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Sponsored Message: SRC Recovery Shorts can help you get your pre-baby body back faster
This is a sponsored message from SRC Recovery Postpartum recovery can be quite a challenge, and if you're a new mom or about to be one, take a look at SRC Recovery Shorts. They're recommended by healthcare providers to help speed up the healing process and get your...
Comotomo: Cool new silicone baby bottles that are soft, gentle, and awesomely squishy
As a mom of three, I have checked out my fair share of bottles. Some are great while others...just awful. And during those sleepless days (and nights), it's fair to say that a bottle that eases my mind, whether the baby is right in my arms while I work from home, or...
20 awesome last-minute Halloween buys you totally need this week
If you're like me, Halloween week is one of those weeks that you're hitting stores far more than usual, whether it's for last minute treats, decorations, or that one element of your kid's costume that gah, you totally forgot about. Even though it's been on your to-do...
Easy, fun Halloween papercrafts for kids that don’t require anything you don’t have in the house already. (You have scissors, right?)
If your kids are like mine and Kristen's, they started counting down to Halloween...oh, November 1 of last year. Now that they're in full Halloween commando mode, I've been looking for some easy crafts to distract them from asking me for the hundredth time to just...
Custom Star Wars family portraits: The ultimate holiday gift from a galaxy far, far away. Or you know, Etsy.
Since Star Wars is back this year in full force (ha, get it?) we bet a whole lot of you will be thrilled to see your families done up as your favorite characters in these custom Star Wars family portraits. (Update: The shop is sadly no longer operating. For a similar...
The Originals: Freshly Picked baby moccasins by Susan Petersen
Next up in our series The Originals, in which we honor makers whose original designs are so wonderful that we start seeing knock-offs everywhere, features a longtime favorite of ours, mom and designer Susan Petersen of Freshly Picked. We fell in love with her...
5 smart, simple, pediatrician-recommended winter skin care tips for babies and kids.
With cold weather pretty much here for lots of us, and on the way for the rest of us (wah!), this is the time of year we start getting more reader questions about baby and kids' skincare. I know it's hard to weed through all the info; I'm sure you've read all sorts of...
Winter is coming. Which just means Sorel boot season for some of us, and not a new season of Game of Thrones. (Sorry.)
You Game of Thrones fans are all "Winter is coming!" and when this non-fan (yes, I know) hears it, all it means to me is "Time to buy boots!" And yes, we've featured a slew of cool ankle boots already, but if you're in the market for a new winter boot, then you'll...
Don’t forget to trick-or-treat for UNICEF! Here’s how to do it – and to make it more fun with Peanuts themed boxes.
We've always been big fans of trick-or-treat for UNICEF, but this year, they've got limited-edition Peanuts boxes to make collecting donations extra special. This weekend, kids can collect candy and collect donations for UNICEF while they trick-or-treat which this...
Unicorn horn headbands for Halloween or everyday. Because being a magical, mythological creature never goes out of style.
When these adorable unicorn horn headbands landed in my inbox over the weekend, I immediately forwarded it to Liz and said "Cool, right?!" which is why you're seeing them right now. If you've got an indecisive little one in your house, or hey, want a little quick and...
6 delightfully creepy books for kids for Halloween and long, long after. If you dare.
With Halloween coming up, I did some browsing at my local library and bookstore to find some creepy books for kids. But, I wanted books that weren't necessarily tied to Halloween so that we could read, enjoy, and be spooked by them all year long. These six books range...
20 non-candy Halloween treats to buy or DIY. Because they are going to get a boatload of candy anyway.
I wish my kids had more candy this Halloween is not something you'll hear from our lips because--wow--candy is everywhere. And, while we're not against our kids collecting sugary treats (In fact, I'll be taking- um, sneaking - all of their Mounds), we're also in favor...
A free printable to help with Halloween milestones and mommybrain, all at once.
We all know that as your kids get older, it can be tough to remember their milestones, like which Halloween your kid was a vampire bride and which year they were the Arthurian knight with the helmet that wouldn't stay on. Hopefully, I'm not alone in having a case of...
A ton of empowering Halloween costume ideas for women and girls. In other words, no sexy cop, sexy nurse, or sexy serial killer.
I knew the whole sexy Halloween costumes for women thing had jumped the shark (the sexy shark?) when I saw a sexy Freddy Krueger costume in our local costume shop. Not even kidding; we talked about it on a recent episode of Spawned. So if you -- or your girls -- are...
Fids and Kamily names the best kids and family albums of 2015
If you want to know about the best of the best in music for kids and families, you have got to check out Fids and Kamily, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary. This annual poll is voted on by publishers like us who cover the best kids' music, as well as other...
10 scary Halloween decorations that you can DIY… if you dare
Now that my kids are a little older—and a little braver—we can finally bump up the fear factor when it comes to decorating our home for Halloween. That means that the smiling cartoon ghosts and friendly pumpkin faces are about to be replaced with decorations that are...
The ultimate source for hip, hand-knit hats and accessories. Whether you are the one hand-knitting them or no freaking way.
First, you have to laugh at a shop called Wool and the Gang. (Take a sec...okay, there you go.) But when you look at their amazing selection of hand-knit accessories, and the knitting patterns you can buy, it turns out it's a massive resource for hip, cheeky...
9 super easy DIY Halloween treat bags for kids that beat carrying a boring pillow case
The house is decorated, there's candy in the pantry for trick-or-treaters, and your children's Halloween costumes have been planned for a month. Think you're set for October 31? Well, have you considered what your kids will use for Halloween treat bags? Plastic...
Showing your thanks: 5 simple tips for making military care packages more personal
When my kids' father was deployed for a few months to Afghanistan, I put together several military care packages filled with fairly typical items. Don't get me wrong, they were definitely very appreciated by his unit! But it wasn't until he returned home that I got...
Are we still sending handwritten thank-you notes?
Since you guys had such strong opinions about handwritten thank-you notes on our Facebook page last week, we decided that we needed to tackle the topic on today's episode of SPAWNED with Kristen and Liz. Is a text or email message okay or completely unacceptable? And...
9 really creative but still easy last-minute Halloween costumes for kids. Hey, we’re busy too.
I like to think of Halloween as an equal opportunity holiday; you don't actually need to be a crafting maven to come up with the best costume. Even procrastinators can throw together last-minute Halloween costumes using (mostly) everyday items around your house, and...