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By Kitty O'Callaghan
"Girl Talk" columnist

In her "Girl Talk" column for Babytalk magazine, contributing editor Kitty O'Callaghan offers honest - and often hilarious - advice on the situations that trouble new moms the most. She is the mother of two boys and a girl in White Plains, New York.

 11/16/2007  Girl Talk: Nagging Daddy-to-Be
 11/16/2007  Girl Talk: Built-In Babysitter?
 10/24/2007  Girl Talk: Starting a Home Business
 10/24/2007  Girl Talk:
 09/01/2007  Girl Talk: Work vs. Stay-at Home
 08/19/2007  Girl Talk: Grandma's Rejection
 08/19/2007  Girl Talk: The Art of Regifting
 08/18/2007  Girl Talk: Back-to-Work Blues
 06/23/2007  Girl Talk: Splitting Grandma's Time Fairly
 05/23/2007  Girl Talk: Neglectful Daddy
 05/19/2007  Girl Talk: I'm an Outsider
 05/19/2007  Girl Talk: In the Mood for Love
 04/22/2007  Girl Talk: Dealing With Mommy Envy
 03/12/2007  Girl Talk: Teen Mom Blues
 03/12/2007  Girl Talk: Marriage Breakdown
 02/17/2007  Girl Talk: Organization Envy
 01/20/2007  Girl Talk: When Grandma Drives You Crazy
 01/20/2007  Girl Talk: Paranoid Mama
 11/17/2006  Girl Talk: Dad's Night Out?
 11/17/2006  Girl Talk: Dueling Grandmas
 10/20/2006  Girl Talk: Bonding With Faraway Relatives
 10/20/2006  Girl Talk: Detaching a Clingy Baby
 09/24/2006  Girl Talk: Deadbeat Daddy
 09/24/2006  Girl Talk: It's Super-Auntie!
 08/19/2006  Girl Talk: Mom vs. Dad Sleep Battles
 08/01/2006  Girl Talk: Grandma's Cold Shoulder
 06/01/2006  Girl Talk: Baby Gift Blunder
 06/01/2006  Girl Talk: (Religious) Family Ties
 05/01/2006  Girl Talk: Commando Mom-in-Law
 05/01/2006  Girl Talk: Germ Protection
 04/01/2006  Girl Talk: Scared of Giving Birth
 04/01/2006  Girl Talk: Getting Back to Business
 03/01/2006  Girl Talk: Ending Sibling Rivalry
 03/01/2006  Girl Talk: Marriage on the Rocks
 03/01/2006  Girl Talk: Sympathy Weight
 02/01/2006  Girl Talk: Choosing a Guardian
 02/01/2006  Girl Talk: Mommy Know-it-All
 02/01/2006  Girl Talk: First Birthday Blues
 01/01/2006  Girl Talk: Bye-Bye, Sisterly Bond
 01/01/2006  Girl Talk: Coping With the Carseat Blues
 01/01/2006  Girl Talk: Young Love  -- and Parenthood
 11/15/2005  Girl Talk: Preparing for Two
 11/15/2005  Girl Talk: A Friend's Fertility Struggle
 11/15/2005  Girl Talk: Breaking the News
 11/01/2005  Girl Talk: One Angry Mama
 11/01/2005  Girl Talk: Daddy Rejection
 11/01/2005  Girl Talk: Getting Back In the Mood
 11/01/2005  Girl Talk: Daddy Rejection
 11/01/2005  Girl Talk: You're Singled Out, Babe
 10/01/2005  Girl Talk: Germaphobic Mama
 10/01/2005  Girl Talk: Lucky Genes?
 10/01/2005  Girl Talk: How to Lose Your Sitter
 09/01/2005  Girl Talk: Second Baby Compromise
 09/01/2005  Girl Talk: How to be Packing-Efficient
 09/01/2005  Girl Talk: Slow to Bond?
 08/01/2005  Girl Talk: When Kids Share a Room
 08/01/2005  Girl Talk: Young-Mom Envy
 08/01/2005  Girl Talk: Help Around the House
 06/01/2005  Girl Talk:
 06/01/2005  Girl Talk: In This Skin
 06/01/2005  Girl Talk: A Bit Uptight?
 05/01/2005  Girl Talk: Baby Love  -- or Jealousy?
 05/01/2005  Girl Talk: Pumping Pitfalls
 04/01/2005  Girl Talk: Grandma Rejection
 04/01/2005  Girl Talk: Regifting Etiquette
 03/01/2005  Girl Talk: Keep It Clean
 03/01/2005  Girl Talk: Mommy Guilt
 03/01/2005  Girl Talk: Down In the Dumps
 02/01/2005  Girl Talk: A Helping Hand
 02/01/2005  Girl Talk: Working Mama

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