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Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary

Written by Burgh Baby on .

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Blogger: Burgh Baby, South Hills

"Momma, do you know about Bloody Mary?" the still very much so six-year old asked from the back seat.

"Umm ... " I started. How do you answer THAT? I chose my words carefully so as to not lead the witness down an unnecessary path. "Why?" I asked. It's the safest non-answer to every question. I use it often.

Alexis replied, "Because me and my friend saw her today." Alexis couldn't see my silently mouthed response, but if she had, she probably would have learned a new word. Or ten.

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Burgh Baby has also been featured on PlayGround for her posts about the equal-opportunity holiday of Halloween, strawberry-monster cupcakes and rolled tacos.

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I Chickened Out of Preschool

Written by Tamara Reese on .

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Blogger: Tamara Reese (for Kveller.com), Squirrel Hill

This past summer, my husband and I decided to send our toddler to Jewish preschool. We agonized over our budget to see if we could make it work. I read up on gentle separation techniques and ordered him a backpack. Since the arrival of our second baby coincided with the start of the school year, we wanted to wait until the after the new year for him to start.

January felt so far away at that point.

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Tamara Reese is a qualitative epidemiologist turned stay-at-home-Mama turned consultant for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and contributing editor at Kveller.com. She is the mother of two boys and her passions include child injury prevention, gentle parenting, and breastfeeding advocacy. Her posts on baby name battles, her birth story and her reaction to the killing at the zoo were also featured on PlayGround.

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