RookieMomHeather's Minti Blog

Write a “did do” list

RookieMomHeather — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:00:57 -0700

If you’re getting sick of your “to do” list getting longer and not shorter and wondering where the heck is all your time going, try writing a “did do” list. Share it with your baby-daddy at the end of the day and encourage him to be very impressed. The truth is that your time is [...]

Buy one less thing

RookieMomHeather — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:39:57 -0700

I am assuming that Seattle, like Berkeley, is a hotbed of green ideas. So it’s no surprise that Lynn at Family Style Love says “I think that I have become borderline obsessed with “greening” my life.” She makes the most excellent point that all the magazine articles that are selling us greener versions of [...]

Buy one less thing

RookieMomHeather — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:39:57 -0700

Hit me with your best shot of the summer

RookieMomHeather — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 06:38:51 -0700

My daughter’s first summer wasn’t that awesome, to be honest. She was born on the 4th of July, so I was fat and sweaty all summer. I hardly slept. Postpartum, I had enormous breasts that were probably visible from across the bay in San Francisco. I was terrified of being left alone with [...]

Hit me with your best shot of the summer

RookieMomHeather — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 06:38:51 -0700

Come meet us in San Jose

RookieMomHeather — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:06:25 -0700

Do you know the way to San Jose? We don’t really, but we’ll use our gps thingies to get there to be at the new Baby Buzz cafe in the Willow Glen neighborhood tomorrow to conduct a little workshop about remembering the things YOU like to do — for new moms. We’ll sign [...]

Capture vacation memories the crafty way

RookieMomHeather — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:02:57 -0700

I found this adorable idea on Being Savvy: Boston. Jill and her kids took a beach vacation and made some crafty, personal souvenirs that doubled as daytime entertainment. Brilliant. Jill writes: Vacations are special, and I often say they are what memories are made of. So it is important to preserve these memories, and what better [...]

Capture vacation memories the crafty way

RookieMomHeather — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:02:57 -0700

Enjoy some link love

RookieMomHeather — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:32:16 -0700

Visit SimpleMom.net: I am most excited about this discovery. I love the way her information is organized. Use white-out to make a bedtime story personalized from PreschoolMama (similar to our own Alter your board books). Ogle personalized silver items: I think the spoon is a beautiful baby gift - from Lisa Leonard, via MyMomShops.com Generate a catalog [...]

Enjoy some link love

RookieMomHeather — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:32:16 -0700

Spend a week in Austin

RookieMomHeather — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:14:13 -0700

Alissa and the readers of BabyScoopAustin compiled this great week of fun (more like 2 weeks!) for parents in Austin, TX. Whether you’re new to Austin or consider yourself an Austinite, babyscoopaustin.com has the SCOOP on everything baby! If we ever make it to Texas, I know who I want to hang out with. Thanks [...]

Spend a week in Austin

RookieMomHeather — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:14:13 -0700

Alissa and the readers of BabyScoopAustin compiled this great week of fun (more like 2 weeks!) for parents in Austin, TX. Whether you???re new to Austin or consider yourself an Austinite, babyscoopaustin.com has the SCOOP on everything baby! If we ever make it to Texas, I know who I want to hang out with. Thanks [...]

Declare yourself a rookie mom

RookieMomHeather — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:50:17 -0700

Maybe you are a first-time, untrained mom who is just trying to stay sane during her maternity leave. Or maybe you’ve got a couple kids, run a co-op preschool out of your house, and know everyone you see at the park and grocery store. Either way, if you like the spirit of our site, [...]

Write your momoirs

RookieMomHeather — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:51:13 -0700

Cori Howard, author of Between Interruptions: Thirty Women Tell the Truth About Motherhood wants to encourage us all to write down our “momoirs”. To get started: Get a notebook and to keep it with them at all times. You never know when you might find a spare few minutes, or when and where your little angel [...]

Plan a staycation

RookieMomHeather — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:37:25 -0700

After much research on Mexico and Hawaii, Ryan and I began looking at rental houses in San Diego, not wanting to be contained in a resort where our search for a casual restaurant would be an ordeal. In San Diego, we’d get the weather, the beach, and be able to have oatmeal on hand [...]

Make a list and check it twice and again in a year

RookieMomHeather — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:43:18 -0700

I was going through some very old emails and found one from my friend Lisa who was pregnant at the same time as I was when we had our first boys. “I found this baby shopping list helpful, although surprisingly anal,” she wrote as she forwarded an email with an attachment from another mom [...]

Make a list and check it twice and again in a year

RookieMomHeather — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:43:18 -0700

Sew a tshirt dress for little missy

RookieMomHeather — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:55:57 -0700

You know I’m officially crazy when I stop a mom in the park and ask if I can take a picture of her baby for my blog. As if a blog is something that she should understand and clearly want to be a part of. Cuckoo. Anyhow, little Natasha’s mom was agreeable, and I [...]

Sew a tshirt dress for little missy

RookieMomHeather — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:55:57 -0700

Go on a reconnaissance mission

RookieMomHeather — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:15:00 -0700

When the baby is in a good mood (or better, sleeping!), scope out the “safe places” at your local shopping destinations where you can feed and change your baby. This will allow you to get out of the house every day and know that you don’t have to race against the clock to get [...]