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Month 6

Activity #512: Vent about life as a parent

May 29, 2008

I love being a mom. Of course I do. Would I spend this much time blogging and writing a book about enjoying motherhood if I didn’t strongly identify with my momness? I freely admit, however, that this new hobby job role does take away from my pre-mom hobbies, including the hobby that was my husband [...]

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Activity #282: Look out for your marriage

January 23, 2008

Both of us Rookie Moms have parents who were divorced before we were in pre-school, and both of us want to have long epic marriages that last for 50 or 70 years (long after our diaper-wearing boys are out of the house). In that vein, here are some of our best tips for looking out [...]

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Activity #126: Give your back a break

September 13, 2007

Friends without babies love to wear the front carrier. Let them — 6-month olds are heavy! Ask a friend or sibling if they want to “wear the baby” while you are out and about. Look how how happy my friend Doug was in this picture to be wearing my son around. Deliriously. A few weeks [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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? [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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