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		<title>Yay for Sunshine!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  We had another of pure, unadulterated sunshine today.  So yay! This is totally off-tangent but the thought of having a child at my age really stuck with me all day today. I am afraid of having a child with Down Syndrome. Is it totally irresponsible for me to even try? It&#8217;s like a one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the topic of having another baby</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2009/03/10/on-the-topic-of-having-another-baby</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So Lokes and I have been &#8220;discussing&#8221; another baby. More like me telling him my time is almost up and him claiming he&#8217;s not heard of it until now (&#8220;I knew you wanted three but not like, really want it.&#8221;). Why do I want a third baby? To be honest, the reasons are not practical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s talk power. Or how are you?</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/12/17/lets-talk-power-or-how-are-you</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/12/17/lets-talk-power-or-how-are-you#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Power. Parenting is all about knowing how much power you have, and when, and where. Oh, was that too sudden? I don&#8217;t show up for what, three months and just drop out of nowhere and start ranting about power-play in parenting? I know how to alliterate, if nothing else. Ok, so how&#8217;s everyone (everyone being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nature or nurture: Do parenting styles really factor?</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/10/22/nature-or-nurture-do-parenting-styles-really-factor</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, at our preschool&#8217;s Parent Ed night, we were taught the four styles of parenting, something I&#8217;d gone through two previous times when my older daughter was at a co-op. You know, the whole Helicopter/indulgent parent, the Drill Sergeant/Authoritarian (Asian) parent, the Skeleton/Indifferent parent and the nirvana of good parenting, the Authoritative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This was NOT in the handbook.</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/08/12/this-was-not-in-the-handbook</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/08/12/this-was-not-in-the-handbook#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am pretty sure there are Impatience and Easily Bored genes. If one of you Human Genome scientists could just find them, I need someone to do some sort of a splice on my daughter because man, I am running out of ideas on how to make her more patient and extend her attention span [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starting life as a (ahem) photographer</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/08/05/starting-life-as-a-ahem-photographer</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/08/05/starting-life-as-a-ahem-photographer#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As some of you may have noticed, I&#8217;ve been taking a lot of pictures. I&#8217;ve also been exploring the possibility of turning this hobby into a business. I&#8217;ve built a site. I&#8217;ve read close to ten books on the fundamentals and then some. I&#8217;ve camped Photo.net, Flickr and Digital Photography School for perhaps twice as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My bible</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/06/28/my-bible</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I just finished Muffy Mead Ferro&#8217;s Confessions of a Slacker Mom. This may as well be the book I was supposed to write, the book I would&#8217;ve written had I gotten my act together. Then again, I&#8217;m not just a slacker at mommying. Highlights: The example of making-do, photographed here. It&#8217;s so true that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For the love of shlocklate</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/06/20/for-the-love-of-shlocklate</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 06:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the drive home after a looooong day in the city today: Me (pensively): Skyler said &#8220;chocolate&#8221; today. Lokes (dazed): Huh? Me: She said &#8220;chocolate&#8221; when I gave her chocolate. Usually she says &#8220;shlocklate&#8221;, remember? Lokes: Oh&#8230; Me: And the other day she said &#8220;watermelon.&#8221; Lokes nods, smiling a little sadly. Me: Right? She used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Earning my blog title</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/06/18/earning-my-title</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/06/18/earning-my-title#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two pages out of Raeven&#8217;s kindergarten memory book: &#8220;I want 100 toys.&#8221;&#8220;I want 100 boys.&#8221;&#8220;I want 100 Barbies.&#8221;&#8220;I don&#8217;t want 100 moms or crazy dads.&#8221; &#8220;Raeven is worried (picture of something resembling a green sand-person in the middle of swampy muddy crayon scribbles underneath).&#8221;&#8220;Sometimes, I get worried when Mommy scolds me.&#8221; I&#8217;m not sure what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The perfect reason to lose weight</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/06/16/the-perfect-reason-to-lose-weight</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/06/16/the-perfect-reason-to-lose-weight#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few of my friends from way back when have asked me since I posted the two photos of myself in my recent posts, &#8220;Wow. Why the change?&#8221; No, they&#8217;re not being rude. They know me, these guys. They know I&#8217;ve never been a vain person, because I believe that there&#8217;s only so much time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$70 and two haircuts later&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/06/03/70-and-two-haircuts-later</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/06/03/70-and-two-haircuts-later#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is proof that you can cut your hair twice in a day, and the cheaper one will do a better job.]]></description>
