By this pregnancy, number three, I'm pretty familiar with the plethora of maternity belly bands that allow we lucky pregnant women to continue wearing our regular shirts. Or, if you're me, make the bizarrely short maternity shirts actual…
It's challenging enough trying to figure out what to do with a screaming baby who requires your undivided attention 24-hours a day, but add a job (and blog reading and spousal attention and Project Runway) into the mix and you've got a w…
I am lucky enough to have a mom who slaved over handmade quilts for each of my daughters, creating two very special one-of-a-kind heirlooms. I'm doubly lucky that they're not some cheesy grandma quilts, but exquisite, modern, and very ve…
After reading a New York Times article about how often airplanes wash their blankets and pillows and what exactly can be found in those seat back pockets...shivers. I may just have to reconsider my status as confirmed non-germophobe. And…
In our digital age, receiving an actual real live handwritten greeting card goes a really long way. So imagine how it feels to get a handwritten greeting shirt instead. Meet Greeteez , a new company which is apparently in the business of…
When you spent every waking moment of your pregnancy searching for crib sheets in just the right shade of persimmon , and tormenting yourself over the weave of the nursery rug, you're not going to put up some poster on the wall, right? A…
Yesterday, both my kids' daddy and my own daddy opened up their brand new copies of Top Chef: The Cookbook . Which is why I held this review until today. Publisher Chronicle Books always does an outstanding job with their titles and this…
Honestly, I didn't understand the appeal of the pull toy until after I had kids. I was like so, they just.... pull it ? Sure enough, yes. And sure enough, kids go nuts for them. Nuts being the perfect segue for what may be the most beaut…
For those of you who woke up this morning thinking Oh [your favorite expletive], I forgot to send a Father's Day card! we've got you covered with the hilarious free e-cards from Rattlebox. Click over now and you have a whole selection of…
We could tell you that instead of set of boxers this Father's Day, a better idea would be to have gotten your guy a pair of organic cotton fair trade drawstring trousers for lounging around the house, from the very stylish UK shop Love E…
The SolarVeil sling from Mamma's Milk has taken up permanent residence in my pool bag, right next to the sunscreen. Because my baby boy has that pale porcelain skin that absolutely must be shielded from the sun, but with two older kiddos…
If you like the idea of traditional themes for a nursery like firefighters, astronauts, or fairies, you might have found that a lot of what you're seeing out there isn't quite your cup o' tea. We'll let you in on one of our secrets: If y…
Brothers and sisters? They fight. Sometimes a lot. Sometimes even when they're grown-ups. (ahem) So when you find a book that makes you want to not fight, you better cuddle up and read it out loud to those darling children of yours. One …
It's hard not to be smitten with sundresses for little girls - they're so sweet, so springy, so totally age appropriate. I could, however, live without the Laura Ingalls fabrics. So when a friend bestowed my youngest daughter with a tota…
Summer can be l-o-n-g when the weather is bad, the kids are bored and I refuse to turn the television on to pass the time. Thankfully, I have just discovered hundreds of activities on education.com . With a neat feature that lets me choo…
My kids are masters of The Heap. Think: The coat that just missed the peg on the entryway wall. The wet towel they couldn't get onto the rack in the bathroom. The backpack they left carelessly on the floor because. . .well, where is that…
For years, "organize photos" has been at the top of my to-do list.Between piles of printed snapshots and folders chock full of digital pictures, I can never seem to make the time - meaning my piles and folders grow bigger, and the projec…
It is definitely a certain kind of fellow who has the need for more than one basic pair of cuff links in his wardrobe. And it is definitely a certain kind of fellow who has a thing for Formula One race cars. So file this under "oh-so-spe…
I don't do themed nurseries. In fact, I don't do nurseries at all. The typical baby decor out there is way too baby-ish for me and I really don't want to redo the kids' rooms each time they grow out of one obsession and into another. Cri…
We're year-round pool goers in this family, and the water-worshipping indoctrination starts early. Out of the womb and into the pool, I say. That is, once I've gotten you out of your diaper, out of your clothes, into your swim diaper, an…
Well it's about time that someone finally developed a decent shopping engine for more eco-conscious consumers. That honor is going to Greenzer.com . At first glance (the site is still in beta), they seem to have relationships with relati…
My daughter is destined to be the artist of the family, no doubt about it. If she's awake, she's got a crayon in her hand. This is great news when we take her out to restaurants because she's easily occupied. But it's bad news when I for…
Believe it or not, moms are already starting to ask us about back to school shopping . (Seriously, chill moms! We're not even up to camp ideas!) Backpacks of course are on top of the list, and we've got our eyes open for options besides …
We're a book family for sure. If I'm ever short on a gift idea, a book is always a home run provided it's suited to the recipient (i.e. I'm not getting my sigOth the new Sex and the City book ). With Father's Day fast approaching (T minu…
