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Growth spurts can start as early as 10 days after your baby’s birth.  Growth spurts usually are preceded by a sleepy, lethargic day and a big jump in appetite.  Growth spurts may happen again at 3, 6, and 12 weeks and again at 4 and 6 months.  If you begin to notice that your child is not as satisfied with the amount that you have been feeding her previously, then she may be beginning a growth spurt period.  If you are breastfeeding, you may want to add a feeding or two to satiate your baby’s appetite and to help increase milk production.

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By Go-To Mom Sandra Hummel, El Paso, TX

I am a cool mom. I dress hip, I just graduated from fashion college, I nourish my inner child and I think I am "all that"...at least, that's what I thought. Boy, was I wrong!

It all happened the other night, when I logged on to the computer and realized that my teenage daughter was still chatting in one of her "mom-approved" chat rooms, and hadn't signed off. Here is what I read: U R no SKILLER, 2 1337 4 U, N8, ^^

I was curious: What was this? Should I be concerned? I don't like to snoop, but I was worried. What game was she playing? I called my husband and he gave me the big "I don't know."

We got Venée, our oldest daughter and confronted her with my discoveries. I was very concerned, and tried not to show it, but I guess I did, because she smiled and told me, "Mom, that's how we talk to each other nowadays — you are just not with the program!"

"Excuse me? Me, not with the program... I am very well 'in'," I thought! She sat down and explained to her (dinosaur-aged) parents what it meant:

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