Two geeky girls’ guide to the first year of motherhood.
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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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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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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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We are big fans of the clothing swap as a girls-only daytime get together. Because why shouldn’t your good stuff go to someone who will enjoy it?! We’ve been doing it for about 10 years.
Since we entered the world of parenthood, we started adding some maternity and baby items to our swaps, but since that [...]
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Outside of the side door of my house lives an attractive collection of strollers and their cousin, the red wagon. I am using the word “attractive” sarcastically. There’s the single stroller, the jogger, the double. And I’m not the one who is the stroller whore.
It really reminds me that my family is living [...]
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I love our very sweet caregiver for Scarlett. She comes to our house three times per week, for five hour shifts, to allow me to do some of the freelance writing and marketing work that I do.
Around here, it’s pretty common to set up what we call a “nanny share”. In our case, [...]
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Dutch from Sweet Juniper is psyched about passing on his love for thrift stores to toddler Juniper. His recommended outing sounds best for a toddler who will truly enjoy the piles of broken baby dolls, rusty toy cars and weird furniture that a thrift store has to offer.
(photo: Sweet Juniper in a thrifted outfit)
If [...]
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We worked with Munchkin, makers of all those great feeding products, to survey parents about their priorities when it comes to diaper changing and nurseries.
The survey is now closed. If you filled out the survey, you are entered to win one of 50 Munchkin’s limited edition Project Pink 2008 bath duckies. One lucky [...]
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You know I’m officially crazy when I stop a mom in the park and ask if I can take a picture of her baby for my blog. As if a blog is something that she should understand and clearly want to be a part of. Cuckoo.
Anyhow, little Natasha’s mom was agreeable, and I [...]
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If you are inviting others to celebrate the big ONE with you, make some plans for it. Make it easy on yourself by delegating food and decorations to anyone who volunteers to help.
Since your baby won’t understand the event, traditional birthday party activities are completely optional. We let our guests know that the birthday [...]
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Carolyn sent us this activity for the brave:
My son couldn’t help write the thank you notes for his first birthday but he could help make the cards! I put him in his high chair, wearing only a diaper.
I got out some heavy paper and non-toxic, washable finger paints, squirted a little paint on [...]
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The Rookie Mom's Handbook: 250 Activities to Do with (and Without!) Your Baby
