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  1. Discovery Health Features BlogHers' Birth Stories

    6/12/09 10:48am by rocksinmydryer
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    Next week, June 14-19, is Baby Week at Discovery Health, home to nightly stories of remarkable births.  Shows such as Twins By Surprise, Little Parents Big Pregnancy, Births Beyond Belief, and Obese and Pregnant will air nightly at 8 pm Eastern/Pacific.  Read more >

  2. Creative Ways To Find Sitters

    6/5/09 5:00pm by rocksinmydryer
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    Finding reliable babysitters has always been a tricky issue for parents, especially during tough economic times, when budgets are tight.  I've been a stay-at-home or work-at-home mom the whole time I've been a parent, so I've never had to look for regular, daily childcare.  But for finding occasional, hourly childcare help, I've had to get creative.  Read more >

  3. Party Planning On a Dime

    5/8/09 3:23am by rocksinmydryer
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    I have four children, which has been a lot of birthday parties to throw (and attend) over the last several years.  In the interest of keeping a reasonable budget, not to mention my sanity, I've had to come up with my own set of time-and-money-saving tips over the years.  Read more >

  4. This Mom Loves Pacifiers (and Evidently, the Squirrels Do Too!)

    4/21/09 8:56pm by rocksinmydryer
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    This week Parenting Magazine offered up these photos of a "paci tree" in Copenhagen, Denmark.  Fifteen years ago, in my pre-baby days, I probably would've scoffed at those pictures--"Look at those overly indulgent and sentimental parents," Pre-Baby Me would've said.  It's amazing how much I knew about parenting before I had children.  Read more >

  5. Room Cleaning: My Efforts At a Balanced Approach

    4/10/09 3:09pm by rocksinmydryer
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    Somewhere, at this very moment, my dad is laughing hysterically that I have been given an assignment to write about room cleaning.  Cosmic irony, and all that.   Read more >

  6. YouTubing With the Kids

    2/20/09 10:11am by rocksinmydryer
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    I'll admit it; we're YouTube junkies in this family.  As I recall, it all started a few years ago when my husband thought it might be fun to show my Star-Wars-loving young sons the video to Weird Al Yankovich's spoof about Anakin Skywalker.  Then a friend showed my oldest son the  Read more >

  7. What (I Hope) I'm Teaching My Kids About Love

    2/14/09 11:27pm by rocksinmydryer
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    Often our extended family will vacation together: my own husband and kids, plus my parents, and sometimes my brother and his family.  But this summer, my parents went somewhere just the two of them. While they were gone, my brother and I worried about them.  What will they do?  Won't they get bored without their noisy brood of grandchildren to keep things interesting?  I felt so sorry for them.   Read more >

  8. Valentine's Day: Getting Creative With the Kids

    2/13/09 9:18am by rocksinmydryer
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    I'd say it's a good time to be a kid.  There seem to be endless clever and creative ideas available to parents for celebrating Valentine's Day.  I remember using store-bought Scooby Doo cards with my friends (because nothing breeds third-grade romance like a picture of Shaggy).  These days, however, the bar has been raised.  Here's a round-up of creative ideas for making this holiday special for your kids:  Read more >

  9. Kids' Room Decor: Finding Ideas Online

    2/6/09 5:36am by rocksinmydryer
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    The subject of kids' room decor has been on my mind a lot lately.  For my oldest son's 11th birthday this past summer, we gave him a "new" room, redecorated to reflect his pre-teen sensibilities.  A dozen loose ends, though, have kept it an on-going project. Additionally, my two middle sons share a room, and it's a small one.  This means I'm constantly looking for decorating ideas that will make that room seem larger and more efficient.  Read more >

  10. International Adoption Blogs: Communicating With Family Back At Home

    1/30/09 8:05am by rocksinmydryer
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    As I write this, my brother and his wife are on the other side of the world, meeting their new baby daughter in Ethiopia.  She's 11 months old, and they'll be bringing her home in a few days.  Those of us back at home have been a bundle of nerves as we've waited for news of how they're doing, and thanks to the miracles of modern technology, we've worked out a system quite nicely.  My brother and his wife have a private blog (on Blogger, though they've not been able to access it from Ethiopia).  We have had somewhat reliable e-mail contact with them, and between the e-mails and some (v  Read more >

Shannon Lowe

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Shannon Lowe
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I write at Rocks In My Dryer, , and I'm a BlogHer Contributing Editor (Mommy/Family). I also write at The Parenting Post.  In February, I traveled to Uganda with Compassion International to live-blog their child-advocacy efforts.

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