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Spend a week in Las Vegas (with a) baby!

March 1, 2010

Vicky, a mom of toddler boy/girl twins, blogs at TheCityCradle.com. I’m not sure when she found the time to write up her favorite spots in Las Vegas for moms and babies, but I’m glad she did.
Vicky tells us:
While Las Vegas doesn’t carry the reputation for being the most baby friendly city around, I find [...]

Timestamp a monthly baby photo

February 26, 2010

How cute is this series of photos from Hey Jen Renee? She created a printout for each month of her daughter’s first year and took a photo of her baby girl “holding” it.

At the end of the year, she printed the twelve photos and placed them in an accordion fold-style photo album so that they [...]

Create a toddler naptime playlist

February 24, 2010

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 [...]

Parenting trend: squeezable pouch food

February 23, 2010

I buy Apple/Carrot Crushers from Trader Joe’s on a regular basis. The format is like the other products you see above, and my kids love it.
When I went to the Fancy Food Show in San Francisco with my mom last month, I saw a bunch more squeezable items and thought the new baby food packaging [...]

Activity #556: Chill out in the snow

February 22, 2010

After returning from a jaunt to Tahoe with his toddler, Ainslie, I asked our friend Doug for tips on fun stuff to do in the snow (that’s right old friends, I’m embarrassed to admit it but snow is something we visit out here — not endure. And we “jaunt”).
For the baby set:
walk around with bjorn [...]

Activity #402: Send your used stuffed animals to Iraq

February 21, 2010

If you want to clear out some old toys to make room for new ones, I’d like to remind you about this worthy cause.
** Updated *** As of February 2010, this mailing address is current:
Chaplain – Camp Warrior
FOB Warrior – Kirkuk
Toys for the Iraqi Children
APO AE 09359

It is free to order a mailer kit from [...]

BlogHer Lincoln $500 contest almost over

February 20, 2010

Only a few more days to enter to win $500 or a “night on the town” by telling us your favorite technology in your car (or what you wish you had). You can read Whitney’s review of the Lincoln MKT and her family roadtrip to Disneyland anytime.
Post your comment before February 24, 2010 to be [...]

Wanna see my loo?

February 19, 2010

The “people against dirty” who work at method posted a call for bathroom tours. Not really *on topic* for this blog, I know, but I jumped at the chance to show off my bathroom because it was part of a remodeling project that consumed my life for six months.

Since I bothered to put the pictures [...]

2-minute puppet theater

February 18, 2010

Did you know that you might have a puppet theater in your child’s room already?

Materials needed:

Crib

Sheet

Dolls or stuffed animals

Preschooler with a repertoire of songs
Any combination of parent, baby, and toddler to serve as audience

Good things I found for you (February 17)

February 17, 2010

I love this simply embellished shirt for a baby. I know the buttons are a potential hazard, but sew them on tight and it should be ok. (From Landsdowne Life via Dollar Store Crafts.) Perhaps buttons like these are on sale this week?
How to Create a Paperless Kitchen on Simple Mom. I am a guilty [...]

5 tips to stay sane when traveling with a baby

February 17, 2010

A huge thank you to Nicole Johnson, sleep coach and owner of The Baby Sleep Site, who offered these sanity-saving travel tips just as I’m beginning to obsess about sleep issues and toddler jet lag! In addition to being a sleep expert, she is also the mom of two boys (one of whom never let [...]

Activity #161: Walk this way

February 16, 2010

Little pre-walkers need lots of practice and encouragement. Walk around slowly holding junior’s hands.
If possible, get someone to take a picture from behind with baby and your adult hands supporting him – super cute!

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