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Dear Rookie Moms

When our readers ask us questions and we share the answers with everyone.

Dear Rookie Moms, Should I have a second child?

October 4, 2011

We received this letter and thought our readers could extend some empathy and perspective to “Kate”, who is having trouble deciding if another child is in the cards for her and her husband. I wrote her a note below, but I hope you’ll respond as well. Dear Rookie Moms, My little girl is turning two [...]

How to fit more kids in one room

April 20, 2011

Dear Rookie Moms readers, Hey, you guys! We need some help with this letter. Actually it was a comment on our post 2 in a room (or not). Please read and share your best advice for squeezing three little kids in one room (or not!) in the comments. We thank you and Amanda thanks you! [...]

When our readers ask us questions and we share the answers with everyone.

Dear Rookie Moms, maternity leave is ending

January 5, 2011

Dear Rookie Moms, I have had 4 glorious months of maternity leave and am returning to full-time work in the first week of January. We have child care arranged and a steadily growing stash of pumped milk in the freezer. I would love to know what other rookie (and veteran!) moms did to ease back [...]

Dear Rookie Moms: How to introduce formula

December 14, 2010

My friend Deborah, who works full time in the San Francisco area, was ready to kiss her pumping days bye bye. As a dutiful pumper, she had amassed a tremendous supply of breast milk in her freezer and had not yet spent her hard-earned money on formula. She asked how to introduce it to her [...]

When our readers ask us questions and we share the answers with everyone.

Guest post: Fear of leaving the house with twins

November 29, 2010

Gina Osher, aka The Twin Coach, shares this lesson about confidence for new moms. Many women are overwhelmed by parenthood; mothers of multiples are sometimes even more so. After our twins were born, I found myself so afraid to fail at any aspect of motherhood that I simply chose to run from it. I avoided [...]

Dear Rookie Moms, What are your beauty secrets?

April 12, 2010

Um, we have none, so we must turn this over to someone who knows about such things. A request came in for us to make some recommendations for how to look like you’ve gotten a full night of sleep and haven’t had your skin and hair ravished by monstrous hormonal changes over a long period [...]

When our readers ask us questions and we share the answers with everyone.

Dear Rookie Moms, I need help with maternity clothes shopping

January 22, 2010

Hi there readers, we have another friend and reader email to share. This is what Jenny really said and what I told her. Sound off in the comments with your best tips and advice for maternity clothes shopping. Dear Rookie Moms, I know I should read the blog from beginning to end, but in the [...]

Dear Rookie Moms: Grandma’s guide to Facebook etiquette?

August 14, 2009

This installment of Dear Rookie Moms is a cheat sheet of Facebook etiquette for the grandparent set. Names and identifying details have been changed to protect the innocent. Dear Rookie Moms, I’m a grandma and I’m on Facebook. But I just don’t get it. Every day, I see more and more of my friends as [...]

When our readers ask us questions and we share the answers with everyone.

Dear Rookie Moms, Advice on Getting Pregnant?

July 31, 2009

Dear Rookie Moms, I am trying to get pregnant and it’s been a trying process. I am 27 and hubby is 25 and I just thought getting pregnant would be easy as we’re both very healthy. I had a miscarriage in December and am finally up to trying again. I’ve read the books on fertility [...]

Dear Rookie Moms, Should I have a baby?

July 16, 2009

Hi there readers, this is an actual letter we received. And the actual response I sent back. Did I give crappy advice? Tell me in the comments. Care to send us your own question? Feel free! Dear Rookie Moms, I really enjoyed your little video of the 4 women wrestling with the decision of whether [...]