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I have been following hisboyscanswim.com for about 8 months now. I discovered the blog while I was pregnant with Pinkie Pie & Jane was pregnant with Monkey (I loved the name of the blog too!).
Not only did I follow the blog because Jane & I were going through the same stuff, I thought their posts [...]

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Mommyfriend is a new find for me.  I recently joined  Network for Wives where I found Mommyfriend.com highlighted by it’s creator, Lori.  You are drawn in by the tagline “…finding perfection in imperfection daily” and you are not disappointed from there. 
Lori creates a really fun feel, has a light and open format and I find her writing style witty and honest.  [...]

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You may have heard of a program we do once a month here on the Graco blog, called “Monthly Nods.” We love this program because we enjoy getting to call out some of our old favorites and new discoveries in the blogging world. Our team is constantly out there reading and trying to keep up with [...]

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Donna Donnelly – The Breakup That Hurts More Than Anything: Getting Dumped By Your Babysitter – The Storked Blog
Did you ever have someone breakup with you? How terrible was it? Now imagine it’s your babysitter!!! The Storked Blog page at Glamour.com had an interesting post this month discussing the dreaded end of babysitter relationships. Finding [...]

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Karen Hartzell – The one where I take the wrong kid to the pediatrician – Peapod Squad Stuff
This post just made me laugh! A, because I love a good family similar to Everbody Loves Raymond other than my own. (Yes, I do believe I am married to a man bearing a remarlably similar personality to [...]

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Amy Trice – Goodbye Beach – Scary Mommy
My August Nod goes to Scary Mommy’s “Goodbye Beach” (inspired by Goodnight Moon). It is a sweet farewell to summer and summer vacation.
Heidi Parker – Nine Months to Life - Anti-Maternity Wear
I can absolutely relate to Sarah’s post here because I’m right at the point of my normal clothes [...]

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Lindsay Lebresco – Break Out the Kleenex, It’s the BlogHer 09′ Community Keynote – BlogHer
So if you were here earlier this week perhaps you heard read me go on and on about the BlogHer Community Keynote.  Guess what? I’m going to do it again. This time I’m going to Nod all the keynoters because I [...]

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As many of our readers know, we do something here on the Graco blog called “Monthly Nods.” It’s a little program that allows all of the Graco contributors to choose a favorite post they discovered over the last month and share it with our readers.  We think it’s fun, our readers seem to enjoy when [...]

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A couple of folks submitted their nods to me this month and they were actually for blogs/bloggers we’d previously  nodded.  And perhaps those bloggers deserve double recognition, but I like to spread the wealth Problem is, maybe we don’t know you’re out there!  If you have a parenting blog that you think is [...]

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I love reading through all the nod posts when they are “submitted” to me by all of our contributors. I’ve often discovered new blogs this way and there are some great ones this month. A couple left me in tears, some made me laugh but they always remind me about the privilege of parenting. Our [...]

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