A Band of Bamboo
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 actually cover the top of your pants....
What’s Cool About Britax Car Seats? For One, the Names.
A few readers have recently written to ask us our favorite car seat reco, and right up there at the top is definitely Britax. These are like the Volvo of car seats - safe, well-built, thoughtfully designed, and worth every penny. I've been very happy with my Boulevard...
JetHeads: Helping Kids Sleep Better On the Plane Without Benadryl
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 I may have to reconsider...
How to Buy an American Quilt
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 very me. For the rest of you...
Greeting Cards You Can Wear
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 making moms (and...
Squirrely
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 beautiful pull toy maybe ever: The...
Top Chef Comes to Your Kitchen. Yes, Sam Too.
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 canvas-covered tome is no...
Wall Papers
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? All the better if the artwork of...
E-Cards That Don’t Make You Cringe As You Press Send
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 honest-to-goodness, very funny...
Reigning Men, Hallelujia
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 Eco. And that would be true. But...