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		<title>How Kids Get Hurt When You Say &#8220;No&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No matter how you say it whether it&#8217;s &#8220;non&#8221; in French, &#8220;nein&#8221; in German, and &#8220;baw&#8221; in Laotian, that nasty word &#8220;No&#8221; is usually accompanied with a just-as-nasty tone in parenting. I strive to do everything in my power to provide a safe environment for my child to play and live without having to say, &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://thelaotiancommotion.com/2012/06/01/how-kids-get-hurt-when-you-say-no/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelaotiancommotion.com&#038;blog=26806063&#038;post=2726&#038;subd=laotiancommotion&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Yelp Wars? How the TIME Breastfeeding Cover Exposes Opinions from Seattle&#8217;s &#8216;Elite&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 07:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know what&#8217;s even worse than mothers pitting against other mothers? When people like to give their uneducated opinions about something they have never experienced first-hand nor have any educated information besides feeding off of misinformation and stereotypes. I have been a Yelp member since 2010 when I discovered the user-reviews site of local businesses &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://thelaotiancommotion.com/2012/05/31/yelp-wars-why-the-time-breastfeeding-cover-exposes-ignorant-opinions-from-seattles-elite/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelaotiancommotion.com&#038;blog=26806063&#038;post=2678&#038;subd=laotiancommotion&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wordless Wednesday &#8211; This Week&#8217;s Breastfeeding Toddler Photos</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 07:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am ashamed to admit I have raised a toddler-hoarder. He is obsessed with objects and clutches them when at the boob. Can you guess what objects he has in this first picture? Happy Wednesday!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelaotiancommotion.com&#038;blog=26806063&#038;post=2710&#038;subd=laotiancommotion&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Seattle Mariners, a Booze- and Kid-Friendly Pastime</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 08:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seattle rain? What Seattle rain? The weather has blessed our family&#8217;s timely arrival to our new residence on the West Side with consistent 70-degree weather each Saturday since. To top last weekend&#8217;s Cheese Festival, we planned an outing with some friends to our very first Seattle Mariners game. You may be wondering why one earth &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://thelaotiancommotion.com/2012/05/28/seattle-mariners-a-booze-and-kid-friendly-pastime/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelaotiancommotion.com&#038;blog=26806063&#038;post=2626&#038;subd=laotiancommotion&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Honest Humnoy &#8211; Seattle Cheese Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 14:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Humnoy wants to tell you how he really feels about our first family weekend together in our new location. Here&#8217;s an Honest Toddler at his first Seattle Cheese Festival with his family: Watches Dad yell at Mom for being &#8216;almost done.&#8217; Leaves house 1 hour later than planned. Riding the bus for the first time. &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://thelaotiancommotion.com/2012/05/26/honest-humnoy-seattle-cheese-festival/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelaotiancommotion.com&#038;blog=26806063&#038;post=2559&#038;subd=laotiancommotion&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Funny Friday &#8211; Humnoy and Hummus</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 00:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We would like to send you all off on a joyous Memorial Day Weekend with a giggle (or two!) courtesy Humnoy and his play date with hummus. We are going to a Seattle Mariners game on Saturday! What are your plans, besides not interested in hummus after watching the video? Be safe and enjoy the &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://thelaotiancommotion.com/2012/05/25/funny-friday-humnoy-and-hummus/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelaotiancommotion.com&#038;blog=26806063&#038;post=2553&#038;subd=laotiancommotion&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 23:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I went from a stay-at-home mom to bring-baby-to-work mom to work-out-of-the-home mom back to being a stay-at-home-without-working mom. When out of the home, I was away from Humnoy for two days out of the week and those two days I had to ensure that he had breast milk to last him while I was gone. &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://thelaotiancommotion.com/2012/05/25/top-tips-for-getting-the-most-milk-from-a-manual-pump/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelaotiancommotion.com&#038;blog=26806063&#038;post=2530&#038;subd=laotiancommotion&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>(Not So) Wordless Wednesday &#8211; I&#8217;m Not the Nanny</title>
		<link>http://thelaotiancommotion.com/2012/05/23/not-so-wordless-wednesday-im-not-the-nanny/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 22:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Laotian Commotion</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our first play date was scheduled through a Meetup.com Bellevue mommy group I joined. The story time is regularly held at the Microsoft Building at the Shops at Bravern, which includes stores like Nieman Marcus, Jimmy Choo, and Louis Vuitton all in eye-shot distance from the brood of drooling tots and expensive strollers. There were &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://thelaotiancommotion.com/2012/05/23/not-so-wordless-wednesday-im-not-the-nanny/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelaotiancommotion.com&#038;blog=26806063&#038;post=2526&#038;subd=laotiancommotion&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>(Not Really) Funny Friday: This is Why Parents Need Lasik, Not Glasses</title>
		<link>http://thelaotiancommotion.com/2012/05/18/not-really-funny-friday-this-is-why-parents-need-lasik-not-glasses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 21:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Laotian Commotion</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s only so many pairs of eyeglasses I can go through before starting a Lasik surgery fund. This is my second, count &#8216;em TWO, pair of eyeglasses that I&#8217;ve gone through in 12 days. The first pair happened during a tug-of-war with Humnoy in the late night darkness and SNAP! went my favorite and newest &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://thelaotiancommotion.com/2012/05/18/not-really-funny-friday-this-is-why-parents-need-lasik-not-glasses/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelaotiancommotion.com&#038;blog=26806063&#038;post=2485&#038;subd=laotiancommotion&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wordless Wednesday &#8211; Seattle Beaches in May</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 20:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have gone to more beaches in the three days we have lived here than I have ever been to in my adult life. Sunny days in Seattle will do that to you. Happy sunny Wednesday!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelaotiancommotion.com&#038;blog=26806063&#038;post=2475&#038;subd=laotiancommotion&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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