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Fredericksburg Parent & Family

March 2023

5 Teething Tips to Comfort Your Baby—and You!

Mar 27, 2023 08:07AM ● By Rhiannon Ellis

Sleepless nights, endless diaper changes, a constantly evolving feeding schedule—parenting a newborn is no joke! But of all the normal developmental stages babies go through, teething can...

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Exploring Messick's Farm

Mar 22, 2023 07:22PM ● By Matthew Jones

Last week my 5-year-old son Benny asked me, “When can we go back to the place with the big slides? The one where you ride on a carpet?” It took some questioning to get him to elaborate, but I...

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“Nelson Beats the Odds” by Ronnie Sidney

Mar 20, 2023 05:21AM ● By Lenora Kruk-Mullanaphy

Instilling confidence in children, encouraging a love of reading and possessing a heightened level of social awareness are some of the most important lessons for youngsters to learn, and now all...

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15 Types of Side Hustles to Earn Extra Money

Mar 17, 2023 05:00AM ● By Cheryl Maguire

When my youngest child entered first grade, the questions began.“Are you going back to work now that your kids are in school all day?” “What will you do for six hours when your kids are in...

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Checks and Balances

Mar 15, 2023 07:17AM ● By Nikki Ducas

  Are checks becoming obsolete? From my personal experience, there are only four people/businesses that I had to put pen to checkbook for in 2022. This doesn’t mean I don’t write checks or need to...

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Dad as a Doornail

Mar 08, 2023 05:00AM ● By Matthew Jones

Having kids makes you consider your own mortality in a different light. Now if you were to keel over, there are these little people that depend on you that would be left high and dry. You may not...

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5 Easy Tricks to Make Grocery Shopping Less of a Hassle

Mar 07, 2023 07:18AM ● By Debra Caffrey

Unpopular opinion here: I love to grocery shop! I know most folks dread the task, but for me, the grocery store can be my happy place where I tend to decompress and focus on food rather than what...

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Carl’s Frozen Custard

Mar 06, 2023 05:09AM ● By Lenora Kruk-Mullanaphy

Residents and visitors to the Fredericksburg area are fortunate to have a wide variety of choices when it comes to tasty sweets. In fact, Fredericksburg Parent & Family magazine’s 2022 Family...

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The Real New Year Begins

Mar 02, 2023 08:23AM ● By Chris Jones

For most of my adult life, I've never understood why New Year's Day fell in January when all of the newness happens in March. To me, having the start of a brand-new year should be at the same time...

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