From the category archives:

Reviews

Stuff people send us plus a whole lot of things we just love and can’t help but recommend.

What to expect from What to Expect (the movie!)

May 18, 2012

I was treated to a sneak preview of the new movie What to Expect When You’re Expecting by Plum Organics earlier this week. You know this was a big deal because they confiscated my cell phone on the way in. I wasn’t sure if you’d care what I thought about the movie, but since Whitney [...]

Stuff I like right now: baby feeding edition

April 24, 2012

At seven months old, Sawyer is eating and drinking whatever he can get his mouth on. Still nursing but also bottle-feeding, spoon-feeding, and dabbling in finger food. And, as always, I have some very strong opinions! I have a whole new arsenal of baby feeding products in rotation so wanted to share a few of [...]

Stuff people send us plus a whole lot of things we just love and can’t help but recommend.

Dunstan baby language put to the test!

April 4, 2012

I had heard about the Dunstan Baby Language as “the woman who speaks baby talk on Oprah” several years ago. It sounded like a brilliant idea, but without my own crying baby, there wasn’t much opportunity — or drive — to test it. I flirted with the idea of buying the DVDs a few times [...]

Review of the Maclaren Twin Techno

November 23, 2011

This review of the Maclaren Twin Techno was written by one of my dearest friends, Ella. She also wrote apartment life with newborn twins. As the mother of 7.5-month old twins, I learned more about double strollers than I ever would have imagined. After my extensive research, we landed on two strollers. We have been [...]

Stuff people send us plus a whole lot of things we just love and can’t help but recommend.

Gorgeous nursing bra from Cake

November 17, 2011

Yes, you deserve a beautiful (dare I say “sexy”?) nursing bra that makes you remember you’re a curvy woman and not a cow. The thoughtful people at Cake Lingerie sent me the one below, called Licorice, and I love it. The good: The bra is super pretty, comfortable, and it has a flexible wire that [...]

Fitbit: a modern-day pedometer

June 27, 2011

When I first read about fitbit on coolmomtech, they called it the perfect combination of tech and fitness). I was intrigued and excited. I emailed the company that day and begged for a review device. Whitney and I share a love of counting steps (see this week’s rookie mom challenge!) and this cranked it up [...]

Stuff people send us plus a whole lot of things we just love and can’t help but recommend.

Crusing around in a minivan

June 18, 2011

If you ask Milo why he’s excited about a new baby coming to live with us, he will mention the word “minivan” within a few enthusiastic sentences. We told the boys we’d get a minivan to soften the blow of having another kid in the house. It worked like a charm. Before we borrowed a [...]

Rain boots: a cautionary tale

October 29, 2010

After a few seasons of rain boots that fell apart within two weeks (I am not exaggerating, this happened to two pairs!), I decided to splurge on high quality rain boots for my son, Holden. These look very cool — black with spiders! — and they are warm and high-quality. In fact, they can handle [...]

Stuff people send us plus a whole lot of things we just love and can’t help but recommend.

The Stocked Kitchen, final verdict

September 19, 2010

I just finished my four week experiment based the Stocked Kitchen cookbook and I rate it an enthusiastic one thumb up. I embraced the system fully in order to take advantage of the promise: maintain the master shopping list ingredients and be able to make any recipe in the book. I lived according to the [...]

Auntie Karen’s bison experiment

September 10, 2010

Another not-so-secret trick from Auntie Karen: We already know about getting produce from a CSA (don’t we?). Did you know meat can be delivered, too? Say what? Yes, I just got these Italian bison sausages in the mail, and made them for Sunday breakfast. Bison is very lean, but instead of adding more animal fat [...]

Stuff people send us plus a whole lot of things we just love and can’t help but recommend.

Hipstamatic iPhone app: so worth it!

September 9, 2010

I downloaded the Hipstamatic iPhone app for $1.99 at the recommendation of my photo-snob friend, Jen. Loving it! I call this one “Hipsta-Milo” and it was taken by Holden. Photos are taken with various “photoshop effects” to simulate the results of the 1970′s era limited-edition camera, the Hipstamatic. You can select from film, flash, and [...]

Thanks for the sweet ride, GMC!

August 25, 2010

Now that I’ve been home for 2 weeks, I have finally recovered from my family vacation. Because we live on the West Coast and our families live Out East, every time we cross the Mississippi, it turns into a full-on Family Vacation, capital letters required. This year, we managed to sync up my plans to [...]

← Previous Entries