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Life with Twins! Your guide to twice the happiness and sanity!

Life with Twins! Your Guide to (twice the) Happiness and Sanity

Twins! Twice the excitement, the enjoyment, the diapers, the sleepless hours and unsolicited advice. If you are expecting or have twins, you have heard all the comments from (well-meaning) strangers, relatives and your mother-in-law! I figured that you might be tired of hearing the same commentary View Post

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20 Life Lessons Brought to You by Narcolepsy

20 Life Lessons Brought to You by Narcolepsy

Dear Narcolepsy, Thank you for waking me up! You reared your ugly head and made my life so miserable that I was forced to make drastic changes. Wrangling this dragon for the past 10 years has taught me countless things about myself, life and managing a chronic medical condition. The lessons I View Post

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Expert Advice: Get your toddler to sleep like a baby.

Expert Sleep Advice: Get Your Toddler to Sleep Like a Baby!

I introduced you to Melissa from The Cradle Coach earlier this week when she answered your questions from my Facebook page. I am now sharing the rest of the sleep questions that you, the readers asked. Melissa, our sleep expert will have your toddler sleeping like a baby in no time! You will learn View Post

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Help Your Baby Sleep Longer & Self-Soothe – Without Tears

Last month I posted the following on Facebook: “If you could ask an expert in children's sleep one question - what would it be?” A number of you shared your questions and concerns, which surprisingly (or maybe not so surprisingly) were along the same lines: "How can I help my baby sleep longer?" and View Post

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Happiness is NOT Narcolepsy

Happiness is NOT Narcolepsy

The kids are asleep - fast asleep. I am not... but I will be soon. Today was a good day, today I focused on the kids and left the garage stuffed with unpacked boxes. Today I relaxed a little - after a few weeks of stressing over this, that and the other thing. Stress is not good for the body. Stress View Post

Filed Under: Health, Narcolepsy, Our Life, Special Needs Tagged With: Happiness, health, narcolepsy, Sleep, special needs

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