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I know you have been there.  You are in a public restroom and about to change a diaper, and feel so bad for your baby as you have to lay them down on a cold, hard surface to change their diaper with only a thin, flimsy changing pad between them and the table.  Or you [...]

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Special Beginnings Birth and Women’s Center will host its fall Natural Baby and Child Fair, Sunday, November 16 from 10 am to 4 pm. Local vendors will be on hand to offer their goods, just in time for the holiday season.  It’s also a great opportunity to check out Special Beginnings and its array of [...]

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Waldorf School of Baltimore   Fall 2008 Speakers’ Series  Thursday, November 13, 2008:  7:00pm to 8:30pm    Play = Learning: How Play Motivates Children’s Academic and Social Development  Speaker: Dr. Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, author of the award-winning Einstein Never Used Flash Cards: How Our Children Really Learn and Why They Need to Play More and Memorize Less  [...]

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One of the unexpected joys of motherhood has been the chance to play with toys that are way cooler than the ones I had as a kid. I’m not trying to knock the old Speak n’ Spell, but this holds especially true for so-called educational toys. If the word flashcard gives you flashbacks to multiplication [...]

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ICAN of Baltimore has been around for awhile.  They are a grassroots organization that supports women and families through all areas related to Cesarean births.  They have monthly meetings and this month’s is a good one for all pregnant mamas, or those just curious about a future birth, or have had a c-section in the [...]

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