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• FPOTUS follows family life in the White House

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  If you're interested in parenting and politics, check out my new blog, FPOTUS (First Parents of the United States), which follows the Obamas as they raise their daughters in the White House and make decisions that affect life in all... [...]
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  Posted: January 24, 2009, 6:37am EST
  by Julie Moos

• Tweeting DotMoms

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  If you're looking for parenting news, you can keep up with DotMoms on Twitter, by following the tweets updated regularly with new headlines. If you're looking for momoirs or other ways to connect, check out The Motherhood. Julie Moos is... [...]
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  Posted: January 02, 2009, 6:30am EST
  by Julie Moos

• Free Personal signatures - cool!

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  Posted: November 19, 2008, 9:58am EST
  by Liz@thisfullhouse

• Today's Parenting Headlines

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  ParentDishFamily Health & SafetyWomen's HealthBalancing Work & FamilyChildren's BooksToys, Games & MoreKids' TV & DVDsMovie Mom [...]
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  Posted: March 26, 2008, 9:11am EDT
  by Julie Moos

• Little-Sister-Itis

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  By Sarah Rachel Egelman My baby, who turns one this month and is hardly a baby anymore, has a bad case of little-sister-itis. That is what we call her permanent and incurable condition and it seems to be getting more... [...]
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  Posted: January 18, 2008, 2:16pm EST
  by sarahrachel

• It runs in the family

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  By Amy Heesacker I never considered myself athletic. If you asked me to list 100 adjectives that best describe me, "talkative" would be near the top, but any words having to do with movement, activity or exercise would not even... [...]
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  Posted: January 14, 2008, 12:28pm EST
  by amyhee

• He's a believer

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  By Amy M. The story of Santa was alive and well in our interfaith household this year. Alex believed strongly in jolly old Saint Nick and was thrilled to discover the plate with cookie crumbs and half-eaten carrots on Christmas... [...]
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  Posted: January 10, 2008, 9:41am EST
  by Amy Milgrub Marshall

• What's next for DotMoms?

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  By Julie Moos As some of you know, I had surgery a year and a half ago to remove benign tumors (adenomas) in my liver, and now I am scheduled to have surgery on my liver again to address more... [...]
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  Posted: January 07, 2008, 8:54am EST
  by Julie Moos

• From de rigeur to dangerous

  By Sarah Rachel Egelman "Can you believe parents aren't supposed to give their kids cold medicine anymore?" asked the woman scanning my groceries. It was early in the morning and I had my 9-month-old in a carrier strapped to my... [...]
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  Posted: January 05, 2008, 1:21pm EST
  by sarahrachel

• Our family gameography: Wii love Nintendo!

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  By Julie This year for Hanukkah, I asked for a Crimson Nintendo DS so I could play games on my own handheld console. I wanted the DS because I fell in love with Jewel Quest Adventure and wanted to play... [...]
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  Posted: December 31, 2007, 5:10pm EST
  by Julie Moos

• Those moments that matter most

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  By Amanda Lately my work life has become so hectic that I find I don't really fully separate from it and concentrate on my children unless we get out of town. So on Thanksgiving we did just that. As a... [...]
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  Posted: December 25, 2007, 2:02am EST
  by Amanda Griffin

• Cat One, Me Zero

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  By Julie Kirtz Garrett I just spent $260 on something I promised myself (and my kids) I never would. I've worked hard during the last few years selling my children on their mom's righteous no-pet stance. I was not going... [...]
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  Posted: December 23, 2007, 11:11am EST
  by Julie Garrett

• Relearning friendship

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  By Amber A couple of years ago, a friend invited me to join her playgroup at Bellview Park. It was a glorious sunny day, the kind you relish as you watch your 1-year-old test out her wobbly legs like a... [...]
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  Posted: December 21, 2007, 6:54pm EST
  by Amber

• Twittering DotMoms Daily

  I'm experimenting with the DotMoms Daily over the holidays. I'm going to begin Twittering parenting headlines as they appear, so you can receive them in a more timely way. If you use Twitter, you can follow DotMoms at http://twitter.com/dotmoms. If... [...]
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  Posted: December 21, 2007, 5:59am EST
  by Julie Moos

• 'Twas the Lights Before Christmas

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  By Anjali Since our first child came into our lives, and since that first child started noticing the other houses in our neighborhood with all their splendid Christmas lights and giant snow globes and blown up characters with cheesy smiles,... [...]
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  Posted: December 19, 2007, 11:27am EST
  by dosninas

• DotMoms Daily: The new Toys 'R Us kids, Letters to Santa, and more

  Photo: Deutsche Post AG, Kay Herschelmann In family-related news: > Study links abortion and preemies (Time) > Many kids may not outgrow milk allergy (Reuters) > Santa to get more than 6 million letters (AP/ABC) > Keeping an eye on... [...]
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  Posted: December 19, 2007, 6:34am EST
  by Julie Moos

