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A Week in…

We have staycation ideas for San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Europe, Chicago, Austin, and more. Each list of activities for moms and babies may include postnatal yoga, mom and baby movies, cafe suggestions, and other free activities. We hope to inspire a fun maternity leave or simply activities that help new moms enjoy their days with babies.

5 Days of Activities in Pittsburgh, PA

October 11, 2009

Our guest tour guide, Katy, is a true rookie mom who just returned to work after spending her maternity leave with baby Miles. You might think Katy is totally confident since she’s letting me post a picture of her with a nursing bra strap showing, but she wrote that she has “never, ever felt more [...]

Toddler Activities in San Luis Obispo, CA

September 4, 2009

Kimberly Lisagor and I are best friends once removed. That is to say, our moms are best friends. (We ourselves haven’t seen each other for about twenty years, but, you know, god bless Facebook.) Our moms have known each other since grade school and had us, their rookie babies, when they were 23. A travel [...]

Spend a Week in Myrtle Beach, SC

August 15, 2009

In honor of my two-days-old niece, Stacie from NewMommyHelp.net agreed to share with us a week’s worth of favorite baby and toddler activities in her hometown of Myrtle Beach, SC. My brother and his wife moved to South Carolina from Florida a few weeks before baby Casey was born so they’re all pretty new in [...]

Spend another week in Chicago

August 7, 2009

Lisa Hazen is one of our very best online friends that we had never met (until we went ahead and met her a few weeks ago when visiting Chicago). She’s friend-of-friends with each of us many times over and she wrote one of the first ever guest posts of RookieMoms when our site was a [...]

Spend a week in Birmingham, AL

July 10, 2009

Jamie and her friends Angie and Trish from BirminghamMommy sent us a week’s worth of fun Birmingham, Al activities to do with a baby or toddler in tow. Wondering what to do in the heat with your baby or toddler? Wonder no more. Monday: gardens and cookie factory! Mondays are tough, even if you are [...]

Baby activities in Boston for warm days

May 23, 2009

Fellow rookie mom Becky describes some of Boston’s best bets for babies especially for the Spring and Summer: Monday — Play it Local We live near Cleveland Circle in Brighton, Massachusetts, close to Boston College, sandwiched between the towns of Newton and Brookline. One of the delights of living in Boston is that it is [...]

Spend a week in Chicago

May 12, 2009

Hey Chicago moms! Is our week in Chicago too touristy for you? Let us hear from you and we’ll feature your ideas next! Jeff Pfaller is the rookie dad and blogger behind 365parents.com. He published all 365 posts into this this eBook, 365 First Time Parenting Tips: Infant Edition, for other first-time parents. Jeff is [...]

Spend a week doing kid activities in Silicon Valley, CA

April 11, 2009

Fellow Bay Area baby blogger, Catherine, sent us this agenda for a week’s worth of preschooler activities in the South Bay. “Our family loves exploring the Bay Area,” she writes, “and I write a blog about our adventures, explorations, and food finds. I’ve comprised a list with a bit of everything for each day of [...]

Spend a week in Orlando

February 13, 2009

Warming up from the cold weather, we jet down to Orlando to spend a week doing fun family activities. Ok, we’re not really going anywhere, but if you already live in Orlando (or plan to visit), you can thank SuZ and her daughter (who’s almost the same age as Milo!) from NotYourTypicalMommy Blog for the [...]

Spend a week in Ross Valley, CA

January 16, 2009

My friend of a friend, Heather Hogan, moved to the Ross Valley area last year, just in time to spend her second rookie year in the beautiful, family-friendly cluster of towns located 40 minutes north of San Francisco. Her first daughter is in Kindergarten and her second is 11 months old. Heather rounded up activities [...]

Spend a week in Marin

November 3, 2008

One of Whitney’s former LeapFroggy co-workers, Meg, is an avid traveler, adjusting to becoming a parent. She writes about it at Backpack to Buggy in the hopes of encouraging more parents to travel with their own children. As her travel budget is severely constrained (aka was spent for the year) she is having a blast [...]

Spend a week in Quebec City

August 29, 2008

Another week of fun activities for moms and babies courtesy of Kristi at Ciao Bambino. If you’re a local mum, why not be a tourist in your own town for a week?! Just visiting? Stay at the posh Hotel Manoir Victoria, which has a special entrance for strollers and an indoor pool. What’s not to [...]

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