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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Moms Talk: Surviving Six More Weeks of Winter

Are you and the kids already tired of winter? Here are three freebie activities that may tide you over until spring. What are your favorite freebies?

Moms Talk is a new feature on Fridley Patch that is part of a new initiative on  Patch sites to reach out to moms and families. Fridley Patch invites you and your circle of friends to help build a community of support for mothers and their families. Each week in Moms Talk, a Moms Council of experts and smart moms will take your questions, give advice and share solutions. Moms, dads, grandparents and the diverse families who make up our community will have a new resource for questions about local neighborhood schools, the best pediatricians, 24-hour pharmacies and the thousands of other issues that arise while raising children. Moms Talk will also be the place to drop in for a talk about hot topics in parenting. Do you know local moms …

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Two Kids, No Sleep: Taking Comfort in the Smallest Victories

A work-at-home mom does two jobs simultaneously—and neither includes a lunch break.

The happiest day of 2010 for me was the day that our new son was born. The happiest day of 2011?  The day he finally slept all night without somebody having to hold him. It never occurred to me that the littlest things, like actually sleeping in the same bed at the same time for the first time in more than six weeks, would become such huge victories. But life has completely changed after having our second child, and in ways we never really expected. No one tells you that two kids isn't really twice the work, that it somehow magnifies by a power of 10 or 20. That naps are never going to mesh correctly, and one child is almost always awake at any given moment.  There is no hand-off or quiet moment.  One kid will always be screaming, just as …

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