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Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), February 22, 1997, p. 6

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stfljx ot6u8nbe1bfwaby2297 children are the best form of birth control invented theres a piece of contempo rary conventional wisdom which contends that the arrival of a second child presents a six fold increase in the overall workload and stress level of parents of two income families dont believe it for a minute its an understatement its only been a month and a half since my wife returned to the work force following her maternity sabbatical but were already about to raise the white flag it makes no difference that susan had made a lifes work of squeezing 36 hours of nonstop some times frenetic activity into a 24 hour day were still losing the battle from food and formula prepa ration bottle sterilization feed ing bathing and changing an eight month old through moni toring disciplining playing with and attempting to rid an emerging four year old of such socially unacceptable habits as picking his nose the daily rou tine is without end and thats not counting the continual doctors appoint ments for infant maladies such as roseola and ear infections as a from where 1 live w bruce stapley well as all the other viruses cut ting down young and old alike this winter our early morning night time and weekend schedule is like that of a tse stock broker in a bull market we ofttimes find ourselves walking into a room to defuse a sudden erup tion with our arms full of a variety of items accumulated along the way without the fog giest notion of just what we intended to do with any one of them telephone calls go unan swered as- we simply cant afford the luxury of stopping to chat with family friends- or carpet cleaning salespeople all of whom insist upon calling just when weve finally managed to sit down for a quick bite to eat lingering even briefly over a family meal is of course regular slumber rest set double 139 set 234 queen 169 ser3t4 set s double 1 89 set 299 queen 239 set 369 king 399 set 619 omfortsieep set iff double 239 set 359 queen 279 set 429 king 439 set 659 extra firm i w luxury firm super firm orthopracnc set369 double 269 set 439 queen 299 set 469 king 459 set 699 grthoelesanci set double 359 set 549 queen 409 set 619 king 559 set offthqsuprenie set double 429 set 679 queen 499 set 749 king 689 set 1099 i i no gst j no pst jj j delivery j t mattress cover bed frame pillow l i impossible spilled milk spit ups and yucky hands in need of wiping before they get smashed on the underside of the table find us up and down like a toilet seat through out the entire sorry production for susan a teacher there is also the matter of finding time each night to tend to such chores as marking lesson preparations an the tabulating of report cards she recently set up a minioffice in the bathroom in the interests of seizing every possible opportunity to knock off an assignment or two a recent gift of a portable phone has enabled her to make some of her own essen tial calls while she responds to the call of nature meanwhile such a workload makes absolutely no allowance for illnesses which parents occasionally succumb to even as i wrote this col umn i had to stop to field a call from susans doctor saying she flunked her throat swab test and must now deal with the business of getting rid of a well entrenched case of strep throat this on top of occa sional allergies which see her up some nights at three in the morning emptying the kleenex box in an attempt to contain a sneezing fit luckily my wife and i are both possessed of a sense of humor akin to that which enabled the belea guered brits to survive the endless pounding they took in the second world war for instance during a recent phone call susan was having with my 18yearold daughter marissa both of our little monsters were competing in the background to see who could cause the- decibel meter to go the furthest well susan began with a huge smile on her face upon hanging up thats probably about the best form of birth control a girl her age could possibly get with any matching mattress set and this coupon sutton huirdressing school thornhiu square suite 330 bayview john perm special 15 includes cut wash set disposal of old set available phone orders accepted dotfct richmond hill wru elgin mills i hi t major mackenzie scarborough a iffieeimll blodaiutvm v jsl ml 1 sleep factory 4560 hwy 7 4770181 10720 yongo st 5086190 3811 seppard ave e 2935191 we make any size mattress setup i free available i layaway hours monwed 1 06 pm thursfri 1 09 pm saturdays 106 pm sundays 114 pm wrrnn m fia detter uleani home cleaning services picture this having more time to do the things i you like to do instead of housework we are environmentally friendly i for a limited time only i 25 off first time cleaning only 15 discount for seniors j tel 416 4494052 9054735934 i

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