Two geeky girls’ guide to the first year of motherhood.
From the category archives:
It’s February! Time for romance (says Hallmark). We’re going to try to provide a little inspiration for prioritizing the sexy aspects of your life with romance and self-esteem boosting activities this month. Today, we kick off a series of guest posts from Shana of Ain’t No Mom Jeans. (If you missed her series on sweatsuit [...]
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We got a great tip from a reader, Ghanimatrix, about how she squeezes in more me time. She says:
The best way for me to find “me time” is to either stay on top of chores so that nap time becomes leisure time, OR to go run an errand when my husband gets home and [...]
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While your baby is sleeping, pack up a bunch of toys in a duffle bag for her to discover and pull out of the bag when she wakes up. Julian always unpacked everything to the right so if I acted quickly enough, I could keep refilling from the left.
When you’ve tired of that, put her [...]
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Do you want to squeeze in some exercise during your day? But also just want to lay around?
While lying on the floor, hold baby above you and rhythmically lower baby to your face, kiss baby’s face all over, and raise baby back up again… I used to like to say “kiss the baby” when [...]
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Tangarang: Super-cute stuff to download and print, like the gift tags in the picture (picture is hers) and party favors.
2 craft projects: make a crown for the king of your castle and reuse formula cans to make a piggy bank.
How to halve a bunch of grapes at once
Our most popular post, How to Make Easy [...]
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I used to see 3-year olds around town dressed in wild combinations of stripes, gingham, rainbow tights and superhero capes. I wondered when my baby would look that creative and charming.*
Then it dawned on me and I began to create wild combinations and increase the creativity in my infant’s wardrobe. If your [...]
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Have you already heard about the Happiness Project? Gretchen Rubin took a year to test drive every happiness principle, tip, theory, and scientific study to try to see if any of them really worked. In her memoir (now available for pre-order) and blog, she goes into great detail about how each experiment fared in her [...]
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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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Instead of just waiting around for the big milestones to occur, we want to give you something to do. Sit the baby up in front of you (supporting back shoulders, grab the overall suspenders, or whatever feels right) and dangle toys in front of him. Swinging at toys while seated is a brand [...]
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Does RookieMoms.com look a little fresher? A little younger? Maybe a little bit happier?
We did a little nip and tuck and we hope it helps people find content that inspires them.
We have a super deluxe prize bag to give away in celebration of our new design, so add a comment here to be entered [...]
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Visit SimpleMom.net: I am most excited about this discovery. I love the way her information is organized.
Use white-out to make a bedtime story personalized from PreschoolMama (similar to our own Alter your board books).
Ogle personalized silver items: I think the spoon is a beautiful baby gift – from Lisa Leonard, via MyMomShops.com
Generate a catalog [...]
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Ahh, yes the laundry. It plagues me to the point where last night Alec was out with friends and all I wanted to do was to curl up with a movie and a beer and fold laundry after the boys were in bed.
So, what’s the activity? Where’s the fun that makes mommy happy [...]
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The Rookie Mom's Handbook: 250 Activities to Do with (and Without!) Your Baby
