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Tech Tuesday: Geeky apps to get you outside with baby

April 23, 2013

Geeky moms and dads need to leave the house too, right? While I love seeing you here on the blog, I want you to get fresh air and sunshine. If you need someone to give you some points for your effort, try one of these apps to gamify your outings. Geo-location apps turn walks with [...]

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Portrait of a homebirth

April 23, 2013

My former nanny is 9.5 months pregnant as of this writing. She posted this lovely photo of her San Francisco apartment on Facebook last week. The flags above the birthtub were made by her friends to welcome her baby.  

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Why I love these custom birthday banners for kids

April 22, 2013

When I told Heather I was going to post about Minted’s adorable party decor for kids, and we discussed if birthday banners are called garlands or buntings or simply “birthday signs”, this led to a phone call during which we were both browsing Pinterest looking at mushroom garlands and going down a rabbit hole of [...]

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Activity #89: Get drive-through service anywhere

April 22, 2013

If your baby likes to sleep in the car seat, count your blessings. Better to have a car-sleeper than a car-screamer. You’ve also got the perfect excuse to patronize nearby drive-through businesses as a destination. My favorites were the slightly-far In-N-Out and the not-very-close drive-through Starbucks. The real magic can happen when you’re creative and [...]

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How we got our baby to stop standing up in the crib

April 19, 2013

This guest post is by my friend Karen from OffTheMeathook.com, about her son, Laz. We are among the lucky few who had a baby that slept through the night from a pretty early age. We didn’t really do anything to make it happen – but around 4 months old, our son just stopped waking up [...]

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9 books and DVDs for new moms and new dads

April 18, 2013

We asked our Facebook community of 9000 moms to answer this: What piece of advice do you give to new moms? There were so many responses that we have to break it up into several posts, and I thought this list of books and DVDs might be a good place to start. Do you agree [...]

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Activity #161: Walk this way

April 18, 2013

Little pre-walkers need lots of practice and encouragement. Walk around slowly holding junior’s hands and take crazy cute pictures. If possible, get someone to take a picture from behind with baby and your adult hands supporting him – also adorable! [photo of my family by alex cave]

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Put your babe in a mug

April 17, 2013

Follow the hashtag #babeinamug on Instagram and you’ll quickly see that this is a Thing. Thanks to the clever blogger MommyShorts, who composed the collage above, babies and mugs are being photographed with this perspective trickery — and shared on social media. If you are able to capture such a shot and participate in this [...]

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5 safety tips I learned from my village

April 17, 2013

Most of the safety lessons I carry around instinctively, I learned the hard easy way by watching friends make the mistakes. Thanks to my village, I know that breastfeeding is not sufficient birth control and that I should never fly in flip flops. Here are five family-safety tips from my peeps: Don’t put your car [...]

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Tech Tuesday: Photostream explained

April 16, 2013

Some photos are not quite worthy of Facebook, but are must-sees to extreme enthusiasts of your child. That’s why my husband and I set up a few Photo Streams on our iPhones. A photo stream is simply an album that can be shared with a group. The photos are located in the cloud, so no [...]

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Activity #20: Narrate your day

April 16, 2013

Days at home alone with a baby can be soooo long. On the bright side, he’s a very captive audience and interested in all your innermost thoughts. Tell your baby about what you are doing to him when you change his diaper, lift him up, feed him. Narrate life’s little adventures when you clip your [...]

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Why new moms should leave the house each day

April 15, 2013

This little excerpt of The Rookie Mom’s Handbook is designed to inspire you to pick one of the challenges from our 52 outings for new moms. If you went somewhere with your baby today, we’d like to give you a virtual high five. Where’d you go? (Find The Rookie Mom’s Handbook on Amazon.)  

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