by Heather
In our continuing search to have fun, adult conversation, Whitney and I are not always practicing what we preach. This weekend, we spent a half-hour car trip, just the two of us, discussing pureed baby food and boobs. Do we get some sort of extra credit for not talking about diapers?! We knew that was lame.
If we had had Ellen’s Conversation Cards with us, maybe we would have learned new and meaningful things about each other. Use these cards to reconnect with friends and loved ones, break the ice with new folks, or have something to say to your in-laws. It’s totally up to you… but have fun!
Download, print, laminate, love, and then (optional but very good karma) go donate a little to a stay-at-home mom artist!
by Whitney
For Stay at Home Moms, focus one day this week on getting more rest for you. Don’t get out of your PJs in the morning, and as soon as your baby’s first nap starts, jump back in bed. If you can’t fall asleep, read a magazine. During his/her next nap, take a shower and then get back in bed. If you can’t fall asleep, talk on the phone in bed.
by Whitney
While your baby is sleeping, pack up a bunch of toys in a duffle bag for her to discover and pull out of the bag when she wakes up. Julian unpacks everything to the right so if I act quickly enough, I can keep refilling from the left.
by Heather
For me, a recovering project manager and bossy big sister, I couldn’t just watch… I had to count and track and try to manage.
There are fun baby tracking books with cute covers and symbols, super software, web sites that help, and also homegrown spreadsheets. If this sort of obsessive tracking appeals to you, take your pick!
- The Baby Nanny - software that finds those elusive trends and maps ‘em out
- Trixie Tracker - created by a dad who’s more obessessed than we are… I’m so sick, I might want to upload my 9 months of data into this site after the fact, just to feel a sense of control over the data in hindsight!
- Taking Care of Baby - an organizer from Chronicle Books
- The Rookie Mom’s BabyTracker (my homemade tracker in Excel that has seen me through 7 months and still counting!)
- Time Too’s Round the Clock Baby Tracker - super cute — I gave this one to a non-geeky friend and she’s still tracking after 6 months!