• DotMoms Daily: Pregnancy tipovers, Kids' vaccine recall, and more

  Photo: iStock/NPR In family-related news: > Chinese are expecting a new baby boom (WashPost) > Why pregnant women don't tip over (NYTimes) > Obesity linked to infertility in women (WebMD) > Caesarean babies risk more breathing problems (Reuters) > Merck... [...]
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  Posted: December 13, 2007, 5:38am EST
  by Julie Moos

• DotMoms Daily: Sexy families, Leadfree holiday toys, and more

  Photo: Sarah L. Voisin, The Washington Post In family-related news: > Is attractiveness hereditary? (LiveScience/Yahoo) > When adoption goes wrong (Newsweek) > For a few, the more kids the merrier (Time) > Children's mortality drops to historic lows (AFP/Yahoo) >... [...]
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  Posted: December 10, 2007, 6:27am EST
  by Julie Moos

• DotMoms Daily: Teen births, "Push presents," and more

  Photo: Natasha Calzatti, The New York Times In family-related news: > Losing virginity early or late tied to health risks (Reuters/MSNBC) > U.S. teen birth rate rises, reversing 14-year decline (WashPost) > Depression, anorexia, childbirth affect sex life (Reuters) >... [...]
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  Posted: December 06, 2007, 5:22am EST
  by Julie Moos

• DotMoms Daily: "Teddy bear" teacher home, Dinner table deception, and more

  Photo: Ray Ng, Time In family-related news: > New "fertility diet" gives couples hope (Newsweek) > Anorexia risk may start before birth (HealthDay/USN&WR) > More obese women die in childbirth (Reuters/MSNBC) > Smaller babies grow up to be sadder adults... [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2007, 6:26am EST
  by Julie Moos

• DotMoms Daily: Toddler tech toys, Autistic brains, and more

  Photo: Susan Biddle, The Washington Post In family-related news: > Study maps brain abnormalities in autistic children (Reuters) > For toddlers, toy of choice is tech device (NYTimes) > TV, game violence threatens public health (MSNBC) > Program to fight... [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2007, 11:14am EST
  by Julie Moos

• Top 10 things I'm thankful for this holiday season

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  By Amy Heesacker Research has demonstrated that writing down the things you are grateful for on a daily basis can actually make your life happier. The first entry in my new gratitude journal consists of the top 10 things I'm... [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2007, 4:12pm EST
  by amyhee

• DotMoms Daily: Pregnancy imaging, Fit families, and more

  Photo: Mykhailo Markiv, Reuters In family-related news: > Schizophrenia risk may start in womb (WashPost) > Study sees rise in imaging exams for pregnant women (Reuters) > Unhealthy habits put kids at bone-breaking risk (AP/MSNBC) > Does physical activity run... [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2007, 9:01am EST
  by Julie Moos

• DotMoms Daily: Baby names, Healthy school meals, and more

  Photo: AP/MSNBC In family-related news: > How couples decide to try again after losing a young child (Newsweek) > Need a baby name? Consultants are standing by (Christian Science Monitor/ABC) > FDA wants warnings on flu drugs for kids (MSNBC)... [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2007, 5:57pm EST
  by Julie Moos

• Happy Thanksgiving, from our family to yours

  To celebrate how grateful we are for you, our readers, here are some previous holiday hits: Learning to be thankful Still grateful after all these years Everybody's a (food) critic Pumpkin pie perspective Crafting quality time Happy Thanksgiving, this year... [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2007, 5:24am EST
  by Julie Moos

• DotMoms Daily: Losing baby weight, School bus safety, and more

  Photo: AP/CBS In family-related news: > Want to lose that baby weight? Get some sleep (Reuters) > Kid inventors get creative with Bubble Wrap (AP/MSNBC) > Calif. sues Mattel, Toys 'R Us over tainted toys (AP/MSNBC) > Feds spell out... [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2007, 5:18am EST
  by Julie Moos

• DotMoms Daily: Faking it, Holiday toy sales, and more

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  Illustration: Disney-Buena Vista Pictures/Newsweek In family-related news: > Infants of obese mothers have higher mortality risk (Reuters) > Sales of children's cold remedies drop (WashPost) > Is your kid really sick or just faking it? (WebMD/CBS) > Family life may... [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2007, 4:31pm EST
  by Julie Moos

• DotMoms Daily: Mandatory vaccinations, Teens abandon e-mail, and more

  Illustration: Slate.com In family-related news: > Breast milk content may affect child's obesity risk (Reuters) > Diabetes, obesity on rise for children in China (Reuters) > Parents face fines, jail time for failure to immunize (ABC) > Congress passes Head... [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2007, 6:59am EST
  by Julie Moos

