Fast Food Maven wrote a blog post detailing 15 different O.C. restaurants that feature some sort of special discount for kids. It’s a pretty handy list for the frugal moms (and really, who can afford to NOT be frugal these days?).

And in case you missed it,  OC Moms featured a similar story about a couple of restaurant discounts, as well as places to go for some inexpensive — and even free — fun in O.C. Check out the info, which includes details on museums, kid venues and discounted movie days.

If you’ve got a great tip to add, comment here, or go to our OC Moms forum and share the wealth!

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• ‘Children at Play’ photo contest is still running through Sept. 1
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Yeah yeah, I’m super sensitive. I’m also hormonal — what of it?! But seriously, it’s quite amusing the things people say to you when you’re pregnant, without considering alternative ways it might come across.

You say: You’ll never last another 4 weeks!

I hear: Lay off the ice cream, homegirl. You’re the size of a blimp!

You say: You’re absolutely glowing.

I hear: I’ve never seen the sweat pour off someone’s face quite so eloquently.

You say: If you’re tired now, just wait until the baby’s born!

I hear: Instead of four, you’ll only be getting 3 1/2 hours of sleep every night!

You ask: Are you going to breastfeed?

I hear: A very personal question about liquid leaking out of my boobs.

You ask: Are you planning a natural birth?

I hear: Are you gonna squeeze a watermelon out with the help of a painkiller, or are you insane?

More from the preggo:

• I’m not taking my iron pills (I am now though, thanks to a commenter who scared the crap out of me)
• TMI: Confessions of a nonstop pee-er
• Baby shower day vs. the gift-opening tradition

Living in the all-male environment that is my home, I sometimes forget about all the fun stuff that goes along with being a girl: jump rope, manicures, clothes, sleepovers, journals … did I mention clothes?

“For Girls Only: Everything Great About Being a Girl” (Feiwel & Friends, 208 pages, $14.95) by Laura Dower is part-primer, part-history lesson, part-informational bonanza for all things that might interest a girl, particularly one in the tween years.

Dower (who is also the author of the popular series “From the Files of Madison Finn”) does a nice job of including a wide range of subjects: “Planning the Ultimate Sleepover,” “How to: Give a Groovy Manicure (or Pedicure)”, “Jump Rope Lingo,” “How to: Make a Paper Fortune Teller” and “Math Phobic No More.” And there are some interesting history and sociology lessons here, such as an article on “The Real Mothers of Invention,” about important female scientists and inventors, to go along with some basic computer information in the “Tech Girl” section; there’s also an interesting breakdown of “Fashion Through the Ages,” which describes some seminal events, such as how the invention of the sewing machine in 1846 allowed for the mass production of clothing, allowing fashions to change more