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- Christmas Wrapped: How to ratchet down holiday gift-giving stressYesterday
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The final extracurricular project I'm part of is a holiday-themed FM/Target collaboration. A bunch of FM authors (including me) are contributing their stories and tips for simplifying the holiday season. The result? Christmas Wrapped.
While I may not be qualified to dispense advice about Christmas gifting (my family celebrates Hanukkah), that doesn't stop me from suggesting a few ideas for stemming the holiday madness in my first post: How to ratchet down holiday gift-giving stress.
Note: Like the other FM collaborations I've done, the project is sponsored, but the content is independent. In some cases, you'll see ads on Parent Hacks pointing to these projects, but I'm never paid to directly promote a particular product or brand (FM never asks me to, nor would I consider it in any other venue).
- Amazon Friday sale: Huggies diapers and wipes (that's it?!)Yesterday
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So here I was hoping the Amazon Friday sale
would be packed with Parenthacker-ish goodies for your holiday gift-giving delight, but I'm not seeing it. Just some measley Huggies diapers and wipes on sale (useful, but still, where's the fun?).
Well, there's always next week (or the week after -- it's Thanksgiving after all!).
- links for 2008-11-20November 20
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Invaluable.
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- The MomSpeak: My favorite new Web site: Simple MomNovember 20
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Simple Mom! Are you there? In the back? Raise your hand and wave so everyone can see you in all of your brilliance. Please give her a hand, ladies and gentleman. She's about to make your life a whole lot better. [Rousing applause]
In my next post on The MomSpeak, I elaborate upon why Simple Mom is my new favorite Web site.
- Yucky-tasting medicine goes down easier with a chaser of flavoring syrupNovember 20
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Amanda found a way to make medicine a little less distasteful for her kids:
My kids have been sick all fall-- finally they were prescribed Augmentin, which apparently tastes "gross and nasty." It was too late to go back and have it flavored, and the price of the prescription is way to much to just get another bottle. Then it occurred to me that I could measure out the dosage, and then add a half an eyedropper full of vanilla flavored coffee syrup to the medicine. I get ours at Target to use in warm milk for special treats, so it wasn't as if I had to buy a whole bottle of it just for making the medicine go down. Both kids lapped it up. Yay!
Working off this hack, I'm thinking maple syrup, honey, or even a sugar cube would work as well.
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