Two geeky girls’ guide to the first year of motherhood.
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My very smart friend Joanne actually used to report to me. Now she is both a mama and the sole proprietor of her own online store, PenelopePoet.com, and sells beautiful jewelry. (Click here to see my favorite item.) Joanne just emailed me her take on “how to cope when baby doesn’t nap.”
There are [...]
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My former co-worker Erin is the rookie mom of Esme. She recently launched her business doing maternity, baby, child and family photography in the Bay Area.
This is Erin’s toddler, Esme, as photographed by her mother.
When she told me of her new venture as a professional photographer, I loved that she also gave me a [...]
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When I saw Mike Adamick, local dad and writer, on an afternoon talk show talking about decorating cute shirts for his daughter, I thought it was unlikely I’d learn something new. I mean, I’ve already written about decorating onesies in just about every way I can think of. But behold, Mike taught me [...]
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After much anticipation — like more than a year’s worth — I finally got my family in to the Parents Nite Out at Dig’s Bistro in Berkeley. Every month on the first Monday, Dig’s Bistro (a local, seasonal, fresh, tasty, organic, foodie gem of a restaurant) opens its doors to the floodgates of parents needing [...]
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Whitney and I both love Picante. But sometimes you want to go to a place that feels a little more grown-up.
There are fancy restaurants with linen tablecloths and eerie, romantic silence and there are groovy, funky, cool restaurants that make you feel like an adult again while being a sensory treat for your older [...]
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My friend Jeanine once told me there’s lots of fun time to be had with baby at an outdoor store like REI: you just set up a sweet pad in the display tent with several of the Thermarest mattresses, chirping bird toys, bright colored water bottles, etc and have a blast.
The first time I took [...]
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So, last night, right around 10:10, I lost my karaoke virginity. Ever since Guitar Hero entered my house, I knew this day would come. Before Guitar Hero, however, I was confident that my phobia of public singing would last a lifetime.
As I accepted the invitation from @Vdog to join a gaggle of bloggers [...]
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Fellow Bay Area baby blogger, Catherine, sent us this agenda for a week’s worth of preschooler activities in the South Bay. “Our family loves exploring the Bay Area,” she writes, “and I write a blog about our adventures, explorations, and food finds. I’ve comprised a list with a bit of everything for each day of [...]
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On recent raining days when I’ve been having a very very hard time getting motivated to get out of the house with my sidekick, I have been thinking about how lucky I am to have several baby and toddler-friendly coffee shops to choose from.
For me, what makes a coffee shop friendly for parents is a [...]
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Oh crap! We promised the contractors currently destructing our house that we’d be gone for the weekend but we still haven’t figured out where to go yet.
Holden and Milo are out of “school” Friday and Monday so we figured it would be a good time to go somewhere. A few months ago, when I originally [...]
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I was excited to join the MOMocrats this morning to watch the historic inauguration and eat some oatmeal. I left my house before 7am to drive from Berkeley to Palo Alto on my way to work in San Francisco. If you live nearby, you know that these places are not very conveniently located.
Of course, it [...]
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My friend of a friend, Heather Hogan, moved to the Ross Valley area last year, just in time to spend her second rookie year in the beautiful, family-friendly cluster of towns located 40 minutes north of San Francisco. Her first daughter is in Kindergarten and her second is 11 months old.
Heather rounded [...]
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The Rookie Mom's Handbook: 250 Activities to Do with (and Without!) Your Baby
