Two geeky girls’ guide to the first year of motherhood.
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Go on, it’s semi-social, you can bring your baby or toddler, and you can Get Things Done.
Many times, Whitney and I meet with the boys to do some Target shopping and wonder if it counts as an outing… I say “yes”.
Yesterday, I met my (child-free) pal, Olivia, and we wandered the aisles at Whole Foods [...]
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I buy Apple/Carrot Crushers from Trader Joe’s on a regular basis. The format is like the other products you see above, and my kids love it.
When I went to the Fancy Food Show in San Francisco with my mom last month, I saw a bunch more squeezable items and thought the new baby food packaging [...]
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Little pre-walkers need lots of practice and encouragement. Walk around slowly holding junior’s hands.
If possible, get someone to take a picture from behind with baby and your adult hands supporting him – super cute!
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This sounds like a self-help suggestion, but it’s actually really fun and the best part is trading your list with your friends and/or spouse if you can convince them to do it.
Heather challenged me to do make a list of 50 things I like to do, and then she went all over-achiever on [...]
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I am the first person to delete the blurry pictures and the closed-eyes pictures from my computer. Despite what my MIL might think, I make a strong effort to edit what I share with the world.
What about the funny, goofy faces? Do those get chucked out too? Well, how sad.
Do yourself a favor [...]
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Here’s a gift idea. Make a personalized version of the game Memory. You know, where you turn over two tiles to try to make a match. Each time you make a match, you remove the tiles until you have matched all the pairs.
I made this for my grandparents one Christmas. It [...]
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Find a good time between baby’s naps and enjoy a brunch out with your partner or some friends.
You want to find a place with wide enough aisles between tables that you can wheel a stroller or walk with a toddler, no fancy table cloths, and a changing table in the restroom. Ambient [...]
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Today’s activity: make something for lunch you and the babe can both eat – baked or microwaved sweet potato and cottage cheese with fruit. Less trips to the fridge and sink, right?
Related: What to feed a picky toddler, Fix a toddler snack
photo credit: chelseab
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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 always unpacked everything to the right so if I acted quickly enough, I could keep refilling from the left.
When you’ve tired of that, put her [...]
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A post from Designing Moms crossed my path just as I was realizing that I need a zipper pouch in my purse to contain all the loose pieces I keep for emergency kid entertainment. Plastic spiders, packaged snack bars, and tiny cars are forever preventing me from locating my keys quickly when I dig my [...]
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Grandparents everywhere, we salute you!
Specifically, we give thanks to Grandma and Grandpa who drove in from SLO after Friday services to help Whitney while her husband is at a Bachelor Party this weekend. And the other two sets of active grandparents who do regular rotations of childcare and support.
Also big props to Grandma and Beepa [...]
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Entertaining Julian in the afternoon is best done outside. Inside he is totally crabby from about 3 to 6 pm. I’ve discovered things he likes and have been lazy enough to just put them all in the backyard at once so that he can roam from activity to activity over the course of an hour. [...]
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The Rookie Mom's Handbook: 250 Activities to Do with (and Without!) Your Baby
