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Continue to try on all the new outfits you got as gifts, no matter how silly you think they are, and photograph him in the clothes before he outgrows them. Remember to take pictures when outfit is fresh (it took me 3 tries on this outfit and I finally dressed him in the living [...]

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This is a fun prenatal activity for finding and confirming that perfectly unique baby name. According to HowManyOfMe.com, there are two people in the US with Heather’s married name (perhaps we know them both) and 139 with her maiden name. I guess if uniqueness is the goal, she traded up. Check your future son and daughter’s [...]

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I love our very sweet caregiver for Scarlett. She comes to our house three times per week, for five hour shifts, to allow me to do some of the freelance writing and marketing work that I do. Around here, it’s pretty common to set up what we call a “nanny share”. In our case, [...]

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Create a photo series to capture your baby’s hobbies and routines (eating and sleeping!) at three months, six months, and nine months. They may seem like mundane moments to whip out the camera now, but that’s exactly why it’s a good idea. I wish I had had this idea when Holden was “little”… [...]

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Some good stuff I came across this week: Amanda at Kiddio shared tips for keeping your sanity when your spouse is out of town. Debbie at DeliciousBaby.com posted 10 Time Tested Products To Make Your Holiday Travels Easier Suggestan allows us all to brainstorm and share our tips on a webpage that anyone can edit. Check [...]

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Some good stuff I came across this week: Amanda at Kiddio shared tips for keeping your sanity when your spouse is out of town. Debbie at DeliciousBaby.com posted 10 Time Tested Products To Make Your Holiday Travels Easier Suggestan allows us all to brainstorm and share our tips on a webpage that anyone can edit. Check [...]

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Real grown-ups probably have one of these in their house already. I am just getting started. I started working on my picture wall to help Julian learn his grandparents’ faces. Now I use it to show Scarlett who they are before they come. I suggest assigning this task to family members, both to get it [...]

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A new babywearing device comes onto the scene every day and you can only determine if one works for you and your baby by trying it out. Enter to win the Scootababy and find out if it’s the one for you. Scootababy retails for $119.00. The mom who invented Scootababy says: Slings, pouches, frontpacks, backpacks, [...]

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With our rookie babies, we made lots and lots of good fresh pureed baby food. Inspired by Super Baby Food I started with simple blended pear and eased into whipped avocado, but eventually I had vats of different combos going and I would puree for my mini-eater and save the chunky stuff for older Julian. I [...]

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How cute is this picture, right? I guess my friend Jennie’s postpartum yoga studio has a bunch of Bumbo seats, and Lukas, Mattias and Bianca couldn’t be more gorgeous models. If you can scout out a place with multiple Bumbo seats, or have a Bring Your Own Bumbo playdate, don’t miss the opportunity to take a [...]

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One of Whitney’s former LeapFroggy co-workers, Meg, is an avid traveler, adjusting to becoming a parent. She writes about it at Backpack to Buggy in the hopes of encouraging more parents to travel with their own children. As her travel budget is severely constrained (aka was spent for the year) she is having [...]