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Uterus donation offers new hope for women to get pregnant
Just up the road in Dallas, a family is celebrating the birth of a new baby. That baby lived for nine months inside a uterus in her mommy’s abdomen, just like most babies, but that uterus originally...
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Buying toys for Christmas? Follow these safety tips
In the 1983 Christmas movie “A Christmas Story,” everyone warns Ralphie: “You’ll shoot your eye out,” when he asks for a Red Ryder B.B. gun. And so, when he wakes up on Christmas morning and he is...
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A perfect weekend for finding some holiday fun in Austin, Dec. 8-10
The sun will come out again this weekend and the weather will be warmer. There’s so much to do this week: many trails lined with lights, holiday plays, Santas to see. How will you choose? Friday...
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What will you do with no school Friday? We have 10 ideas
OK, parents, what’s your plan? With Austin, Bastrop, Eanes, Hayes, Manor, Del Valle, Elgin and more districts canceling school on Friday because of the threat of ice, what will you do with the kids?...
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Enter to win tickets to “Pitch Perfect 3”
I don’t know why, but this one has my whole family excited. It might be somewhat inappropriate, but I know my whole Girl Scout troop loves this film and their mothers do, too. It’s PG-13, so let that...
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What should you give a teacher for the holidays?
There are certain times of the year when teacher gifts are kind of the thing to do. Think: Teacher appreciation week in May, end of the school year and the Christmas/Hanukkah/winter holidays. You don’t...
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Austin boy trying to raise $1 million for Batten disease treatment for sister
When his parents set out to raise $6 million in two years to fund a Food and Drug Administration clinical trial for a possible treatment for Batten disease, Garland Benson, 13, decided last March he...
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Get ready. Flu season expected to be bad
Look out, Central Texas, the flu will be coming our way, and those epidemiologists — the experts in disease — believe it’s going to be a rough season. Doctors have started to see increases of cases in...
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Is there a perfect way to be a parent? New Kraft video asks
For Mother’s Day, Kraft gave us the gem “How to swear like a Mother” from swearing expert Melissa Mohr, author of “Holy Sh*t: A History of Swearing.” Kraft Now for Christmas time, the mac-and-cheese...
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Five years after Sandy Hook: What has changed, what has not
Today marks the fifth anniversary of the shooting in Newtown, Conn., at Sandy Hook Elementary, when 20 students and six school employees were killed by shooter Adam Lanza. It has changed what happens...
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20 things to do this weekend in Austin with your family, Dec. 15-17
It’s going to be a great Friday and Sunday to enjoy some holiday fun. Warning: There’s a 100 percent chance of rain on Saturday. Watch out! Here are 20 events you can try this weekend: Ballet Austin’s...
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Mothers’ Milk Bank of Austin reaches 5 million ounces donated
As of Thursday, Mothers’ Milk Bank of Austin officially has distributed 5 million ounces of breast milk to preterm and medically fragile babies since it opened in 1999. The milk has been donated by...
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Keep kids safe this holiday season around decorations
It’s a beautiful time of year to be a family and celebrate being together. Grandparents come over, cousins reunite, aunts pinch kids’ cheeks. Don’t let your holiday turn tragic. The American Academy of...
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What will you do this winter break when kids are out of school? Follow our tips
The kids are out of school. Often, day care centers closed down between Christmas and New Year’s. How are you going to cope? We have fun things you can do during winter break. Around Austin and Central...
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Save these events on your family calendar for January
January tends to be slower after the hubbub of December, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t plenty of fun events for families to try next month. Check out these: Events Whole Foods Skating on the...
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Austinite offers guide for journey into motherhood in thoughtful way
“I wanted other women to know they weren’t alone,” says Austin mom Catia Hernandez Holm on why she wrote the book “The Courage to Become: Stories of Hope for Navigating Love, Marriage and Motherhood.”...
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Meet the American Girl doll of the year with ties to NASA
American Girl is headed to space with its 2018 Girl of the Year, Luciana Vega. What’s her story? She’s an 11-year-old girl who dreams of being the first person on Mars. Luciana, the American Girl doll...
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How to celebrate New Year’s Eve with the kids
Oh, the revelry of New Year’s Eve: the drinking, the debauchery, the first kiss of the new year. Perfect for kids, right? Not so much. If you’re looking for something family-friendly to do with the...
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Parents stay close to babies at St. David’s NICU with new web cameras
It started when Hurricane Harvey came to Texas. Infants in neonatal intensive care units across the state had to be evacuated to other hospitals, including 11 that ended up in Austin. Not all family...
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Boys stink? Austin mom found her cure in Prep U body line for boys
Austin mom Michelle Houp started a line of personal care products for boys when she found herself saying to them when they got in the car: “Do not take your shoes off any more because I’m going to...
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