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tess | lactation cookies?

February 25, 2010

are there really cookies that can help increase milk production? Many women who breastfeed worry about the challenge of keeping their milk supply high enough to meet baby’s needs. For most of these mothers, simply increasing the frequency of feedings, or adding some pumping after the feedings, will provide enough added stimulation to build plenty [...]

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meet gena kirby

January 19, 2010

We at Happy Hour Mom are excited to welcome our newest contributor, Gena Kirby, to the HHM family. Her resume is impressive (you can check out the details on her About Page) and her personal experiences and refreshing sense of honesty make her blog informative AND entertaining. Here is the latest article Gena shared on [...]

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welcome our new happy hour mom contributor | martha-marie

November 30, 2009

Hello, Hello, I am Martha-Marie. I’m so excited to join the HHM family. What I will be doing is writing about beauty. From skin care, make-up, the latest treatments and small tips to keep you looking like the most fabulous mom. I am the mother of 2 boys, and as girly as I am they [...]

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amber | you’ve got mail

October 27, 2009

Okay, so I was reading my Happy Hour Mom newsletter earlier this week and I came across the article highlighting a mass email. Now I have to admit, it was quite funny, but it did not change my opinion on mass emails. I get the idea of sending cute, inspirational, hilarious little messages to brighten [...]

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dana | blended family challenges – how to overcome the expected and the unexpected

September 4, 2009

I’m not a trained psychologist, I’m not a self proclaimed expert – I’m just a California mom who blended two families into one. My research is not based on hundreds of families across the country or a University study – it’s simply what has been successful for my blended family as I’ve gone through this [...]

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dana | home remedies for athlete’s foot

September 1, 2009

A friend of mine was complaining to me a few days ago that he had a really bad case of athlete’s foot and that the over the counter spray stuff just wasn’t working. I remember over the years it happening to me a few times and I started thinking I wish I had some home [...]

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dana | school bells are ringing

August 28, 2009

It’s that time of year again as summer winds down and Labor Day week-end nears. The days are getting a bit shorter, NFL football pre-season has started, the night time temps are getting more bare-able….Ah! it’s back to school time once again. Now for school age kids who’ve had fun running in the sun all summer with [...]

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hhm contributor carolyn | know your because

August 17, 2009

It will be only moments into parenthood or pregnancy, for that matter, when you will be faced with an interminable string of questions from friends and family (and sometimes even strangers) about your earliest parenting decisions; birthing, naming, feeding, sleeping. Just when you think you’ve answered them all a whole new crop will come along. [...]

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