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Momoirs of a Rookie Mom

This is where we get bloggy and tell you the juicy personal stories. Do you need a victory baby? Do you pee when you run?

Did you have a baby-induced TV binge?

December 12, 2012

With each of my newborns, I can vividly recall the television binge that accompanied my late nights and naptimes. When Holden was born, RookieDad Alec and I decided to watch Lost; we eagerly slurped up the first two seasons until we were all caught up with the real world of slow-moving one-per-week programming. I also [...]

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We all need to learn to crochet, pronto (sponsored)

December 11, 2012

My sister was visiting over the weekend. She’s nine years younger than I am, and the product of my dad’s second marriage, so we are halfsies. That’s a word. Thanks to some happy remarriages among my parents, I am 100% biologically Jewish and 100% dedicated to celebrating Christmas. My sister Emily has decided that she [...]

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This is where we get bloggy and tell you the juicy personal stories. Do you need a victory baby? Do you pee when you run?

Boys club chat with Alli Worthington, mom of 5

December 6, 2012

Seeing her around the blogosphere, I always marveled at how pretty, feminine, and put-together Alli Worthington seemed from a distance, so I am beyond thrilled she let me pick her brain for our Rookie Moms Boys Club. Alli is extremely busy being a builder of companies, blogger, consultant, and general curator of awesome. She is the [...]

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Levi’s birth story: Driving 100 MPH down the highway

December 5, 2012

Five years ago, I received two incredible emails on the same day, both from men whose wives are my friends, describing the surprising delivery stories of their children who were born the day before. Last month, we shared one of them: Sabine’s birth story, which took place just outside the doors of the hospital. I [...]

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This is where we get bloggy and tell you the juicy personal stories. Do you need a victory baby? Do you pee when you run?

Travel with kids? Baby at a theme park!

December 4, 2012

Just because we had babies doesn’t mean we stopped loving roller coasters and fast rides. For parents of babies under the age of expressing their own favorite TV character, this is a perfect time to hit an amusement park. Why spend your time in the kiddie zone when you can do what you want to [...]

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Travel with little kids? Yes, says Travellin’ Mama

November 30, 2012

I have to admit that I’m intrigued, bordering on obsessed, by parents who travel with their very young children. As a travel LOVER, I aspire to leave the country every year someplace other than a Disney cruise. But somewhere between my good intentions and the realities of airfare and car seats, I freeze in my [...]

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This is where we get bloggy and tell you the juicy personal stories. Do you need a victory baby? Do you pee when you run?

Traveling internationally is better with a baby

November 20, 2012

Our friends, Karen and Ross, just returned from an amazing voyage with their eight-month old. We begged for all the dirty details. Once Karen shared them with us, our new travel series for rookie moms was born. I hope you enjoy her trip and tips too. My husband and I are no strangers to adventure: [...]

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Boys club interview: Amalah, mom of 3

November 16, 2012

Amy Corbett Storch is the mom of three little guys living in the DC area and a busy blogger for amalah.com, mamapop, and alphamom among others. In addition to writing about realistic post-partum outings, she also said she liked our book once in her cool pregnancy countdown. I love what she shared in this profile [...]

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This is where we get bloggy and tell you the juicy personal stories. Do you need a victory baby? Do you pee when you run?

Sabine’s birth story: Just outside the hospital door

November 13, 2012

My friend Nila contributed her birth story to our series and encouraged me to title it, “You can do it standing up!” Read on to get the full story in her words. I feel the need to preface this birth story with the fact that I have never owned a pair of Birkenstocks and I [...]

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Rookie mom holiday confessions

November 12, 2012

Did you notice that the very second Halloween was over the holiday mayhem was already in progress? I suppose it makes sense because Thanksgiving is as early as it can possibly be. And, well, once that’s over, IT’S ALREADY CHRISTMAS. “Black Friday” even starts on Thursday. Seriously. While I’d love to share my tips about [...]

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This is where we get bloggy and tell you the juicy personal stories. Do you need a victory baby? Do you pee when you run?

Sawyer’s birth story: cholestasis causes early induction

November 9, 2012

It’s Birth Story week. If you’re new here, my third baby Sawyer was born in 2011. Whereas Holden’s birth was a highly scientific 44-hour ordeal and Milo’s was a quick and easy four-hour walk in the park, Sawyer split the difference at 24 hours and a new kind of medical drama. The pregnancy had new [...]

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Scarlett’s birth story: V is for VBAC

November 8, 2012

It’s Birth Story week.  If you’re new here, Scarlett was born in 2007. I did it! I pushed that baby out of the place through which nature intended it, and it was a much less exciting experience than I expected. Since my first baby was c-sectioned out of me thirteen days late, I truly didn’t [...]

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