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How I got over my fear of the foreskin and learned to live without circumcision.

Mannequin Pis, Bruxelles, Belgium

It seems that the men of my generation are mostly circumcised. Don’t ask how I know. Let’s just call it anecdotal evidence. By the time I had children it appeared that the tide had turned and little boys are no longer routinely circumcised. Part of it has to do with the fact that provincial health care stopped [...]

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Win a Treasure Buddies Blu-ray Combo Pack

Treasure Buddies

Disney’s talking canine superstars are back in “Treasure Buddies,” their 6th all-new adventure. This latest story is told from the perspective of the Buddies’ newest friend, a mischievous Egyptian monkey named Babi. As Babi tells us, more than 40 years ago a young archeologist named Thomas Howard, travelled to Egypt with his dog Digger to [...]

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Dads: Damned If They Do And Damned If They Don’t

Kids sitting on daddy

I just read this great article about dads by Vicki Larson on The Huffington Post and I had to share it here. It really made me think about the double standard we place on the men in our lives. We modern women want our children’s fathers to do it all; be there for us at every [...]

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Baby Sleep Positions

baby sleep positions

I found these at www.howtobeadad.com via Pinterest. They are just too funny to not share. Which sleep position does your baby prefer? My youngest is definitely “The Stalker”. Be sure to check out www.howtobeadad.com and their other Instructional Diagrams, they are hysterical.

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Save the Babies: Keep Their Sex a Secret

ultrasound boy or girl

A Proposed Ban on Revealing the Sex of a Fetus:   There’s an article in yesterday’s Globe and Mail suggesting that the medical community should not reveal the sex of a fetus until after 30 weeks when abortion is (almost) impossible to obtain. The reasoning is that there is an unreleased study suggesting that female [...]

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Free Facebook Timeline Business Cards From MOO

moo-facebook-timeline-cards

Have you ever heard of MOO? As in the business card printing company? I love them. The quality and cleverness of their cards are second to none. I always get my business cards printed at MOO for my company cards. I am one of the founders of Family Fun Canada but I am also a [...]

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Safety Recall | Chariot Carrier Bicycle Conversion Kit

Chariot Bike Trailer

Do you use your Chariot as a bike trailer? Take a good look at your hardware because Chariot has announced a recall. There is a potential for failure when equipped with the bicycle arm. If you purchased the Hitch Arm between October 2002 and September 2011 or your Carrier is included in the list below, [...]

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Mommy Wars | WAHM’s: The Third Line Drawn In The Sand

Mommy Wars WAHM

Here is my knee jerk reaction to the whole working mom vs. stay at home mom heap of garbage debate that seems to have taken on a life of its own the last few days in the blogosphere: I think we’re a little jealous of each other. Here are some facts as I see them. [...]

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Breastmilk Banking | Breastmilk for Violet

violet

I cried when I read this. When I was pregnant, a million different morbid scenarios of me dying, my husband dying, everyone dying occupied my waking hours and tormented my dreams. For Renee Noble it was a stark, dark horrifying reality. She was pregnant with Violet when she found out she had cancer. She lived [...]

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Laugh out loud books for children, tweens, and more

Dot in Larryland

Do your kids have a case of the back-to-school blues? Cold winter weather bringing you down? Now may be the perfect time to cheer up with a laugh out loud book. These quality books are not only clever and well written, but are just downright funny! AGES 3 AND UP: Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive [...]

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