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The first reaction to early sign of pregnancy is disbelief, joy followed by a feeling of uncertainty. A visit to the doctor and a blood test is the only way to confirm your pregnancy. Early pregnancy tests are very reliable and even show the accurate results of a 2-week-old embryo. Before [...]
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How many times have you shown up to a doctor’s appointment and been handed a stack of multi-colored double sided forms to fill out? You scan the information and realize that you don’t necessarily remember when you had your tonsils out as a child or the name of the medicine that caused [...]
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Selecting a Home Care Facility entails more than just scanning directories and local advertising media. An accurate assessment of the living conditions of an assisted living facility requires a well contemplated and painstaking approach that goes beyond services and amenities.
Your selection method can be likened to your experience when you first [...]
What makes grandparenting hard? Given all of the pleasures that this stage in life brings (see April 2006 MFC Newsletter), what would be difficult about grandparenting? I’ve heard several answers to this question and they all relate to FEAR.
One woman told me that grandparenting is hard because “I don’t want to impose.” [...]
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AN OPEN LETTER FROM EVERY CHILD
DEAR MOM, DAD OR GUARDIAN,
I love you, and I know that you want to be the best parent that you can be. I am very sensitive, and I can feel your warmth, your caring, and your heart’s desire to see me happy, healthy and successful in all [...]
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Almost every parent has heard of the RSV virus. RSV stands for Respiratory Syncytial Virus. It has gotten a lot of attention because of its potential effect on infants. Deaths have been reported in infants who have contracted this illness. That is enough to scare any parent. [...]
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Seems these days there are more children being diagnosed with Autism or Aspbergers Syndrome. In both of these situations a family can be in it for the long haul. Neither of these will the child just get cured, however they will learn to deal with certain situations [...]
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Keeping a steady and a balanced diet during your pregnancy is crucial to your health and that of your baby. Your eating habits have to change during your pregnancy. But how can you make sure that you’re eating everything you should while not gaining too much weight in the process?
During your pregnancy you [...]
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Remember this old joke? It takes place in the Garden of Eden.
Eve, looks at Adam and asks, “Do you love me, Adam?”
Adam raises his eyebrows and replies, “Who else?”
Who else, indeed? So is the reality for the “only child”. From our earliest memories, we were aware [...]