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		<title>The Nap No More?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is going to speak of the best practices for baby and toddler sleep habits, and the challenges we face in our family that make those practices anything but achievable. I am hopeful that this post will reach many who have educated opinions on the subject, both through education, but also personal experience.]]></description>
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		<title>Return to Huck&#8217;s Harbor!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My memories of childhood are heavily populated by fun times had at the pool. Swimming from the minute they opened the pool until they forced us to leave at night was how I spent many of my summers, and that is something I hope my children can now experience for themselves. This is an article about my 2 year old son and his overcoming his initial fear of the pool during a recent family visit to Huck's Harbor water park in Burlington, IA.]]></description>
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		<title>Love Is A Battlefield</title>
		<link>http://notjustanotherdad.com/2009/12/10/love-is-a-battlefield/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:23:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, my little family has entered what appears to be another phase in our development. My daughter, Hayden, is now eight months old, and has quickly mastered the surprisingly effective army crawl method of getting around. In short, she has become mobile, inquisitive, and adventurous, and through no intent of her own, has brought a bevy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lil&#8217; Kickers Is Underway</title>
		<link>http://notjustanotherdad.com/2009/12/05/lil-kickers-is-underway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Wednesday, our son achieved yet another first in his young life. In this case it was his first day playing an organized sport, and the sport he was playing is soccer. Some (hopefully many) of you read in a previous post titled My Lil&#8217; Kicker, that we would be beginning these lessons as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream For Big Trains</title>
		<link>http://notjustanotherdad.com/2009/11/24/i-scream-you-scream-we-all-scream-for-big-trains/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being a Gemini in almost every way, there are loads of subjects that interest me, if only in the most superficial way. Those of us born under the astrological sign of Gemini, if you even casually &#8220;believe&#8221; in such things, are known to be great communicators with a quick wit, inquisitive about many things, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#039;ll kill you with cute!</title>
		<link>http://notjustanotherdad.com/2009/06/26/ill-kill-you-with-cute/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, this is cheating, but I am going to let pictures speak for me tonight.  My pride and joy&#8230;First Xavier back in 2007 at 7 weeks old. Ready for Lincoln Park Zoo at 7 Weeks Old Then, my daughter, Hayden at 7 weeks old&#8230; So, cute enough for you?  Do you see resemblance?  They definitely look like [...]]]></description>
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