• DotMoms Daily: Drinking while pregnant, "Worst toys," and more

  Photo: Bizuayehu Tesfaye, AP/CBS In family-related news: > A few drinks during pregnancy might be OK (Reuters/MSNBC) > Does sex late in pregnancy set off labor? (Slate) > Program helps moms get fussy infants to sleep (Reuters) > Top 10... [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2007, 2:44pm EST
  by Julie Moos

• DotMoms Daily: Timing pregnancy, ADHD brains, and more

  Illustration: NIMH Child Psychiatry Branch, NPR In family-related news: > Planning mommyhood by the numbers (LiveScience/MSNBC) > Babies born 1-3 weeks early have higher death risk (Reuters) > Allergies curb kids' daily activities (WebMD/CBS) > Studies of students say bad... [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2007, 6:55am EST
  by Julie Moos

• DotMoms Daily: "Little-Bang Theory," Thanksgiving travels, and more

  Illustration: Slate.com In family-related news: > U.S. among worst in world for infant death (AP/Yahoo) > The breast and the brightest (Slate) > China confirms poison was on toy beads (NYTimes) Related: Sign up to receive recall e-mails > Skateboarding... [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2007, 5:42am EST
  by Julie Moos

• DotMoms Daily: Anxious pregnancies, Curious George recall, and more

  Image: CPSC, MSNBC In family-related news: > Moms-to-be often anxious, depressed (Reuters) > New mom's NYC Marathon win stirs debate (AP/Yahoo) > Curious George recalled, contaminated with lead (AP/MSNBC) > Atari 2600 inducted into Toy Hall of Fame (AP/MSNBC) >... [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2007, 3:57am EST
  by Julie Moos

• DotMoms Daily: Neverending recalls, "The Antisuburbanites," and more

  In recall-related news: > 405,000 toys recalled in latest lead paint scare (AP/MSNBC) Related: Safety agency issues new batch of toy recalls (Reuters) > 4 million Aqua Dots toys recalled due to date-rape chemical (Reuters) Related: Sleuthing for a danger... [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2007, 5:04am EST
  by Julie Moos

• Bedtime parenting

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  By Anjali I have a confession to make. While many of you parents out there are fretting about transitioning your infant from the bassinet or family bed to a crib, and others are worrying about moving your toddler to a... [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2007, 12:21pm EST
  by dosninas

• DotMoms Daily: Breastfeeding baby benefits, Blogging granny, and more

  Image: Regis Duvignau, Reuters In family-related news: > Gene explains why breastfeeding makes kids smarter (Reuters) > Breastfeeding good for the heart's health (Reuters/MSNBC) > Mental illness in parents tied to higher SIDS risk (Reuters) > Mattel recalls over 172,000... [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2007, 7:02am EST
  by Julie Moos

• DotMoms Daily: TV for toddlers, "Helicopter parents" helpful, and more

  Photo: PBSKids.org In family-related news: > Making the cut (Time) > The littlest big shots: Celebrity kids (NYTimes) > Educational TV for toddlers OK (AP/Yahoo) > Screen violence tied to boys' aggression (Reuters) > Without enough sleep, children gain weight... [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2007, 6:50am EST
  by Julie Moos

• DotMoms Daily: Marathon mom, Autism "epidemic," and more

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  Photo: VCU.edu In family-related news: > Months after giving birth, Radcliffe wins in NYC (AP/MSNBC) Related: Training through pregnancy to be fastest mom (NYTimes) > Olympics push Chinese kids to the max (WashPost) > Who needs preschool? (Newsweek) > Handwriting... [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2007, 6:14pm EST
  by Julie Moos

• DotMoms Daily: Lower-level lead poisoning, Parent-Teacher-Kid conferences, and more

  Photo: Mark and Laura Olmstead, NPR In family-related news: > Lead poisons kids at lower levels than standard (AP/MSNBC) > 'Child prodigy' film revives question: What is art? (NPR) > Kids welcome at parent-teacher conferences (AP/MSNBC) > Schools to get... [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2007, 1:32pm EDT
  by Julie Moos

• DotMoms Daily: Rowling's "Beetle the Bard," Halloween hangover, and more

  In family-related news: > Vietnam's desire for baby boys skews gender (AP/MSNBC) > Breastfeeding protects some children from asthma (Reuters) > Parents playing a bigger part in kids' lives (AP/MSNBC) > Rowling says goodbye to Potter with fairy tales (Reuters)... [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2007, 8:13am EDT
  by Julie Moos

• DotMoms Daily: Allergy anxiety, "Vegetable plagiarism," and more

  Photo: Greg Ruffing / Redux for Newsweek In family-related news: > Caesarean safer for breech-birth baby than for mom (AFP/Yahoo) > Toys 'R' Us recalls 16,000 toys for lead (AP/MSNBC) > Galaxy Warriors toys sold at Family Dollar recalled (Reuters)... [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2007, 11:26am EDT
  by Julie Moos

