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Eating

Ideas for feeding your baby and yourself… these should be obvious, natural, easy… but they’re not always

A highchair worth every penny

July 31, 2012

My red Tripp Trapp seat by Stokke is still being used by my five-year old on a daily basis. We bought it for her older brother, which means we have used it for every meal at home for at least six years. We love this thing. Since it’s the dead of summer for most of [...]

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Baby food cheats: Easy, inexpensive, and healthy

July 12, 2012

I take pride in making my baby fresh pureed food from scratch ingredients sourced locally from the farmers’ market. Really. But I have 3 kids and a job meaning some days we improvise. Through trial and error, Rookie Dad Alec (not pictured) and I discovered these homemade baby food “cheats” that are the easiest ever [...]

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Ideas for feeding your baby and yourself… these should be obvious, natural, easy… but they’re not always

Breastfeeding and losing weight?

July 6, 2012

After a few months of nursing, I frequently found myself wondering how much and what to eat to lose baby weight without compromising my milk supply. I had a hard enough time finding answers that I just gave up on any kind of diet, conceding that I’d hold onto my chub for the good of [...]

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Makin’ it: Healthy lunch pancakes

June 20, 2012

I saw this recipe for easy lunch pancakes on decafmom nearly two years ago and bookmarked it to try. Stuffed with veggies, these pancakes are healthy for toddlers as well as their moms who occasionally subsist on Cheerios that fall to the floor. The Base Recipe Ingredients 2 eggs 1/2-3/4 cup pre-cooked starch such as [...]

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Ideas for feeding your baby and yourself… these should be obvious, natural, easy… but they’re not always

Why the bouncy seat makes me a better mom

May 31, 2012

Before having a baby, I had a very clear idea of what kind of mom I would be. Having read Babywise at the advice of a childless friend, I knew I would put my newborn on a schedule and fill my maternity leave with useful pursuits like crossing items off my to-do list and initiating [...]

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3 cute dress substitutes for nursing or pumping moms

May 16, 2012

When Whitney asked me to choose three dresses that would be good for nursing or pumping moms from the Shabby Apple collection, I told her that wearing a dress to nurse is bullshit. I routed her to the skirt department instead. Even a wrap dress, which seems ideal for pulling boobs out, reveals way more [...]

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Ideas for feeding your baby and yourself… these should be obvious, natural, easy… but they’re not always

Chase down the Annie’s Organics truck

May 8, 2012

Annie’s Homegrown (the people who bring you bunny crackers and mac and cheese) is a local-to-us company, based in Berkeley, CA. For the launch of their Organic Rising Crust Pizza, now found in the frozen aisle of Whole Foods, they’ve hired me and Heather to help out with marketing. The Annie’s truck is traveling around [...]

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Makin’ it: Mickey Mouse Pancakes

May 7, 2012

The following idea to make mealtime more fun is an excerpt from our new book Stuff Every Mom Should Know because we think every mom should be armed with such clever tricks up her sleeve. Prepare pancake batter as usual, from scratch or from a box. Using a small ladle or measuring cup, create one [...]

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Ideas for feeding your baby and yourself… these should be obvious, natural, easy… but they’re not always

Stuff I like right now: baby feeding edition

April 24, 2012

At seven months old, Sawyer is eating and drinking whatever he can get his mouth on. Still nursing but also bottle-feeding, spoon-feeding, and dabbling in finger food. And, as always, I have some very strong opinions! I have a whole new arsenal of baby feeding products in rotation so wanted to share a few of [...]

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What to feed a picky toddler

March 15, 2012

While I was grocery shopping at the Berkeley Bowl, I ran into Superhero Andrea as I was choosing my organic applesauce and she asked me for some good suggestions for what to feed toddlers. In fact, she asked me if I had anything on my blog about it already, which made me think I should [...]

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Ideas for feeding your baby and yourself… these should be obvious, natural, easy… but they’re not always

Terrific cookbook: Parents Need to Eat Too

February 14, 2012

If I had the chops to write a cookbook, this is exactly the one I’d want to write. It has chapters for one-handed meals (that you can eat with one hand, sadly not cook with one hand), slow cooker dinners, best foods for breastfeeding, and tricks for spreading out the prep among various nap segments. [...]

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My very strong opinions about nursing bras

February 8, 2012

There are many choices of bras with little hooking flaps. How does a rookie mom decide? Allow me to help. With my 30+ months of breastfeeding experience and access to a dozen different kinds of bras, I have a few strong opinions for you. At a bare minimum, you need three nursing bras. One to [...]

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