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breastfeeding in Addison County (a guest post)

This summer, MiniBury will be sharing stories, adventures and helpful ideas from local guest bloggers. If you’d like to participate, email us your ideas anytime! Today, guest blogger Gillian MacMurtry, a Registered Dietitian (MS RD) at the Middlebury Department of Health, shares information about breastfeeding in Vermont. She’s included tons of helpful resources and links for new and seasoned moms!  […]

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good read

Have you read this yet? We read, How to Talk to Little Girls, by Lisa Bloom the other day and it gave us pause. How many times have we said, “I love your dress!” or “you’re so cute!” when meeting a little girl (or boy for that matter)? The short answer, a lot. “What’s wrong

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Required Summer Reading

With the summer season upon us, everyone should read this. Drowning is the number two cause of accidental death in children, age 15 and under (just behind vehicle accidents), so please take three minutes of your time today and read about what drowning really looks like. Also, consider watching the video link at the bottom of the article

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we want you!

Are you a… parent? grandma? caregiver? expecting parent? writer? …or a human with access to a computer? MiniBury looking for help this summer! July and August are busy months for our family so we’re looking for guest writers for this blog. There are very few requirements for each post; we just ask that the writing is family

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Letter Carriers’ Food Drive

This Saturday, May 11ᵗʰ marks the 21st anniversary of one of America’s great days of giving — the National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. Each year on the second Saturday in May, letter carriers across the country collect from our customers non-perishable food donations. These donations go directly to local food

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seeking donations

A local representative of the Betasab Global Family Initiative is seeking donations of gently used or new children’s clothing and shoes for boys and girls aged 3-12. The Betasab Global Family Initiative is a locally founded non-profit NGO, which provides group family homes to orphaned and vulnerable children, a school support program for local at-risk children and

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bedtime math

You probably know by now that you’re supposed to read to your kids every day and since you’re a rock star parent obviously you do. But did you also know that incorporating math on a daily basis is equally important? Enter Bedtime Math, “making math a fun part of kids’ everyday lives.” Now we realized that

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