From the category archives:

Photo

Fellow parents of newborns, here’s a super easy way to make a time capsule that your child will love (some day):

Buy disposable camera
Take lots of pictures around hospital, home, baby, car, and your life as it is in general
Write your name, address, phone, email, today’s date, and the words “Photo Time Capsule! Develop me [...]

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I loved that Joanne reminded us that too often there are tons of pictures of baby with friends and family, but only a few with Mom and baby because we’re so often behind the camera.
So take Joanne’s advice: Armed with your digital camera, make friends with the auto-timer function. Take some candid shots of [...]

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DIY mamas-to-be and wannabes: This is one easy project that will give you bang for your $5.

When shopping for receiving blankets, it seems that there are 3 kinds of totally WRONG kinds of blankets: cute but stretchy, too small, or not square. Uggh! For a true Harvey-Karp-style swaddle, you need a biggish piece of flannel [...]

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A million years ago, I spent my time doing backhandsprings on my friend Sharon’s front lawn and charging her neighbors a quarter to see them, lemonade stand-style. I’m sure that Sharon and I had a beautiful sign explaining our trick-turning policies, covered with stickers, because we were really into stickers.
Sharon and I went [...]

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