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	<title>Cribsheet</title>
	<link>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/cribsheet</link>
	<description>Just another ww3.startribune.com weblog</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Secret Life of Kids</title>
		<link>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/cribsheet/2008/07/18/the-secret-life-of-kids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>May Chen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Family Life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, I&#8217;m a Lingerer.
When I drop the girls off at school, I dawdle after goodbye kisses, peeking through the sliver of glass on the door that isn&#8217;t papered up to keep prying eyes like mine out. My husband likes to approach stealthily when he picks them up, for the pleasure of watching them unawares  - the reverse-linger, if you will - but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daycare Dollars</title>
		<link>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/cribsheet/2008/07/17/daycare-dollars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Krhin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Solicited Advice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today we have an inquiry from the Cribsheet in-box about childcare costs.
Hello Cribsheeters,
My husband and I are thinking about starting a family soon. We both work full time and are looking at our finances to see if the timing would be right. I started to call daycare centers and home daycare providers in my area [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Training With Two in Tow</title>
		<link>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/cribsheet/2008/07/16/training-with-two-in-tow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Krhin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How do two parents with two under three train for two big events? This is the question I’m trying to answer daily on a separate &#8220;log blog&#8221; Training Wheels. (Because, you see – I’m not busy enough).  We are parents in training on many levels.
I am currently in training for the Iron Girl duathlon in September. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Slowing Teen - Reader Inquiry</title>
		<link>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/cribsheet/2008/07/15/the-slowing-teen-reader-inquiry/</link>
		<comments>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/cribsheet/2008/07/15/the-slowing-teen-reader-inquiry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>May Chen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is a little beyond Cribsheet&#8217;s demographic but we know from some of your comments that some of you have older kids. Josephine Marcotty is writing a story for tomorrow&#8217;s paper and would love to talk to you (and your kids):
Teenagers, are you sitting still?
At age 9, kids are jumping beans. By age 15, they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moms on Stage</title>
		<link>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/cribsheet/2008/07/15/moms-on-stage/</link>
		<comments>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/cribsheet/2008/07/15/moms-on-stage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>May Chen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Things to Do]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
 Maria Asp, Darcey Engen and Nanci Olesen
The Moms are back on stage!
Last year, I hailed what I called the new &#8220;Vagina Monologues,&#8221; a performance by a group of Twin Cities moms about their deepest joys and fears as mothers. They tested the pieces as &#8220;The Mother Project&#8221; at a tiny south Minneapolis theater where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vivian&#8217;s Comeback</title>
		<link>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/cribsheet/2008/07/14/vivians-comeback/</link>
		<comments>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/cribsheet/2008/07/14/vivians-comeback/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Krhin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Celeb Babies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Rants]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Related Articles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We often get this question about our daughter&#8217;s name &#8221; Vivian.  Huh. Is she named after a relative?&#8221; (Read: Your daughter has an old lady name, you must&#8217;ve named her in honor of a great-aunt).  And once I got &#8220;Vivian? Did you name her after Julia Roberts character in Pretty Woman?  NO! we did not name her after the hooker with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cribsheet Cafe</title>
		<link>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/cribsheet/2008/07/11/cribsheet-cafe/</link>
		<comments>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/cribsheet/2008/07/11/cribsheet-cafe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Krhin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Things to Do]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hey Cribsheeter moms and dads come join us !


It&#8217;s long overdue and it&#8217;s finally happening - our first official playdate for Cribsheet. Let&#8217;s finally meet face to face at one of the friendliest kid-friendly coffeehouse in South Minneapolis - Sovereign Grounds .  It&#8217;s a cozy coffeehouse tucked away on 48th St. off of Chicago Ave S. (near Pepitos).  Half of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baby Boom in St. Paul</title>
		<link>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/cribsheet/2008/07/10/baby-boom-in-st-paul/</link>
		<comments>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/cribsheet/2008/07/10/baby-boom-in-st-paul/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>May Chen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Related Articles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sixteen babies in 17 hours - that&#8217;s how many new souls wiggled, squeezed, pushed or were pulled kicking and screaming into the world Tuesday in one St. Paul hospital.
My first thought: Boy, am I glad I wasn&#8217;t one of those mothers at the very busy Regions Hospital. Nurses ran all day.
&#8220;It was wild,&#8221; said one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Political Parent</title>
		<link>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/cribsheet/2008/07/09/the-political-parent/</link>
		<comments>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/cribsheet/2008/07/09/the-political-parent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>May Chen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Family Life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Guest Bloggers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a riveting year in politics so far, and promises to be even more so in coming months. Who better than regular Cribsheet commenter Robin Marty to guest blog on how her baby has changed her politics&#8230; 
  Robin and Violet
You often hear people say that all politics is local.
I&#8217;d go one step [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Miss Fireflies</title>
		<link>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/cribsheet/2008/07/08/i-miss-fireflies/</link>
		<comments>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/cribsheet/2008/07/08/i-miss-fireflies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Krhin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Family Life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have fond memories of those backyard twilight summertime evenings during my childhood in northern Illinois.  At dusk I used to lay in the grass on the hill and stare up at the stars. I thought that the cricket serenade the was the sound of the stars twinkling. Made perfect sense to me.
But my [...]]]></description>
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