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Win Wonderful Wall Decals

October 18, 2011

When I was a kid, I was stuck staring at the wallpaper my parents chose for a guest room as my childhood bedroom. Boring and blech. Now that I’m the parent, I love wall decals for updating the personality of any room really fast. And it’s much easier (and cheaper) than painting. This summer as [...]

New sponsor: Relish!

September 30, 2011

You may have seen the advertisement in the right hand sidebar over the last week or so: Relish is a meal planning service that makes shopping and cooking easier. You sign up online and then browse through their “current menu”, “past menus”, or just search for something you know you want to use, like “celery”. [...]

Fantasy question: What would you outsource if you could? (sponsored)

September 14, 2011

Heather and I are both big fans of brainstorming. No idea is a bad idea. Just spill it out there. Use one ridiculous suggestion as a jumping off point for another one. Today, we invite you to set your mind free, just for a moment. If you could make a list of ten things NOT [...]

Welcome baby Sawyer

September 11, 2011

Yep, that’s my baby boy as photographed in the hospital last week. He’s a cuddly little guy that is happiest on me. Since he wasn’t due until next week, I’m trying to cut him a little slack on this point. Since he’s riding in the most awesome swing ever right now, I might have about [...]

Distributing diapers in the Bay Area

September 7, 2011

While I’m sitting around nursing and diaper changing and nursing and nursing, I wanted to share with you a video of me last year distributing diapers to a community in the Bay Area. I wanted to add, “Please ignore the bad hair,” but frankly, if you could see me right now, six days postpartum, you’d [...]

Is time-out a waste of time?

August 23, 2011

I bet you are hoping that I know the answer to this question. I sure don’t. The school that Julian attended for his bridge-K year asked us not to use time-outs at home. We stopped using that term, but called it “taking a break” and it meant pretty much the same thing. Now that Scarlett [...]

Giveaway: Flipcam + more from GoGo SqueeZ ($225 value)

August 18, 2011

Dear readers, this contest is closed. We will contact the winner offline. Peace out. Did you see the post last month where Whitney showed how her kids used the summer fun kit from GoGo SqueeZ? It cracked me up. Our children — born at the same hospital and living only 2 miles apart — could [...]

It’s a bonanza of Barefoot Books (Giveaway)

August 7, 2011

This contest is now closed and the winner is being notified. Thanks for stopping by. Some savvy mom told me years ago that books make the best shower gift. A newly expectant couple is mostly thinking about diapers and carseats and strollers, but probably not about how they’ll introduce their child to a lifelong love [...]

Citrus Lane: A wine-of-the-month-club for babies (GIVEAWAY)

July 21, 2011

This contest is now closed. If you were the winner, then I sent you an email already. Thanks for playing! We recently started working with the founder of Citrus Lane to help get the word out about their new service. I’m (no-longer-secretly) hoping that when my baby comes, she’ll give me my own gift subscription! [...]

Giveaway: Baby’s first-year essentials x 2!

July 15, 2011

This contest is now closed. The winner has been notified. Sorry if it wasn’t you. When we began to work out the details of this giveaway with Brica, the makers of these elegant baby items, we were a little embarrassed about asking them to double up the prize package. But they graciously agreed to make [...]

Welcome to Twins Week

July 11, 2011

For about six months now, Heather and I have been wanting to do a full week of posts dedicated to multiple moms. We get the feeling that when we suggest taking a baby to yoga or with you to a movie, those who are juggling more than one baby may be rolling their eyes. We [...]

Denim diapers, the bright side

July 7, 2011

Laugh if you must, but seeing baby Ivy (daughter of the Langs) chilling in her denim diapers, I started to think “hey, these are seriously cute.” I just learned from Huggies that there are three new ways to help families struggling to provide diapers: Buy a package of specially marked denim diapers, Huggies will donate [...]

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