Two geeky girls’ guide to the first year of motherhood.
From the category archives:
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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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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Misty’s found a way for her baby to enjoy some summertime water fun: Fill baby’s high chair tray with water for warm weather splashing!
I love this activity for hot, housebound babies everywhere (especially those of us jailed by an older napping child).
Baby Madeline’s high chair has a very deep lip, enough to hold about half [...]
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Mom jeans are not cool. I should know, I’m a mom and I live in Berkeley where I can wear jeans to almost anything (nice dinner? client meeting? yes and yes!). I cling to the belief that the right jeans can make me look like a hot mama.
“Because you’re not a woman anymore, you’re [...]
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When Julian was a baby, four years ago, we were having lunch in Beverly Hills on vacation one day, and the restaurant happened to have some Squapples – an organic squash and apple puree – on hand. I was intrigued of course, as a newly obsessed-with-all-things-baby mom. I was impressed with the food, and [...]
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Thanks to Rookie Dad Ryan for this tip. If you’re getting tired of picking up Cheerios that have been flung over the highchair tray, feed your older baby directly on the floor.
I noticed that Holden will make a pass under the dining room table and grab anything lingering from the most recent meal.
My friend, Jeanine, [...]
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Do you go in lots of cute baby stores and then not buy anything because you think “I could make that.” Perhaps you think “my mom could make that,” if you are not a “I could make that” type of chick. Well, consider just TRYING to make something. It’s so much more fun to [...]
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Whitney tried the subscription newsletter a few months ago and deemed it unworkable for her situation, so when I said I was giving myself the four-week challenge to get my dinner (and life) back on track with the The Six O’Clock Scramble, she wished me well and got out of my way.
Basically, I fell in [...]
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These ten-month olds (Theo, Del, Julian and Paxton) are having so much fun slurping on plastic toys and touching one another’s toes that they don’t realize their moms are having fun too.
Ingredients for a successful Margarita Mommies Group:
Shady backyard on a nice, warm day
Kiddie Pool with a couple inches of water
Mom-sized lawn chairs with toes [...]
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Most music classes for children provide a free trial class. Take advantage of these freebies before committing to a paid class. Try to talk your other mama friends into joining you so it’s the most fun for YOU.
Kindermusik Village classes are for babies under 18 months and each class is 45 minutes long.
Music Together [...]
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The Rookie Mom's Handbook: 250 Activities to Do with (and Without!) Your Baby
