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I always thought it would be cool to write a children’s book. Madonna did it a few times, and she’s cool, right? Oh sure… that’s not why she’s cool, but anyway, this story is about me and my baby. I’ve run across a few different companies that help you get your little one really into a [...]

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My car is the same one I’ve been driving for almost 11 years. It was always a mom car sedan and is only just living up to its potential now that I have a baby. Frankly, it has room for improvements: it still has a cassette tape hole for playing mix tapes; regular [...]

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Here’s a gift idea. Make a personalized version of the game Memory. You know, where you turn over two tiles to try to make a match. Each time you make a match, you remove the tiles until you have matched all the pairs. I made this for my grandparents this Christmas. It [...]

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If you want to clear out some old toys to make room for new ones, I’d like to remind you about this worthy cause. It is free to order a mailer kit from USPS and it will be delivered to your house. After you pack it up, the postal rates are similar/same as sending [...]

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I loved that Joanne reminded us that too often there are tons of pictures of baby with friends and family, but only a few with Mom and baby because we’re so often behind the camera. So take Joanne’s advice: Armed with your digital camera, make friends with the auto-timer function. Take some candid shots of [...]

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First, Joanne reminded us that too often there are tons of pictures of baby with friends and family, but only a few with Mom and baby because we’re so often behind the camera. Now, Tracey tells us that she’s having a Mama Focus photography contest. Read the rules at Mamazine. We don’t care how you [...]

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Before I let Andrea tell you how much she liked taking her 18-month old twins to IKEA, I want to mention her new business, little uni. She is selling handmade baby clothes that are simple and sweet, with modern appliques. Her babies Mira and Will are modeling for us in these pictures. Andrea lives [...]

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Soon we’ll have a Rookie Moms holiday gift guide. Or maybe we won’t. It sorta depends on how many naps I can eek out of Scarlett this week. But I don’t want this gift idea to get lost in the shuffle of the potentially super dense and helpful gift guide to which you may or [...]

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Soon we’ll have a Rookie Moms holiday gift guide. Or maybe we won’t. It sorta depends on how many naps I can eek out of Scarlett this week. But I don’t want this gift idea to get lost in the shuffle of the potentially super dense and helpful gift guide to which you may or [...]

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Olivia, who is not a rookie mom, but rather a veteran step-mom, forwarded me an email explaining that ICE in this case stands for “In Case of Emergency.” Do this: Add a contact in your cell phone for the number you want called in an emergency. The forwarded email read We all carry our mobile phones [...]

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Olivia, who is not a rookie mom, but rather a veteran step-mom, forwarded me an email explaining that ICE in this case stands for “In Case of Emergency.” Do this: Add a contact in your cell phone for the number you want called in an emergency. The forwarded email read We all carry our mobile phones [...]

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Thoughtful reader and not-so-rookie mom, Tanyetta, shares this tip for entertaining a gaggle of energetic toddlers: Get a strip of bubble wrap, roll it out in the middle of the floor and watch the kiddos have a ball making their own unique type of fun! Inspired by Tanyetta’s suggestion, I unrolled some large bubble wrap for Holden [...]

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I have a bad habit of wanting to talk whenever something pops into my head. Alec works all day and doesn’t always have the time to be interrupted with my every thought… we both agree that thoughts like “the baby pooped 4 times today” “the front windshield is still chipped” “we really need an arrow at [...]