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9 tips for keeping kids rooms clean
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9 Tips for Keeping Kids Rooms Clean

This post on keeping kids rooms clean is sponsored by The Good Stuff and Coupons.com. If you’ve got a whole house to keep clean weekly, you know how just a few good tips can drastically alter your workload. With kids in the house, that cleaning task can sometimes seem insurmountable, but by utilizing these nine […]

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Getting your pre-teen a cell phone? Read these etiquette rules first.
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A Pre-Teens Guide to Cell Phone Etiquette

This post on pre-teen cell phone etiquette is sponsored by Coupons.com. So, you’re thinking of getting your pre-teen a cell phone? Read through this cell phone etiquette guide first! Related Content: Educational Apps for Kids We were those parents who said we’d never get our kids a cellphone – at least not until they could […]

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All-In-One-Guide to Cake Decorating: A Summer fun Activity for Kids

There are a plethora of things for our kids to do outside during the summer, but when the heat becomes unbearable we must find indoor activities that keep our sanity together. I received a copy of Cake Decorating for review. All thoughts are my own.  My kids love spending time in the kitchen with me. […]

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When should you take your child to the dentist? Read on to find out
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When Should A Child See A Dentist for the First Time?

When Should A Child See A Dentist For The First Time? Experts say that kids should go to the dentist by their first birthdays. Good dental care starts early. When kids don’t get the dental care that they need, they may suffer serious consequences. A study published in 2011, in The American Journal of Public Health, showed that […]

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Ideas to get Kids outside!
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4 Fun Ideas to Get Kids Outside

Experts say that children should spend as much as 3 hours a day outside. Meanwhile, most children are actually getting an average of 5-10 minutes a day playing outside. The health benefits of outdoor play are numerous, from better eyesight to decreased stress. Certain studies report that an hour of play outside each day is […]

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Becoming a new mom can be stressful as you start to see your monthly bills increase. Learn how to save money while growing your family.
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New Moms Guide on How to Save Money

New Moms Guide On How To Save Money Related Post: Learning to Live Without to Save Money Maintaining a household budget is difficult enough without throwing a newborn into the mix. New moms looking at the cost of children from their infancy up through adulthood may feel like asking for a refund or trying to […]

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Encouraging a Natural Sibling Bond with a New Baby. ad
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Encouraging a Natural Sibling Bond with a New Baby

A natural sibling bond is not something that can be forced. It can, however, be encouraged. This post is sponsored by The Motherhood. All opinions are my own. Grab this No-Stress No-Fluff Guide to New Baby Essentials I worried the kids would have a hard time bonding with our new baby. It had been 5 […]

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3 tips from Positive Parenting Solutions to help kids clean their messy bedrooms.
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Struggling with messy bedrooms?

Messy bedrooms feel like my life right now. I’ve gotten back to the point of walking past and just shutting the kid’s bedroom doors so I don’t have to see it. Then I came across this article I shared a few years ago, and my resolve to have clean bedrooms has returned!  Originally published on […]

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When life doesn't go as planned, your attitude will make all the difference
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When Life Doesn’t Go As Planned

We can plan our life out all we want, but rarely does it ever turn out exactly as we planned, and sometimes it doesn’t even get close to the original plan. So what do you do? It’s all in the attitude, as I learned yesterday, but also the mental preparation. Yesterday morning my sweet friend […]

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Staying Connected to Loved Ones the Cute and Cuddly Way

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone.  #CloudPetsForever #CollectiveBias   What do you do when you suddenly find yourself away from a loved one for weeks on end? Changing careers became an obvious choice for us as teaching just wasn’t working out anymore. The change, […]

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