I read all the research. Broken legs over broken necks. I chose to do extended rear facing with our little one before it became the law to keep your itty bittys looking back at the horizon until they turn…
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Parenting is hard. It’s also incredibly beautiful, fun and rewarding. But sometimes in the early days, it feels so overwhelming. I was at the park the other day with the kids in the late afternoon. It had been one…
Like most things with baby number 2, starting solids has been a drastically different experience than the first go around. With our first-born, an unfortunate combination of me not making enough milk, him refusing the bottle and his weight…
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How to Have a Playdate and get some alone time without leaving the house
I just want to be alone is a phrase many moms (including myself) find themselves desperately crying at the end of a LONG week with their kiddos. It seems that even when daddy is home there is still incessant…
Tuesday night I got the chance to attend the Big City Moms Biggest Baby Shower event at the Skirball Center in Los Angeles. I was a little nervous to go because it was from 5:30-9:30 (aka cranky baby/cluster feeding/only…
Tis’ the season for sick days…which means way more screen time than usual. The little man came home from school feeling super exhausted Wednesday night and sure enough on Thursday AM woke up with a fever, runny nose and…
As a mother, I’m used to being judged. From the moment you announce you are pregnant, there is unrelenting unsolicited advice from friends, family members and total strangers. Once you have your baby there’s a constant barrage of opinions filtering…
These are the events our kids will study in school and come home to ask us about. Have you thought about what you are going to say? Will you look your kids in the eye and tell them you…
Feeding toddlers can be an exercise in futility. Starting preschool we have had to streamline our lunch process. Since we are in afternoon preschool, we pack lunch together after breakfast time so it’s ready to go for later. I…
Every year we do a holiday family photo shoot for our Christmas card photos (that are usually sent in late January, because, well…life). We have them done by the amazing photographer Brienne Michelle who is the sweetest and always…