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5 steps to a ‘sort-of’ organized home

Keeping a perfectly organized house can be a challenge with children, but you can easily have a "sort of" organized home.

Trials and triumphs of raising a baby in Chicago

Chicago parents reveal the bright side -- and less-than-glamorous moments too -- of baby-rearing in the Windy City, stroller and diaper bag in tow.

Cosmotot | Great finds for hip babies and parents

Parents of newborns will go through 196 diapers in the first two weeks, a quart of breast milk a day and countless bottles and wipes as baby blooms virtually overnight. Show off growth spurts with finds that combine practicality with originality this fall.

In foreclosure, some memories are lost forever

When the bank changed the locks on their home, the Tonkinsons lost a lifetime of memories — their girls' dance recitals, swim meets, gymnastic competitions.

Radon gas is a silent killer in some Chicago-area homes

When Laverne and Steve Street bought their Glen Ellyn home in 2006, their realtor told them not to worry about radon, a colorless, odorless, radioactive gas that seeps into homes through cracks in the foundation. That was almost a dangerous mistake.
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