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Month 6

Activity #410: Create a Tabblo

August 1, 2007

I read about this on Cool Mom Picks. You can upload pictures or import them from your Flickr account, and assemble them into a collage or scrapbook-like page with captions and borders (I didn’t want any). Then, you can purchase it as a poster, share it with friends, post it to your blog, etc. I [...]

Activity #206: Be a roller coaster

June 7, 2007

Yes, your emotions are on a roller coaster; now your baby can be too. My friend Jeanine makes herself into a human roller coaster for baby Pepper. This is how to do it yourself: Lie on your back Curl your legs up with baby on your shins (on her tummy) Rock on your back to [...]

Activity #421: Tackle 101 things in 1,001 days

April 11, 2007

Oh my god. I am a list maker at heart. As Whitney will attest, I make spreadsheets and lists at the slightest provocation (meal plan, packing list, number of nursings) — can I graph it? Even better! Well, I love this idea and it’s so very crazy. Right now, making a list of 101 things [...]

Activity #326: Find your celebrity baby match

January 11, 2007

Were you pregnant at the same time as Britney or Katie? Have you memorized more than the normal person’s share of information about baby Kingston Rossdale or Moses Martin? Did you find out you were pregnant in the same place where the latest Jolie-Pitt baby was born? We’re telling you that’s okay. For example, I [...]

Activity #265: Keep it clean

January 4, 2007

We try to focus on activities more than products, but this product seems like such a good idea, it could help you avoid a daily activity: cleaning pacifiers. (That is, if your kid is a bink-aholic like mine was.) Check out this pacifier that stays closed when not in the mouth. As soon as it [...]

Join the Pumping Project

October 25, 2006

Look at this woman. Do you look like her when you express milk for your baby? If so, please explain yourself. One night this week, we sat in a cafe with two other moms and started comparing notes about where we pump at work and where we have pumped. Here in California, our employers are [...]

Activity #143: Time your walk

October 10, 2006

If you don’t take a walk daily, take one today. Time yourself so that you can know what your baseline is for doing that walk. Then you can try to do it faster tomorrow. If you do take a walk already, focus on walking faster today. Wear a pedometer for extra fun. What’s a pedometer? [...]

Activity #406: Craft a stuffed toy ball

October 4, 2006

I did not read this statistic anywhere, but I will venture to guess that one out of four babies’ first word is “ball”. The first time I showed Julian a ball and how it rolled, his eyes lit up and I could see that boys are not only made of snakes and snails and puppy [...]

Activity #186: Point out the highlights

August 10, 2006

Have the day-to-day tactics gotten in the way of finding the joy of motherhood? Quit complaining and only count the smiles and funny moments for a day. For you snarky mamas who write your own blogs, frame your day as a series of highlights. Margo at Of Fish and Family shows us how with these [...]

Activity #59: Use Internet for errands

July 24, 2006

So, it’s not cool to leave the house while your baby sleeps, but you can use those snippets of time to get lots of things done. To name a few… Buy groceries Pay bills with online banking Buy stamps Stock up on diapers “Window shop” Check the AbsurdlyCool Freebie Finder or UnderTag to find coupons, [...]

Activity #375: Check out dropshots

May 25, 2006

My self-described techno-phobe pal Valerie started up with Dropshots.com when she and her little family of three moved across the pond to London from San Francisco. She uploads photos and videos and we, her faraway friends and family, can comment in real time. It’s a pretty cool tool. And a great alternative to creating and [...]

Activity #233: Roll with the bus

January 13, 2006

I guess there are a few versions of this (a quick Google search confirmed for me), but the way I play with Holden is great for babies from 5 months to 8 months old: Baby lays on his back Smiling mommy sings and does silly motions on baby’s body The wheels on the bus go [...]

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