A Look At Exclusive Pumping

Everything But the Breast Exclusively pumping (Eping) is a viable way to feed a baby. “I had always planned on breastfeeding my son,” says Laura Amos of Royal Oak, Mich. “In fact, we never even bought bottles before he was born, because I never expected that nursing might not work out.” Breastfeeding didn’t work out …

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The Ins and Outs of Amniocentesis

Analyzing Amnio Miriam Schneider of Manhattan, N.Y., had amniocentesis (amnio), a test for birth defects and other conditions, after successful infertility treatments. Schneider had not one, but two completely healthy twin girls. “I decided to have amnio because when I was 39, my husband and I went through in vitro fertilization and we had ICSI …

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A Moms Guide to Working From Home

Balancing Family and Career Under One Roof You want to be at home with your kids, but still want (and need) to have a career. If you’ve thought about how great it would be to work for yourself – no boss, no rush-hour traffic, no office politics – then you’ve probably considered working from home. …

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Reading With Preteens

Between the Lines They are the hardest group in the world to tempt with the pleasures of reading. Not teenagers, who are often haughty and proud of their reading habits. Not children, who love to be read to. But tweens. That Web-savvy, Walkman-wearing, Game-Boy toting group of girls and boys who would almost rather do …

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Girls as Bullies

Words Will EVER Hurt Me It seems that every woman has a story. For Susan Wellman it was the “truly awful” adolescence of her daughter, who was victimized throughout middle school. For Rachel Simmons, it was the emotional scars left by an aggressive third grade classmate who decided that 8-year-old Rachel was to be her …

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Easing Toddlers Nighttime Fears

There’s a Monster Under My Bed! Has the boogeyman been making the rounds at your house lately? Or maybe a ghost or even a scary alien? You’re not alone. Nighttime fears, no matter what form they take, are common among toddlers. When Michelle Flora’s daughter Morgan was 18 months old, she suddenly started waking up …

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