenge, to see which parent can buy the most stuff, the best stuff, or the most expensive stuff. You and the other parent have to make sure this doesn't happen to you and your child.

  • Unique Holidays to Celebrate with Your Kids

    There are lots of fun holidays to celebrate this spring. Can't think of any? Here are five of our favorites you and your kids are sure to love.

  • Belly "Boo" Costumes

    Maternity Halloween costumes -- that bump opens a world of opportunity. From whimsical to historical re-enactment your imagination (and budget) is the only "confinement." Get started creating an unmatchable costume!

  • Black Friday Survival Tips

    Are there any "Black Friday" shoppers gearing up for this coming week? Have you been pouring over the early release ads to make your game plan? Here are some tips from the trenches for this year!

  • Marie Chronicles -- Entry Five

    With the holidays, this week has been a crazy one. I went to see my OB on Friday. It was awful! My appointment was supposed to be at 9:15 and she didn't come into the room to see me until 10:45.

  • Valentines and Values

    In spite of the cookies, punch, temporary suspension of school work, and the festive atmosphere of this atypical school day, Betsy, a third grader in a suburban Michigan elementary school, was not having a good day. Perhaps it had something to do with the fact that she is 30 pounds overweight and just opened her fifth valentine containing a picture of a pig.

  • How to Lower Your Stress

    Nurturing yourself is what enables you to be at your best for your children. Further, mothering is not a hobby you picked up for fun. You work hard for the sake of your children and family, and that entitles you to respect, care -- and stress relief.

  • Baby's First Christmas

    Your baby's first Christmas can be fun -- just relax and be prepared! Happy holidays!

  • Applause Please, Kids Can Make Gifts!

    Do you have little kids in the house? They love creative crafts and then, of course, they want to give their creations to someone they love as a gift, eager for applause. With Christmas coming, start a craft box with a few basic supplies so they can make amazing little gifts for family, friends and teachers. A handmade gift is always special and unique. There is pleasure in the making and then more pleasure in the giving.

  • Holiday Discipline Traps

    'Tis the season when cookies get their very own food group. So how do you keep total anarchy from erupting at the very time of year when your own stress-o-meter is in overdrive? By steering clear of the top three holiday discipline traps, that's how.

  • Immunize Yourself Against Toxic People

    Most parents will attend a family gathering this holiday season. Many will also endure a chronically negative or critical relative. You know who I mean. Every family seems to have at least one. That person we avoid all year long but have to see at holidays because we're related. We need a plan for keeping our sanity and self-esteem intact when we're around these toxic people.

  • Pregnancy.org's Month of Thankfulness

    Come and join our Pregnancy.org members in "counting our blessings" and others "taking inventory of the positives."