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  • Calling all guys your needed here!!!!!!!?

    Singles & Dating - 4 hours ago

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    ok so I always have guy friends but never a boyfriend. Well I have but it's been a long time since I Had one. So how do I get a guy friend to ask me out? or just any guy for that matter
  • my granda passed away so suddenly!!!!......................?

    Family - 4 hours ago

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    i am very sad now....i feel like .......... i am useless anyone can help me to cheer up before i go berserk...........T.T it happened when my grandpa talked to me.. i ask him he wan durian.. he blinked his eye and.......... left this world..............................................
  • How to deal with nights like tonight?

    Singles & Dating - 6 hours ago

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    Perhaps I've seen one to many horror movies about a teen girl home alone but im genuinly scared right now. Im only 14 but my mom lives an hour away and my dad works nights! He started working nights like during the summer but i was never worried because i was always 1 mile away from my grandparents and my aunt so i knew they could be here in a matter of minutes. either that or on nights he had to work i'd just spend the night with them. But tonight my dad wont be back for hours and my aunt is out of town and my grandparents went out to eat with some long lost relatives ( i was not invited ) so im very paranoid as you can tell. Every noise freaks me out (which there are many because even though its the country i live in a busy neighborhood. how do i deal with this? all my family is either at dinner 30 min away and no where near ready to finish, out of town on buisness or (my moms side of the family) lives 4 states away!! IM ONLY 14!!! I talked to my dad but he wont work days so i have to deal with it but my aunt is a cop and this city isnt exactly safe so please help me!!! How do i get through the night without being scared?
  • am i pretty!?!?!?!?!?

    Singles & Dating - 6 hours ago

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    seriously, im having a crisis, if i spelled it right....i need well, actually ANYBODYS opinion, if this was a desent pic of me, do u guys think im pretty, if u dont, what can i do to change that!?!?!?!?!
  • Do ladies get turned on by a guy with a deep voice or is that all myth?

    Singles & Dating - 6 hours ago

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  • How to spice up sex life?

    Other - Family & Relationships - 7 hours ago

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    What are ways to spice up sex life? Im trying to learn and experiment different stuff...suggestions anyone?
  • Please read this poem that I made about my dad?

    Family - 7 hours ago

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    Hi, Please read my poem - I know that it's long. However, it would be greatly appreciated i you can tell me what you think of it. (Please not that I am almost eighteen years old) It’s been so long since our family fell apart. I’ll never forget the damage that you punctured into my heart. All the grief, the misery, and the darkness that you put me through and how you never cared what I wanted to do. Now that you have a new family, suddenly now you decide to care. Words are only words that I only hear, but the truth is that you’re never there. You never saw the development of the woman that I became today. You only remember the bad choices that I made. But still, you want me back in your life just to please your new daughter and your wife. I’m sure that you never told them how you made my life burn like fire and how you tried to persuade me of throwing away my true desires. So, I can be daddy’s perfect picture. My heart will always remain pure, unlike yours who destroyed every hope that I had in you. Good luck to you trying to pretend to your baby girl that you’re a perfect dad. Honey, he’ll only tear your heart apart and at the end at of the day he will only see the bad. He’ll leave you crying in the corner full of misery and then he’ll try to convince you that he will change. Dad, it’s always the same. The games you play, the lies that slip out of your mouth and how you smile with that evil grin. You’re such a disappointment in my eyes, and I can count how many times you commuted sin. I’m better off now with out you holding my hand, because you were never there after all. You only watched every time someone punched me into the wall. Saying that I should do better, and you only let me down. I only hoped that one day that you would come around, to tell me that you are proud. We can’t rewrite history, and you can’t fixed the damage in my heart. Because you made me feel worthless, and that I can never end what I started. After everything that you put me through, I’m glad that I never put my faith in you.
  • My brother's wife got mad at me about a "Facebook" entry. Please Read?

