Two geeky girls’ guide to the first year of motherhood.
From the category archives:
The founder and editor of BostonMamas.com is Christine Koh. Her daughter Laurel is now in Kindergarten, but like me, she has no problem digging back into her brain to remember those first shocking months during which “going for a walk” is suddenly an activity to plan your day around.
Whether you are on maternity leave [...]
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Especially if you live in the Boston area, check out the sunrise photos of Joe Gerry He takes a photo every day, so you can purchase one that comes from a date that’s meaningful to you and the recipient.
Becky writes that she was given one of his prints of the sunrise the day her [...]
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Fellow rookie mom Becky describes some of Boston’s best bets for babies especially for the Spring and Summer:
Monday — Play it Local
We live near Cleveland Circle in Brighton, Massachusetts, close to Boston College, sandwiched between the towns of Newton and Brookline. One of the delights of living in Boston is that it is so [...]
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I found this adorable idea on Being Savvy: Boston. Jill and her kids took a beach vacation and made some crafty, personal souvenirs that doubled as daytime entertainment. Brilliant.
Jill writes:
Vacations are special, and I often say they are what memories are made of. So it is important to preserve these memories, and what better [...]
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Baby-friendly theaters? Yes, please.
Thank God for TiVo, but did you know some theaters also have special showings for new parents? These showings have different names in different cities, but the idea that yours will not (most likely) be the loudest baby in the movie theater is the common thread.
Julian’s first movie as [...]
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A fun suggestion from our friend and fellow rookie mom, Rosa, is to pack yourself up and head into the city for a museum outing. Assume you go to a cocktail party sometime soon. When someone asks what you do, instead of mumbling about maternity leave or bursting into tears when you think about [...]
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Like they say on TV, membership has it’s privileges. Both of the Bay Area children’s museums that I have been to are part of this consortium of Children’s Museums that have reciprocal memberships. This means that if you get a one-year membership at Habitot in Berkeley, for example, you can go to the [...]
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There is a lovely knitting shop in Oakland that invites us to come and knit with other moms, babies and moms-to-be. If you are a local to this area, check out Article Pract on Thursdays at 10.30.
Sarah in Portland wrote, “Mabel’s has long offered a knitting with babies hour on Mondays (1 to 3 [...]
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Sarah and I don’t know each other well– our husbands were college mates– but she was alone with me during the first five minutes after I left my baby with someone else, and so she has seen me Cry While Fat. Not my best moments. At the time, she was six months pregnant [...]
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The Rookie Mom's Handbook: 250 Activities to Do with (and Without!) Your Baby
