Two geeky girls’ guide to the first year of motherhood.
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My daughter loves to take the clothes off her baby doll, but mostly the task is too difficult for her. I wanted to make a dress she could take off by herself, and I came up with an easy pattern to share.
This baby doll dress (or robe) takes just a few minutes to sew. I [...]
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When I saw this “first ornament” tutorial on Wedding Bee, I thought it meant for a baby’s first Christmas, but soon understood that it’s for a couple’s first married Christmas.
Why was I reading WeddingBee.com? Who knows. I get easily lost in the Internets.
Made from leftover wedding invites, it is a clever and subtle tribute [...]
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Live evergreen branches bring two dangers into your house immediately, one much more serious than the other. Over time, the pine needles dry out and get so prickly that you will cringe as you handle them. They poke your already dry hands, and you will actually need to wear work gloves when you go [...]
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We had a board book that I didn’t like too much. The illustrations were too wishy washy and there were too many words. We also had a board book that I loved, by Todd Parr, called This is My Hair. Bold illustrations and simple text. Plus funny. I decided I wanted the [...]
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Call me sentimental, but I am a fan of tiny baby feet on little coasters, mugs, and tiles. When Holden was 6 weeks old, we dragged him to a paint-your-own-pottery place to stamp his tootsies on trivets (the cheapest pottery they sold) and I already felt that I had missed his “newborn foot size.” In [...]
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If you have two kids within four years of age, it’s likely that you’ll find yourself strolling the younger one while the older one walks. May we recommend a little trick?
Attach something to the stroller for your older child to hold onto, so that she feels included and so that you know exactly where she [...]
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Julian had one friend sleep over for his fifth birthday this year. The child’s family came over for a pizza and salad dinner, and guess what? That’s eight people around our table. Eight is enough, right?
I was so in love with some of the other birthday parties I saw on the interwebz this month, those [...]
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My kids are totally in love with the characters from the bizarro TV show Yo Gabba Gabba. Enchanted by the pink teardrop-shaped member of the cast, Scarlett called herself “Foofa” for about a month and was actually more responsive to instructions we gave her if we addressed her as Foofa. I know she’d [...]
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My son’s birthday is next week, so I have parties on my mind. Since we are just having his BFF’s family over for pizza and pumpkin carving, I figure I can bite off something a little more time consuming in terms of favors, given that the guest list is so tiny.
I saw [...]
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A few sheets of felt, found at a fabric or craft store, can become a Make Your Own Pizza Kit for your own child or as a gift for someone else.
My favorite part of this activity, as emphasized by its author Jackie, in the post on her own site, is that sloppy cutting is [...]
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Now that you have your very own baby, your Halloween costume options have really expanded. If your baby is pretty new, she can be carted around with you, with no regard to bedtime. Enjoy it while it lasts.
A few ways use your baby as a fun prop or sidekick to your [...]
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I adore these costume kits from Etsy shop, DIY Costumes. The creator of the kits, Cassie Divine, has provided us with a way to produce a handmade Halloween costume — no sewing skills required!
The kits contain everything you need to transform a plain sweatsuit into [...]
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The Rookie Mom's Handbook: 250 Activities to Do with (and Without!) Your Baby
