Two geeky girls’ guide to the first year of motherhood.
From the category archives:
My friend and parenting expert, Julie King, had a rookie baby who would not sleep once he reached the toddler age. Once he figured out that better things were going on in the other room, he resisted.
Together with her friend and co-author, Joanna Faber, they created Asher’s Dance and Rest Tape to trick the [...]
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‘member those candy hearts that say “Me Too” or “Love Ya”? They’re called conversation hearts. A few years ago, Rookie Moms reader, Veronica, suggested that we use our babies to make cards with this Valentine’s Day theme for our family members this year:
Pay homage to the throwback days when you made Valentine’s for every [...]
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If you still have that yoga ball around — and you’re not currently using it for ab work — get it out to thrill and impress your baby.
We kept ours in Holden’s room for about 22 months — until his new brother was born and the room just got too crowded.
Each morning, [...]
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While you are reading this, I am driving from Yosemite back to my house in Berkeley. Therefore, I wrote this post in advance. We bloggers can be sneaky that way.
I’m surely suffering a little case of family-gatherings-mostly-take-place-indoors-especially-when-you’ve-rented-a-cabin-in-the-winter, so I bring you a few thematically linked posts. All intended to help fight the Stir Crazies.
Fussy [...]
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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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As we barrel toward the holidays, it is easy for me to think “we have too many toys!” and my boys just don’t need a thing. Other times, we visit friends for playdates and I think the opposite. Maybe my sons have all the wrong toys. Ugh.
Here are some how-to instructions for doing an effective [...]
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Today’s challenge: Find a park you’ve never visited that has baby swings.
If you live in Berkeley, Terrace Park is a cute little park you might not know about.
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In the beginning, Whit and I both struggled a fair amount with breastfeeding before getting into the groove. We were told that if it hurt, we must be doing it wrong. Yeah yeah whatever. Now we believe that in the first few weeks, it hurts a fair amount even if you’re doing it right.
But if [...]
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Entertaining Julian in the afternoon is best done outside. Inside he is totally crabby from about 3 to 6 pm. I’ve discovered things he likes and have been lazy enough to just put them all in the backyard at once so that he can roam from activity to activity over the course of an hour. [...]
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File this one under silly.
I know from my five Music Together classes that it is important to infuse more music, singing, chanting, and scarf-play into our daily lives. So, I challenge you to integrate these activities into your day today.
I discovered this silly trick with my childhood best friend, Monica (as [...]
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They wear their ovulation indicators on their wrists.
Trista Sutter credits the OV-Watch with getting pregnant with her son Max and says, “Thankfully because of OV-Watch, I knew when I was going to ovulate.”
If you would like the dude next to you on the commuter train to know that you are trying to conceive, get your [...]
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Misty’s found a way for her baby to enjoy some summertime water fun: Fill baby’s high chair tray with water for warm weather splashing!
I love this activity for hot, housebound babies everywhere (especially those of us jailed by an older napping child).
Baby Madeline’s high chair has a very deep lip, enough to hold about half [...]
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The Rookie Mom's Handbook: 250 Activities to Do with (and Without!) Your Baby
