Rookie Moms — Two geeky girls' guide to the first year of motherhood.

5 Activities to Keep Your Relationship Strong

February 10, 2010

Today we are happy to have some relevant tips from Laurie Puhn, who is a rookie mom to toddler Blake (above), a relationship advice blogger and the author of Instant Persuasion: How to Change Your Words to Change Your Life.
Laurie says:
Becoming a parent has changed more than who I am; it’s changed my [...]

We’re going overseas. Destination, Denmark!

February 9, 2010

It is with much joy (and a tiny bit of terror) that I announce to you that we are taking both the kids on a huge trans-Atlantic airplane in less than a month
Hooray! We are heading to Copenhagen to stay with a a dear college friend along with her tall husband and little son.
Oh dear! [...]

Parenting trends: muslin swaddling blankets

February 8, 2010

When I first heard of muslin swaddling blankets, my children were already 2 and 5. And this was just last week. It hurt me to say, “Back when I had babies… ” But I did.
Well, anyhow, apparently muslin is they way to go these days. When Heather asked our readers via Twitter if they used [...]

You’ve read the site, now buy the t-shirt

February 6, 2010

A million years ago when we started this blog, I put together some t-shirts for me and Heather to wear to BlogHer ‘06. Something inspired me to dig up the links to the shirts today and share them with you.

No Idea What I’m Doing by Rookie Moms

Rookie Moms T-Shirt – Untrained by Rookie Moms

Baby shirt [...]

Activity #320: Make a list of 50 things you like to do

February 5, 2010

This sounds like a self-help suggestion, but it’s actually really fun and the best part is trading your list with your friends and/or spouse if you can convince them to do it.
Heather challenged me to do make a list of 50 things I like to do, and then she went all over-achiever on [...]

Be selfish, be happy

February 4, 2010

As a mom of five children, Meagan Francis is no rookie. When she launched The Happiest Mom, I invited her to share some of her experience to inspire moms to have more fun during the first years of motherhood.
She offers us some tips and reassurance that happy moms put themselves on top of the [...]

Activity #442: Make a conversation heart

February 3, 2010

‘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 [...]

Activity #266: Remember your kegels

February 2, 2010

Sorry rookie dads, this one is for the ladies.
So, we’re all supposed to do kegels, right? How we’re supposed to remember to do them with all the other stuff new moms are juggling is totally beyond me… so I came up with a brilliant little technique that I can share with you.
Do one for every [...]

Activity #555: Wear Sexy Jeans (Apply the Hand-Grab Rule)

February 1, 2010

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 [...]

Baby activities in Salt Lake City, UT

January 31, 2010

Vanessa Brown was awesome enough to share a week’s worth of fun activities for rookie moms that are just as fun for mama as for baby. She is the busy mother of two girls that have a blast living in Utah enjoying nature and all of the wonderful attractions here. She is married to celebrity [...]

Date Night at Cobbs Comedy Club

January 30, 2010

Good stuff I found for you

January 29, 2010

I’ve been collecting some links and feel the need to dump them all out here.

See Jane Fly has a checklist for flying with a baby 0-6 months. Every time we travel I wish I was one of those people who has a check list stored in her suitcase. I just wasn’t born with that gene.
KidsEatFor.com [...]

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