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Having 2+ kids

Twins, baby bunching, third baby, middle child. If you have more than one rookie baby, this section is for you.

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 [...]

Why my 4-year old has a paci

June 30, 2011

At the end of this three-day weekend Scarlett, our firecracker, will turn four. She’ll go to sleep on Monday night, nestled with her four loveys and her pacifier in her mouth, her cupcake blanket pulled up to her chin. On her nightstand, a pile of extra pacis. The following day, we’ll expel the pacifiers from [...]

Twins, baby bunching, third baby, middle child. If you have more than one rookie baby, this section is for you.

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! [...]

Photo essay: From nursery to big boy room

March 1, 2011

Once upon a time, I was obsessed with John Lennon as my nursery motif. I didn’t know if we were expecting a girl or boy. My mom and husband painted a mural on our wall based on a sketch she drew from a onesie hang tag. I scored the bedding second-hand from Berkeley Parents Network [...]

Twins, baby bunching, third baby, middle child. If you have more than one rookie baby, this section is for you.

Born-again rookie mom: Christine Koh

February 16, 2011

Christine Koh lives in the Boston area with her husband and 6-year-old daughter and is expecting a second daughter in March 2011. She is a recovering academic, designer, relay runner as well as a good friend. She tweets about it all at @bostonmamas. I asked her a few questions about her experiences and expectations as [...]

Milo’s birth story (the funny one)

January 18, 2011

Spoiler alert: This is the birth story every mom dreams of — kinda — it starts with a party, includes some laughs along the way, has a happy ending with a healthy baby and a whole pie! After a day spent wolfing down jump-start-your-labor ginger cookies and an evening enjoying the Oscars at Whitney’s house, [...]

Twins, baby bunching, third baby, middle child. If you have more than one rookie baby, this section is for you.

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 [...]

Our first happy Halloween

November 1, 2010

Finally. The convergence of low expectations and my children’s age and understanding. We had a fun time over the weekend. Our first Halloween sucked. I tried to force Holden into a chili pepper costume. He cried. I tried to rally him to be in a stroller so I could trick-or-treat with my friends, show him [...]

Twins, baby bunching, third baby, middle child. If you have more than one rookie baby, this section is for you.

Stop copying me! A post about twins

October 25, 2010

Last week I attended a luncheon and amongst the 15 or 20 parents in attendance, four had twins! I know there’s more to having twins than buying cute onesies that say “stop copying me!” so I asked Laura C, who is the photographer of the above picture and the mother of the twin boys in [...]

Two kids in a room. Or not.

May 12, 2010

Heather and I both live in Berkeley where houses are small, and expensive nonetheless. Our neighboring city Oakland is pretty much the same. If you’ve seen the show Parenthood, which is set here, well, let’s just say that the houses in which those characters live would be in the top 5% for spaciousness. The other [...]

Twins, baby bunching, third baby, middle child. If you have more than one rookie baby, this section is for you.

3 photo opps for younger sibs: Capture the resemblance

January 14, 2010

Last week I saw a post with 25 ideas for scrapbook pages for your baby. It reminded me to share three ideas with you for second children. We don’t want them totally neglected in the baby book department. Holding a framed photo. My friend Emily snapped this picture of her baby boy Desmond at 6 [...]

Our first chapter book

January 7, 2010

Holden’s preschool started reading “chapter books” before naptime at the beginning of the school year. I wasn’t familiar with the term, but as a college-educated woman, I figured it out soon enough. A chapter book is a book with chapters and maybe some pages with no pictures at all. Whoa. Harry Potter, here we come. [...]

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