    Friends - 7 hours ago

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    Okay, I am friends with brothers wife on facebook, my brother's wife name is Bridget and she is from Belize. Now, someone she knows asked for my friendship, when I notice it was one of her friends I trusted the source and accepted the friend which was a male. I am single and have already raised my daughter who is know 22years old. For some reason I thought she (Bridget) told him to be-friend me. Well, anyway the guy made a comment on my picture saying "Nice Picture" and I responded saying Thanks, & how are you related to my sis Bridget. Well, before he could even respond, she (Bridget) calls me and says: "If you want to be his friend, then be his friend, don't question our relationship, I don't go around on your friends asking: How are they related to you" Well, I was soo furious, because the question I ask him was just a conversation starter. And wasn't even like I really wanted to know how they were related, I just wanted to break the ice and start conversation with him. I didn't appreciate Bridget Tone and just hung up the phone, I really wanted to start cussing her out but I didn't. Then I went to Facebook and deleted her and this other guy as friend. What do you think, Was I wrong or was she wrong?. She keep calling me back, and she told my dad how I didn't have to hang up like a fool. Right Now, I am still mad and need to calm down because I didn't think she would go there. Its funny how you think things will turn out one way but it turns out to go LEFT
  • Do you know somone who you've tried your hardest to be friends with, but they still find a way to insult you?

    Friends - 8 hours ago

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    What would you do in a situation like that? Thank you, Jaguar. It's like, I really don't wanna argue with this person either. I honestly don't know why they would do that...
  • Ladies; what do you think about Metalheads?

    Singles & Dating - 8 hours ago

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    I'm curious how the "normal" (God, I hate that word) girls/women think about guys like me? I know a lot of people might picture a sweaty beer drinking, bearded guy with long hair when they think about metalheads. Now I don't know about the sweaty part, I do drink beer, but I have neither long hair nor a beard. Im asking this because I do get womens' attention somehow, from a distance at least, but beyond that nothing much ever happens, lol. I must say, i'm an introvert guy, not really shy or anything, at least, not once I get to know you, I'm just a bit laid back when it comes to first contact. Is there like, something that repels you from approaching us or something? Do you have some sort of preconceptions? I really am curious, because quite frankly, the thought of just walking up to a girl and asking her makes me crap my pants x) I know a few dozen metalheads besides myself and most of them don't take drugs, but ok.
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Breastfeeding moms: If mama ain't happy and well-nourished

Posted Mon, May 25, 2009
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Women can be a bit cagey when it comes to discussing the pleasures of eating, so it's refreshing to come across a writer/mom like Annemarie Tempelman-Kluit who pulls no punches when it comes to describing how robust her appetite became once she started breastfeeding:

"Gone were the days of eating mindfully and savouring the taste of food; instead I discovered I could cram en entire muffin into my mouth, that yogurt was as good eaten straight from the container, and that I could eat cheese and crackers, talk on the phone, and rock a fussy baby all at the same time," she writes in her book about eating well while you're breastfeeding.

And why shouldn't new moms make a point of nourishing themselves with the healthiest, most nutritious food they can dish up? Odds are you're already missing out on sleep. Do you really want to skimp on nutrients at the same time? Of course you don't. So get some help from Annemarie.

Healthy Mum, Happy Baby (Random House Canada, 2007) is a mom-friendly guide to postpartum nutrition. The focus of this friendly and helpful book (which consists of recipes, breastfeeding information, and kitchen how-to's) is on showing you that there's more to postpartum dining than ordering take-out and/or scavenging for frozen leftovers.

Also on the breastfeeding front, here's a stat worth noting:
according to Statistics Canada, the percentage of mothers who breastfeed for six months or longer has risen to 28 percent (from 20 percent) since Canada extended its maternity and parental leave provisions in 2001.

More breastfeeding news and resources:

Breastfeeding a Boon to Mom's Heart

Apology to UK Mom Over Pool Ban

The Top Ten Reasons to Hire a Doula

 

WHAT'S YOUR TAKE: What is your best advice on staying healthy and nourished as a new mom?

 

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  • 1. Posted by michezaza on Fri, May 29, 2009

    Frozen meals and dinners are one thing, but a huge challenage is eating during the day when you're alone. Substantial snacks that can be eaten with one hand and foods that are safe to eat with baby in arms are huge (no soup and nothing that requires cutting!).

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  • 2. Posted by annieatthelake on Fri, May 29, 2009

    I agree that nutrition is important if you are a breastfeeding mom. I also think despite the increases in our breastfeeding rates that we have far to go. Almost all women initiate breastfeeding in Canada, but many of them stop long before the recommended 6 months of exclusive breastfeeding and continued nursing along with complementary foods for 2 years or beyond. Unfortunately, one of the rumors out there about breastfeeding is that if you do not have a perfect diet, then your milk will not be good enough. Moms worry that if they don't eat well, perhaps they should give formula instead. However, that isn't true. Your body will give the nutrients to the baby first and unless you are severely malnourished, breastmilk will still be better than formula.

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