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Kids & Parenting

Breaking My Own Rules Again

by dee on May 4, 2009

Way back before I had kids I went to college.  I majored in Psychology and took classes in Child Psychology, Child Development, Family Management (as part of my minor), and the like.  I LOVED these classes.  In fact, had I tried to get my Master’s in one of these areas instead of Social Work I [...]

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Zach’s Pizza Party

by dee on April 2, 2009

Ever since Evie was born, Zach has kind of gotten the shaft on this here blog. It certainly doesn’t mean that I love him any less. It is simply because Evie is developing so fast and she seems to be doing something new nearly every day. And, since I documented Zach’s early days I find [...]

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Supernanny, Where Are You?

by dee on March 28, 2009

What do you do with a child when you’ve tried everything you can think of and they still misbehave? We’ve been having a horrible time with Zach lately and nothing I do seems to help. He always seems to be testing to see just how far we’ll let him go and then pushes a little [...]

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What They Didn’t Tell Me

by dee on March 24, 2009

I always knew I wanted to have kids.  It never really was an option for my life.  I never considered the alternative.  It was just something that I was going to do, one way or another.  I was going to grow up, get married, and have kids. I didn’t figure in the divorce, second marriage, [...]

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So Worth It

by dee on February 16, 2009

Tonight I sat down to do one of my least favorite tasks – paying bills. It didn’t used to be so bad. I sat down, sorted through the bills, paid what was due, and that was that. These days I have to juggle numbers and figure out what I can pay and what I have [...]

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