Two geeky girls’ guide to the first year of motherhood.
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As a mom of five children, Meagan Francis is no rookie. When she launched The Happiest Mom, I invited her to share some of her experience to inspire moms to have more fun during the first years of motherhood.
She offers us some tips and reassurance that happy moms put themselves on top of the [...]
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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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This summer I reached out to Erin Chase from 5 Dollar Dinners to ask her for her EASIEST tips for new moms trying to get dinner on the table.
She went one better. Rather than a few handy tips, she shared with us her strategy for avoiding cooking during the witching hour altogether.
At the [...]
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With the economy totally sucking, we’ve modified our babysitter retainer model slightly and are trying to have a few more date nights at home. If you thought it was totally unrealistic when I told you to put your kids to bed before 7pm and have a date-night, I feel you.
Here are six slightly more inventive [...]
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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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Most of the safety lessons I carry around instinctively, I learned the hard easy way by watching friends make the mistakes. Thanks to my village, I know that breastfeeding is not sufficient birth control and that I should never fly in flip flops. Here are five family-safety tips from my peeps:
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When I have a long stretch of unstructured time, I just about lose my mind. I like to have goals and a to-do list, even if its someone else’s list.
unning out of ideas for what to do with your baby during maternity leave? Here is my list of goals for you. Try to choose [...]
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If your kid is too young to know about the pleasures of candy, you’ll have no trouble restricting her intake on Halloween. You might really enjoy watching her slobber over her first mini-Snickers bar and that will be the end of a very nice evening.
For those with toddlers and preschoolers, however, there may be [...]
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We’re a few weeks into the new preschool year. For me and the boys, it’s the third year at the same place. All the same rules and several familiar faces make it easier for us to get back in the swing of things. With the exception of drop-offs that seem to last for an hour, [...]
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Last week I posted our first fashion tip from Shana from Ain’t No Mom Jeans. It seemed that y’all loved it. Today we have allowed her to go on an anti-sweatsuit rant and provide you with another alternative. Without further ado…
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Up there in the cool-mom creed, right next to “Thou shalt not wear [...]
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Your standard issue souvenir shirt, labeled as unisex, is pretty much for boys. Don’t fight me on this. The boxy cut and thick collar of a boys tee is fine for romping around, but if you are saving some favorite boy shirts for the baby girl you are expecting, you may come to find you [...]
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When I became pregnant with baby #2 (the one we now call Milo), Whitney scoured the Internets looking for baby advice for me. The best one about bathing a baby (when you have two under two or even two under three) is “Just bathe the dirtiest one.”
We used that tip for a long time. Here [...]
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The Rookie Mom's Handbook: 250 Activities to Do with (and Without!) Your Baby
