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Why our 4-year-old is still rear-facing in his car seat

I read all the research.  Broken legs over broken necks.  I chose to do extended rear facing with our little one before it became the law to keep your itty bittys looking back at the horizon until they turn 2.  But when our oldest turned 3, started preschool and became a big brother, we flipped him around.  We introduced him to a whole new world of backseat driving.  We let his legs freely dangle. And then we were in a…

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Family Living

To the Nice Man I Met on our Morning Walk

To the nice man I met on our morning walk: I apologize for acting extremely stand-offish, and dismissive…but you make me nervous (and not in a good way).  I’m sure you are a very nice man.  You are probably…

Family

It only takes a second…

Today I almost had a heart attack.  Like for real.  Ok, not an actual heart attack, but my son did scare the sugar out of me.   It was one of those days when you think, “hey, I’ve got…