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Magic Sleepsuit Giveaway!

Remember the Magic Sleepsuit? Let's see if this helps refresh your memory: Baby Merlin's Magic Sleepsuit was invented by Maureen Howard, a pediatric physical therapist and a mother of four. It was designed for babies who are approximately 3 months of age and have been swaddled, but are beginning to grow out of that stage. The Magic Sleepsuit provides babies with the cozy and secure sleep environment that they became so accustomed to with swaddling. It aids in making a positive transition into that spacious crib, and promotes back sleeping which all mothers know is the best sleep position for reducing the risk of SIDS. We first purchased  the Magic Sleepsuit when Claire was going through her "four-month wakeful" period — only napping 30...

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Real-Life Snail Mail

This is too stinkin' cute not to post. Vicki Isley and Paul Smith, researchers at UK’s Bournemouth University, have decided to take the term "snail mail" literally and created an email delivery service called Real Snail Mail. Real Snail Mail is a web service that uses live snails to deliver email. The delivery could take years; as a matter of fact the average delivery time is 615 days, 15 hours, 37 minutes and 27 seconds. How does it work? According to their website: Our snails are equipped with a miniaturised electronic circuit and antenna, enabling them to be assigned messages. Your message is collected from a despatch centre at one end of their enclosure. Once associated with the tiny electronic chip on the snail's shell...

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Geek Zodiac

I don't put much stock in astrology or zodiacs, but I gotta give some cred to this geek zodiac, created by James Wright and designed by Josh Eckert. (Click to view large) And because the fine print is a bit difficult to read: † This is not to say that Ninja and Samurai are the same, only that they tend to appear around the same time and often in the same stories. And yes, Jedi Knight falls under this category (but depending on your reading, Han Solo would be either Pirate or Treasure Hunter). * Also includes those who hunt the undead. ** “Desenrascanço (loosely translatable as “disentanglement”) is a Portuguese word used, in common language, to express an ability to solve a problem without...

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Are Two Girls the Best?

People often ask us how many kids we plan on having, and our answer is: "It depends." J and I made a deal before we got married. J wants lots of kids. Like, enough for a full soccer team. ("But I'll settle for a basketball team," he says. :roll: ) I was never sure if I wanted kids, but if I were to procreate I thought that two would be a nice number, the reason being that one would be too easy to spoil and three would be too much for me to handle. So we compromised. Since I would be the primary caretaker of the kids, we would aim for two. But if they were the same sex, we will...

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