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Dr. Dolgoff’s Weigh – #KidsWeigh Twitter Party, WIN Prizes!

With childhood obesity reaching an all time high across the country, many parents struggle with how to help their children maintain a healthy weight with proper nutrition. Dr. Joanna Dolgoff, the official doctor of Camp Shane and a board certified pediatrician, has created Dr. Dolgoff’s Weigh, a traffic-light system that allows kids to learn which foods are healthiest without counting calories. To spread the word about her site and program, Dr. Weigh, is sponsoring a Wii Fit...

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TriDerma MD Eczema Fast Healing cream

My 10 year old son Zachary has a severe eczema problem. He was basically born with it. He used to itch his poor baby head so much that it would bleed all over the crib. So we always had to cover his hands with mittens so he would be able to itch so much. He was a very fussy baby too, and hardly wanted to be held. I used to feel so badly for him because he would just cry and cry and itch and itch. It was awful. Sometimes I would cry along with him, as I felt like a helpless mommy. I started...

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Sum Sum Summertime Sports Season

“As a parent, how do you encourage and reinforce the positive aspects of youth sports?” - As a mommy of 4 children, 3 of which are old enough to be in summer sports programs, sometimes I find it rough to encourage my kids to be involved, because it means me being a moms taxi and taking them all around. BUT, I still encourage them to try some sports. There is a really great program at our YMCA that is a sports mixer. Where every week during the summer they get a sampling of a new...

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Keep Your Kids Safe During Baseball Season

Hi I’m CraftyMamaof4 and I’m here because recently my friend Beth from Plus Size Mommy asked me to help her with some reviews since her blog got swallowed up by a bad code and she was really far behind! I was really pleased when she passed on a McDavid Hexpad chest protector for my 10 year old to try. Right now we are deep into baseball in the Crafty Shack my 10 year old plays on the in house team as well as the traveling tournament team. He has been bugging me for years to play...

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My Weight Loss Battle

My weight loss battle started when I was about 7 years old. It might have been earlier but age 7 is when I can recall knowing I was overweight. How I realized this ? I remember my best friend being so skinny and being able to do flips and things on the school playground that I was unable to do. She was in second grade and I was in first. I was so jealous of how skinny she was and all she was able to do. I was also a dancer, I love dancing school. I was in tap, ballat, acrobat, and jazz. So I...

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