Two geeky girls’ guide to the first year of motherhood.
From the category archives:
My friend Mike used to take his toddler Miles out for Garbage Truck Friday each week without fail. They did it for years. Their routine included picking up muffins from the local bakery and following the garbage truck all over Oakland for an hour or so. It was something that they both looked forward to.
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How cute is this series of photos from Hey Jen Renee? She created a printout for each month of her daughter’s first year and took a photo of her baby girl “holding” it.
At the end of the year, she printed the twelve photos and placed them in an accordion fold-style photo album so that they [...]
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Did you know that you might have a puppet theater in your child’s room already?
Materials needed:
Crib
Sheet
Dolls or stuffed animals
Preschooler with a repertoire of songs
Any combination of parent, baby, and toddler to serve as audience
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Scrounge around for some pictures of you and your mate together from when you first started out dating and wooing. Make a collage and put it on the fridge to remember your pre-baby lives.
It can be as easy as tacking up a few old favorites that have been sitting in a drawer (bungee-jumping, [...]
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Traveling to the Olympics with kids? Have fun!
Shana from Wee Travel tells us the best way to spend a week in Vancouver with little ones. Wee Travel (started by two moms who are sisters living on opposite sides of the country) rents baby gear and toys delivered to your door. All equipment is [...]
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‘member those candy hearts that say “Me Too” or “Love Ya”? They’re called conversation hearts. A few years ago, Rookie Moms reader, Veronica, suggested that we use our babies to make cards with this Valentine’s Day theme for our family members this year:
Pay homage to the throwback days when you made Valentine’s for every [...]
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Sorry rookie dads, this one is for the ladies.
So, we’re all supposed to do kegels, right? How we’re supposed to remember to do them with all the other stuff new moms are juggling is totally beyond me… so I came up with a brilliant little technique that I can share with you.
Do one for every [...]
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If you still have that yoga ball around — and you’re not currently using it for ab work — get it out to thrill and impress your baby.
We kept ours in Holden’s room for about 22 months — until his new brother was born and the room just got too crowded.
Each morning, [...]
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By the time I took this picture, Julian was to big for this fleece sling, so I was thrilled to wear Heather’s baby Holden in it. If you don’t already have a sling, consider it.
Wearing your baby keeps him happy, especially if he’s the type that likes to be held all the time. [...]
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Just when I’ve run out of ways to say, “Don’t just read this website, DO some of the activities!” I read Meagan Francis’s post about how motherhood doesn’t have to be boring, although it is admittedly filled with boring moments.
She urges her community to take action, to take responsibility for their own happiness. I asked [...]
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… or How to Host a Clothes Swap Party.
It’s almost January, so it’s time to plan another clothing swap! Whitney totally hates this photo series but I love it. To be fair, she was trying on outfits from the “pass-through” pile.
We’ve mentioned this idea here and there, but maybe it’s time to full-on tell you [...]
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New Year’s Eve can become like Prom Night if you let it: fraught with expectation and pressure. But instead of dropping an extra $150 on a limo ride through the McDonald’s drive-thru, you’re spending an extra $150 on a babysitter. Ugh.
Whitney and I have had a long-standing date on New Year’s Eve and we like [...]
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The Rookie Mom's Handbook: 250 Activities to Do with (and Without!) Your Baby
