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How to Lose the Baby Weight While Breastfeeding

For some, the weight gained during pregnancy seems to melt away, for many others that stubborn baby weight sticks around. New motherhood is a time of utter exhaustion. Every second is allotted to caring for your new tiny human, and losing the baby weight may seem tough if you can’t find the time or energy to prepare healthy food or…
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How to deal with difficult family during the holidays

Surviving the Holidays: Dealing with Family at Christmas

Thinking about what embarrassing things Uncle Ben is going to say around the holiday table this year?? Tums and Tylenol won’t help you endure the extra helpings of cold hard sarcasm churned out by your mother in law. If you dread family holidays with your kooked-out clan, you’re not alone. Dealing with family at Christmas can be tricky. Christian Post posted…
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Managing the pain of birth

7 Popular Pain Management Options During Childbirth

Giving birth is no easy thing! What usually scares women most is the fear of the pain. How bad is the pain of childbirth? Can you handle it? What can they give you in the hospital to make it a bit easier? This is a guest post from Liesel from Labor Teen to answer the tough questions about managing pain…
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Easy felt DIY Christmas ornaments

DIY Easy Felt Christmas Ornaments

These little felt Christmas ornaments are so easy to make yourself, but look so elegant and lovely on the tree! They make perfect handmade gifts, or as a way to add a personal touch to your own Christmas tree. Supplies for These Easy DIY Felt Ornament Felt in your favorite color. We love the gray felt. White thread White cord…
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Thanksgiving pumpkin and flower decor. Gorgeous display for fall.

Gorgeous Floral Pumpkin Centerpiece

This gorgeous floral pumpkin centerpiece is perfect for fall and would make any Thanksgiving table shine! The best part, it’s not even all that complicated. Before we get started showing you how to recreate your own centerpiece, here are a few tips to keep in mind. In this tutorial, we used real flowers. When using real flowers I cannot recommend…
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Halloween deviled eggs. These eggs are spooky and fun! A great Halloween appetizer, and those tiny olive spiders are too cute.

Halloween Deviled Eggs: Spider Style

These super cute Spider deviled eggs are perfect for a quick and easy Halloween party appetizer. You can use the recipe below, or use your favorite deviled egg recipe and halloween it up with these olive spiders. Ingredients for Halloween Deviled Eggs: 6 Hard-boiled eggs 18 Whole black olives 4 TBS of Plain yogurt 1/2 TSP Mustard paprika (optional) salt & pepper…
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