by Heather
My car is the same one I’ve been driving for almost 11 years. It was always a mom car sedan and is only just living up to its potential now that I have a baby. Frankly, it has room for improvements: it still has a cassette tape hole for playing mix tapes; regular locks that open with keys and no beep-beep; and a teeny trunk that can barely fit my stroller. But I can live with this…
When Holden moved from the bucket car seat to the big boy carseat with no sun visor I couldn’t stand to see the sunshine blinding him in the backseat. We took the advice of Christian (the carseat legend at Rockridge Kids) to have the three rear windows tinted the very next day.
Endorsed by Whitney: Tint On Wheels is run by Andy who comes to your house. If you are jailed by a napping baby, this is a wonderful service.
Endorsed by me and Christian: Window Tinting Plus is on Broadway walking distance to Piedmont shopping district. Wherever you go, don’t pay more than $150.
by Heather
I have a bad habit of wanting to talk whenever something pops into my head. Alec works all day and doesn’t always have the time to be interrupted with my every thought… we both agree that thoughts like
- “the baby pooped 4 times today”
- “the front windshield is still chipped”
- “we really need an arrow at the intersection of san pablo and ashby”
- “we are out of bananas”
can wait until the end of the day.
Our compromise was to find an inexpensive mp3 recorder for me to carry around and share all my non-time-sensitive thoughts. We got ours on ebay.
He still gets called when it is urgent (”Ummm, your son just barfed on me”). So everybody wins, right?
by Heather
What better way to get folks attention with your beliefs than to plaster catchy slogans on your precious baby? Name your cause and I’ll bet we can find you some baby apparel.
We’ll start with an easy one and move on from there. Find yourself in the list below:
- Breastfeeding. The Lactivist Store has many amusing bibs and tee-shirts. Nip/Suck cracks me up, but I never had the nerve.
- Conservative. Wee-publican onesies are the way to go.
- Liberal. Perhaps “President Poopyhead” or “My parents are big gay liberals” on BabyWit.com may be your speed.
- Us Weekly addict. Team Aniston or Team Jolie shirts are so 2006… Find a new cause for your new babe.
- Against everything. Pleasedontfeedmykidsugar.com sells shirts that say “dairy free baby”, “sugar free baby”, “mercury free baby”, and more.
If you’re cheap (like me), you can always improvise with some iron-ons or a sharpie. And Happy Halloween!
by Heather
Funny story: The phone rang today during one of Holden’s crying fits. Alec looked at the caller id and it was mystery area code 113 (does that even exist in the US?!). We both thought the same thing instantly: telemarketers! So, he picked up the phone and directed Holden’s wailing into the unsuspecting caller’s ear. Ha ha.
The joke was on us because it was my friend Rachel, now 30 weeks pregnant, calling from the UK. Oops. Sorry, you don’t have kids (yet), so we need to keep the illusion going that its all cuddling and peaceful moments doing wooden puzzles on the floor before the child is old enough for Scrabble and cards.
So, I got to thinking that a fun photo assignment for her (and any parent-to-be or new parent) is to pick a room or nook in your house and photograph it over time Will it or won’t it devolve into a den of plastic baby crap? Only time will tell.
My house last month with two babies and two babes and a lot of crap.
