Before I became a parent, my idea of being “a regular” meant the waitstaff knew my name. Oh how limited was my view of the world! These days I’m racking up a lot of experience at playgroups, storytimes, and open gyms. At these places, being “a regular” means I know where to change a […]
School’s out the week of February 19. What are you going to do with the kids? Here are some of the organizations offering vacation camp this year: Know about a camp we missed? Shoot us an email and we’ll add it to this list. Actor’s Playshop Camp for Kids Cornwall Town Hall • grades 1-6 •
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If you’re in downtown Middlebury in December, keep your eyes peeled for tiny holiday chickens hidden in 10 store windows. Find them all and you’ll be entered to win $100 in Middlebury Money, or to win the chickens — miniature framed original illustrations by children’s author Ashley Wolff — themselves. Check out the contest rules and
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The Difference Between Food Sensitivities, Food Intolerance, and Food Allergies: IgG food sensitivities are different from IgE food allergies in several important ways. Food sensitivities are developed, are often symptomatically easier to tolerate (which is also a reason that they go undiagnosed), and they can be reversed. IgE food allergies are often something children are
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(The first in a series of articles on the health and wellness of children.) Does your baby have a persistent diaper rash with excoriated skin that just won’t heal, even with prescription diaper creams? Does your child get chronic ear infections, mucus, or coughing? Does she have premature or uncontrollable acne, psoriasis, or eczema? Or
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If a picture paints a thousand words, than a picture by Jason Chin paints a million. Jason Chin is the author and illustrator of the acclaimed books Gravity, Island: A Story of the Galapagos, Redwoods and Coral Reefs and he illustrated Water is Water, by Miranda Paul. He lives in Vermont with his wife, also
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Last month, I asked you to help support this corner of the internet and I’m beyond pumped to tell you that my call to action was answered. Today I have the pleasure of introducing you to the man – gasp – that will eventually be filling my space here. Jason is a event planning wizard with a
In Minibury’s “Our Favorite Things” column, Faith Gong – Addison County resident, mother of four daughters, wife of one assistant professor, dog wrangler, writer of the “Faith in Vermont” column in The Addison Independent and The Pickle Patch blog – shares some of her family’s favorite things. The goal is to highlight items or activities
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Hands up if your ear piercing story involved a mall, an disgruntled teen and an infected ear ? Two hands up if it involved an ice cube, a sewing needle and your best friend ?? Turns out there is a better way. But what is it? Amy from Weybridge offered to share her ear piercing story with us, you’ll likely
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