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Having two children less than two years apart teaches a person a lot about parenting.
Another for the "you've got to be kidding" file ...
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With friends like these ...
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A toddler who went missing on New Year's Eve has been found alive -- trapped at the bottom of a well for five days.
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A Durham, Connecticut woman has been charged by police of breastfeeding her baby while intoxicated, something that we didn't even know was illegal.
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Friends who get lead poisoning together, stay together.
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It's funny! It's realistic! It's poisonous! The latest lead-tainted toy from the Far East is OKK Trading's Mini-Televisor toy TV.
Toy xylophone recalled for lead
We're starting to think that maybe you should stay away from dollar store toys all together.
Infant Mylicon recalled
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This past Mother's Day, my husband decided that the trip to my family reunion, clear across the United States in Seattle, would best be taken by myself, without kids in tow, without husband in tow.

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