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My Pain is Your Gain: Nursery Swab Test Results and Diaper Genie II Elite Giveaway!

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I must tell you, I suffered some serious ageda between the time that I send off my germ swabs to Dr. Tanner and the time that I received my results.  Basically, instead of my children drifting off to sleep counting sheep (does anyone really do that?) I had a passing image of them counting bacteria instead…(they actually do kind of look like fuzzy little creatures,don’t they…)

Shocker of all shockers, in spite of the fact that I choose to spend time with my children and cook yummy food rather than obsessively clean, the results weren’t too bad 🙂

There were absolutely NO Enteric or E. Coli bacteria, and an underwhelming number of garden variety germs on the swabs.

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How to Fend Off Unsolited Parenting Advice

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It's almost a parenting right of passage.

You a sleep-deprived new mama (or even a seasoned parent of multiple kids), are walking down the street with your newborn/toddler/preschooler strapped into your fancy new stroller/crunchy sling/avant garde trendy carrier/walking with your down the street and some (possibly) well-meaning soul stops you on the street.

"Your baby should be wearing a hat because it's so hot/cold outside."

"That poor child's head looks like it's going to fall right off.  You should support it better!"

"Aren't you standing a little too close to the crosswalk?"

Depending upon your level of moxy and/or hormones, your first instinct is to do one of the following: 1. Burst into tears  2. Offer a knee-jerk angry retort or 3. Nod and smile blankly.

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