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My snapfish photo book (sponsored)

December 20, 2011

Snapfish recently challenged me to to solicit reader suggestions and make a cool photo book. So, not only did the ideas have to be interesting, but they had to also be easy enough for me to execute. Based on your great ideas, I picked the easiest one: One Fun Day. Alissa commented: Did you do [...]

Clever idea: Use Santa diapers for holiday card

December 9, 2011

I was at a board meeting for Help A Mother Out when I met a lovely rookie mom named Catherine. The topic of Huggies’ holiday Santa diapers came up as we sat around the conference table (HAMO is a diaper donation advocacy organization, after all) and Catherine excitedly reached for her purse to reveal her [...]

Awesome Mom: Secret Agent Josephine (win!)

December 8, 2011

One of the best parts about getting older is that the accomplishments of my peers continue to be more amazing. It is with no small thrill that I share the news that my blogging peer, the talented illustrator known Secret Agent Josephine is launching, not just one children’s book, but three! And not just on [...]

I am a holiday card ho this year. (Ho ho ho!)

November 30, 2011

I cannot tell a lie. Over the course of this year, at various blogger events, I collected three different $50 gift cards to customized paper goods companies, and I was determined to use them all. My annual mailing list is about 75 households long. Hence, I uploaded the same photo to Minted, Paper Culture, and [...]

Giggle round-up: November edition

November 23, 2011

On the giggle website, where I noticed today that shipping on holiday gifts is free, as is gift wrapping (score!), I noticed that they put out a very appealing holiday catalog that you can browse online. I didn’t receive it in the mail, which I might say is a mistake on their part, because if [...]

Guest post: Christine Koh on having a second child

November 11, 2011

We are delighted to share our space with Christine Koh today. She is our second guest blogger on the topic of having a second child. When I saw Heather and Whitney post their reader query about whether or not to have a second child, my immediate thought was, If only it was as simple as [...]

(Giveaway) New kids’ craft book from Make and Takes

November 11, 2011

I am so proud of our buddy Marie who has just published her first book. The team at her publisher, Wiley, who maintain a pretty solid crafty website themselves, put together an adorable package of Marie’s ideas and photographer Nicole Gerulat’s images. As you can see in the table of contents above, the projects are [...]

(Giveaway) A sweet diaper backpack for parents of all genders!

November 1, 2011

Do you guys know about Totsy? Totsy is an online private-sale site dedicated to offering apparel, gear, accessories and more for moms, babies and kids ages 0-8. Today they’re offering Rookie Moms readers a chance to win this diaper bag. Yee-haw! Here’s what I like about it: GENDER NEUTRAL! There are simply not enough gender-neutral [...]

You’ll totally wear that again: saloon staff costume for mom and baby

October 28, 2011

Since we’re getting so close to Halloween, I’m guessing that any last-minute costume seekers are done with ordering online and more likely to be contemplating a late-night Target run. I think you might be able to find what you need for this funny toddler costume there. I just love this clever concept from Molly of [...]

giggle link love: October edition (giveaway!)

October 27, 2011

The contest is now closed, y’all! But the rest of the post is still good. This month, we’re excited to share the chance to win a $50 gift card on giggle.com to one lucky reader! But first, I want to share a few favorite mobiles. Since I’m on my third baby, acquiring a mobile wasn’t [...]

Under the influence: October edition

October 26, 2011

I’m really really hoping that enough of you were influenced by our post yesterday about the DIAPER act that you will sign the petition. In general, it’s not my goal to boss our readers around, but rather to inspire them to get out of the house and do fun stuff — with babies in tow. [...]

My kids are cool with leftovers

October 20, 2011

In the Ragu-sponsored video we are sharing this week, I chat with my blogging buddies Kim Tracy Prince and Renee Ross about leftovers. Since I make two separate dinners for my family (adults vs kids), I don’t personally struggle with convincing my kids to eat leftovers. The kids are not eating what Ryan and I [...]

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