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School Break Camps: Open Thread

Do your kids go to school break camps during winter and spring school vacations? With day care, you usually don’t have to worry — just send them to your regular provider. But parents of school-age kids need to find an alternative child care situation. Good sources for information about school break camps include local parent magazines and websites, and…

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Classic Washable Wednesday: Ponté Keyhole Sheath Dress

Ponte Sheath Dress: Lands' End Ponte Keyhole Sheath DressThis well-reviewed, machine-washable dress is on sale in all its iterations at Lands’ End, which include solid colors, prints, and a jacquard version. The dress is available in regular, plus, tall, and petite sizes, although almost all of the options are down to lucky sizes right now. It’s $24-29 at Lands’ End (was $79-99). Lands’ End Ponté Keyhole Sheath Dress

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Classic Nursing Tuesday: Nursing Camisole

Undercover Mama’s popular nursing tank boasts that it can “make any shirt a nursing shirt,” and its solid Amazon rating — 4.4 out of 5 stars from 1,400+ reviews — shows that it does the job well. It’s available in 15 colors in sizes XS-XXXL (although XXXL only is available in black, and XL somehow got listed both as “Extra Large” and “X-Large” with…

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Feeding Tuesday: Everyday Child’s Mug

Wait a minute: Ceramic, breakable mugs for little kids? I know, it doesn’t sounds like a great idea, but bear with me! The summer my son turned four, I was getting tired of plastic cups of milk and juice always getting tipped over at dinnertime — they’re unbreakable, which is nice, but not heavy enough to withstand accidental…

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Body Image As a Mom

Kate and I were discussing the troubling issue of body image as a mom — even if you get back to your old “size,” what do you do when you just feel different in your skin, or when you feel like your shape has fundamentally changed? Kate generously offered to share her thoughts in more…