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Check out this article from About.com to find out some great ways to build those gross motor skills.

The time is coming – your child will soon be asking you to go into a big kid bed! Well, about.com has an article with tips to help you along the way.

OK. School is IN. So what does that mean…lots of kids and lots of colds.  Here is an article from About.com to help us figure out what is what!

Top New Picks for Babies and Toddlers
Some of the Best New Music for the Youngest Listeners
By Warren Truitt, About.com Guide

Music for babies and toddlers should include recognizable songs, easy-to-remember lyrics and tunes, well-enunciated words, and lullabies. These six CDs are great examples of music that is appropriate for the youngest listener, and represent some of the best new music for babies and toddlers. They are all recent releases and are readily available online.

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Teaching your children table manners, by Amanda Rock at About.com

You know your preschooler wasn’t raised in a barn but how do you convey that to anyone that eats with her? Chewing with his mouth open, eating with her hands, burping, the list goes on and on. It’s no wonder that dinner time in many houses where an under-5 year-old lives becomes a cringe-worthy event for most parents. The good news is, teaching your preschooler manners is not a difficult proposition.

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How to Stop an Interrupting Child
Teaching Your Child to Be Patient So You Can Get a Word in Edgewise
By Amanda Rock, About.com Guide

The house is quiet. Your preschooler just had lunch and went to the bathroom, and is now happily coloring away. It’s the perfect time to pick up the phone and make a few phone calls. Right? Ha. Any parent can tell you that the scenario described above almost always leads to one thing — the second you get absorbed in your call, you will soon find your child at your feet, tugging at your shirt, interrupting what you are doing.

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Survive Shopping with Small Kids
Get Your Shopping Done and Save Your Sanity
By Michelle Kouzmine, About.com Guide

I know just how you feel, embarrassed, desperate, ready to jump into the closest, deepest hole. You look around and see other people happily shopping with their well behaved kid while yours loses it after the first 15 minutes in any store.

Click here for an article to help you figure out the best ways to shop with your kids for back to school stuff!