• DotMoms Daily: Saggy breastfeeders, Misdosing Robitussin, and more

  Photo: Melina Mara, The Washington Post In family-related news: > Blue or pink states: Delivering the vote, then the bundle of joy (WashPost) > Does breastfeeding make breasts sag? (WebMD/CBS) > Robitussin recall sparks new fears about dosing kids (ABC)... [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2007, 7:38am EDT
  by Julie Moos

• DotMoms Daily: Halloween toy recall, Autism screening, and more

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  Image: Kim Kyung-Hoon, Reuters In family-related news: > Knocking yourself up (Newsweek) > Autism screening urged for toddlers by age 2 (AP/MSNBC) Related: Early autism testing -- boon or bane? (ABC) > Compromises sought on kids' health insurance (AP/ABC) >... [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2007, 9:45am EDT
  by Julie Moos

• DotMoms Daily: Home for Halloween, Mother-Daughter reconciliation, and more

  Image: Amazon.com In family-related news: > Trick or treating is not for everyone (AP/CBS) > This Halloween, unarmed Power Rangers, devils without pitchforks (NYTimes) > Are young girls dressing too revealingly? (ABC) > Middle school offering birth control may violate... [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2007, 12:02pm EDT
  by Julie Moos

• Tricks or tarts?

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  By Amy Heesacker As my family and I stood in front of the women's Halloween costume wall at Party City, I tried to imagine myself at our neighbor's kid-friendly Halloween party dressed as the "Sexy Rag Doll." "No, the giant... [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2007, 1:02pm EDT
  by amyhee

• DotMoms Daily: Alexander's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad stay, Tracking recalls, and more

  Image: Amazon.com In family-related news: > Children's sleep needs vary widely (Reuters) > House to test revised children's health bill today (AP/MSNBC) > Sixth-graders put words to their worries after fire (LATimes) > Schools embrace environment and sow debate (NYTimes)... [...]
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  Posted: October 25, 2007, 2:37pm EDT
  by Julie Moos

• DotMoms Daily: When daddy's a better mommy, Donors in diapers, and more

  Image: MSNBC.com In family-related news: > My husband is a better mother (Self/MSNBC) > GI Jane: Some mothers having to choose kids or country (ABC) > Child care workers in NYC vote to unionize (NYTimes) > China told to stop... [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2007, 2:58pm EDT
  by Julie Moos

• DotMoms Daily: Co-sleeping confession, Rowling too chatty, and more

  Image: Salon.com In family-related news: > Shhh... my child is sleeping -- in my bed, um, with me (NYTimes) > Toddlers, docs would get shots first in flu pandemic (AP/MSNBC) > Tests reveal high chemical levels in kids' bodies (CNN)... [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2007, 6:55am EDT
  by Julie Moos

• My not-so-little Little One

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  By Sarah My oldest daughter was 6 pounds, 6 ounces when she was born. My second daughter was 7 pounds, 4 ounces. Despite being almost a pound heavier than her sister had been, we called Adina "Little One." She was... [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2007, 9:53am EDT
  by sarahrachel

• DotMoms Daily: Better babies, Re-reading Dumbledore, and more

  Image: CBS In family-related news: > Building a better baby (CBS) > Greening up baby (WashPost) > "Plumpynut" saves starving children (CBS) > Old enough now to ask how dad died at war (NYTimes) > Sexual misconduct plagues U.S. schools... [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2007, 7:31am EDT
  by Julie Moos

• DotMoms Daily: Cold medicine confusion, Dumbledore gay, and more

  Image: Paul Sakuma, AP In family-related news: > Parents perplexed by cold medicine advice (MSNBC) Related: FDA panel urges ban on kids' cold medicine (NYTimes) > Depression, anxiety tied to allergies in kids (Reuters) > U.S. health experts seek to... [...]
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  Posted: October 20, 2007, 10:18am EDT
  by Julie Moos

• DotMoms Daily: Kids cookbook controversy, parental postpartum depression, and more

  Image: Rudy Archuleta, Time In family-related news: > The power of birth order (Time) > Study focuses on dads' postnatal depression (Sydney Morning Herald) > U.S. House acts on postpartum depression (ABC) > Panel to consider restrictions on youth cold... [...]
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  Posted: October 19, 2007, 11:46am EDT
  by Julie Moos

• DotMoms Daily: Religious vaccination exemptions, bullying behavior, and more

  Image: Lisa Poole, AP In family-related news: > Parents claim religion to avoid vaccines for kids (AP/CBS) > Kids overlooked in super-flu preparations (AP/MSNBC) > Drug-resistant ear infections reported (WebMD/CBS) > Staph infections at schools across the country (NYTimes) >... [...]
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  Posted: October 18, 2007, 3:11am EDT
  by Julie Moos