For Girls: Infant, The First Years

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Suddenly Single Mom Needs to Build Support System

I'm a mom of two beautiful daughters (5 and 2.5), and just before the new year I found myself suddenly and unexpectedly single. Their dad has virtually disappeared, taking them once a week for around six hours tops. I'm hanging in there, working full time to support us, with the girls going to two lovely in-home daycares right down the road from my in-home office. But what do I do when one (or more) of them get sick and can't go to daycare? All my girlfriends have children, and I can't ask them to come risk exposure to whatever bug is...

Little Mermaid

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Combined Birthday Party for My Sons Both Born in August.

I was wondering if I could get a few of your opinions. Both of my boys were born in August. Jacob will be 5 August 5th and Aaron will be 1 August 18th. I had planned on just having a combined party for the two of them as I don't want to pay, nor can I afford to throw 2 parties that close to each other. I'm afraid though, that Jacob may have some jealousy issues as I'm sure a lot of the attention will be on Aaron at the party. I always had a shared party as a child with my cousin (we were a very close family at that time) who's birthday is...