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		<title>T-4 to going on a flight across the universe with my two kids ALONE</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/05/30/t-4-to-going-on-a-flight-across-the-universe-with-my-two-kids-alone</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/05/30/t-4-to-going-on-a-flight-across-the-universe-with-my-two-kids-alone#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 20:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What the hell was I thinking, agreeing to do this? That&#8217;s the problem with not thinking. Do not ever not think. Husbands do it all the time and we give them hell for it and now look at where it&#8217;s landed me. Not thinking is just baaaad. We&#8217;re going to Disneyworld in a few days. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One year later</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/05/28/one-year-later</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/05/28/one-year-later#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 22:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve probably said it close to 57,000 times since last week but I can&#8217;t believe that the preschool &#8211; yes, the very same one I had helped found (by accident) &#8211; is now done with its first school year. What have I learnt? That you can find friends in the most unlikely places, surprisingly good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mushrooms for Life</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/05/13/mushrooms-for-life</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/05/13/mushrooms-for-life#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 16:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lokes sent me a video yesterday, another one in the Highly Important series of TEDtalks that Everyone Must Watch, where a mycologist named Paul Stamets shared with attendees six ways how mushrooms can save the world. First of all, it was a VERY educational video. I had never heard of mycelium before, let alone how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Mother&#8217;s Day, I have an Answer</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/05/09/this-mothers-day-i-have-an-answer</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/05/09/this-mothers-day-i-have-an-answer#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 05:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every Mother&#8217;s Day, breakfasts in bed handmade cards with handprints and hearts flowers are bought and given restaurants booked and meals eaten ang pows from the elders a day alone (a year) to take a breather &#8220;What do you want this year?&#8221; the husband asks, with tired trepidation &#8220;And don&#8217;t say nothing.&#8221; Of course, then, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s one of those mom things</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/05/08/its-one-of-those-mom-things</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/05/08/its-one-of-those-mom-things#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 20:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Come May 11, I&#8217;ll be commemorating my sixth year as a mom. What have I learnt? That there&#8217;s no such thing as a &#8220;bad&#8221; kid. That it&#8217;s possible to discipline your child without guilt. That one can still be surprised by how different you and your child can be &#8211; and how alike. That loving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s the best mommy? Huh? HUH?</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/04/19/whos-the-best-mommy-huh-huh</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/04/19/whos-the-best-mommy-huh-huh#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 04:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I speak with my mother quite often, almost once a week. She calls whenever she&#8217;s bored, mostly in the afternoons (Malaysian time) when there&#8217;s a lull in the day&#8217;s business at my uncle&#8217;s grocery stall which he&#8217;s owned and run for over 30 years. Mom tells me of a tree she sits under to chat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>End of the tunnel (or almost)</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/04/18/end-of-the-tunnel-or-almost</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/04/18/end-of-the-tunnel-or-almost#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a week. Yesterday, Rae was finally struck down after almost a month of battling the battery of cough, cold and flu viruses that had invaded the rest of our family. The stomach bug dealt her a swift defeat, and Rae threw up all day, only managing to keep down fluids towards the eve, with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s call this Skyler&#8217;s Bowel Movement, The Sequel: More diabolical tales of diarrhea</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/04/16/lets-call-this-skylers-bowel-movement-the-sequel-more-diabolical-tales-of-diarrhea</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/04/16/lets-call-this-skylers-bowel-movement-the-sequel-more-diabolical-tales-of-diarrhea#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I thought I should share with you how I&#8217;ve managed to streamline the whole Diarrhea Containment Action Plan to three steps, it being stomach bug season, still. I know. I thought it was spring already, what the hell. Anyway, so here&#8217;s what you need near you AT ALL TIMES when you have a child [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The business of being born</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/02/27/the-business-of-being-born</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/02/27/the-business-of-being-born#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend Jill sent me a link today.All women need to watch this.I&#8217;ve written about this almost three years ago. It&#8217;s happening in Malaysia. It&#8217;s happening in America.&#8221;We gynaes have lives too.&#8221; &#8211; my old gynae Dr Kim on why she thinks Cesarean is a good thing.Watch it. And let&#8217;s talk.]]></description>
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