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Better put down the coffee, lady, you're going to need both hands free to catch your baby.
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Out of all the ways warrior robots have to kill, poisoning you slowly with lead paint while you play with it doesn't seem the most efficient.
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This is why those home-town carnival rides makes me so incredibly nervous -- bohemian gypsies, Jack Daniels and parts pieced and rigged together from from junk yard parts and Home Depot wires -- uh, no thanks.
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Okay, how in the world can you hold an 8 year old accountable for doing something that she cannot fully comprehend? They should arrest her parents for their lack of supervision.
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So as of Wednesday night I made the decision to cease co-sleeping.
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I know that hindsight can be 20/20, but this is just tragic event that was fully unavoidable.
Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda...But Probably Won't
Before I became a parent, there were so many things that I saw other parents do that I SWORE I wouldn't do when I had a kid of my own.
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Memo to Mama

Please review the following talking points.


By Sonia Elabd
M e m o r a n d u m TO: Mama RE: Me Let me get straight to my point, Mama.

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