My daughter is cutting her first tooth! A milestone that is both exciting and tormenting. She is, needless to say, chewing on everything – whether I like it or not. So I was really excited to get my hands on some of the cool teething jewelry on the market to review with her. I recently [...]
Good news: I finally got my husband on board to try cloth diapering! It wasn’t easy ladies, this man had his reservations and then some! But somehow, for some reason, he came around – the weird thing is I’m not sure it was because of anything I said or did. Anyway, I showed him the [...]
It’s time for Aloha Friday, the day that you take it easy and look forward to the weekend, in Hawaii and blog land anyway. Over at An Island Life, Kailani decided that on Fridays she would take it easy on posting and ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy [...]
I’m getting to that point in my pregnancy – even my longest of maternity shirts are no match for my bulging expectant belly and I find myself constantly pulling my shirts down. Another strange phenomenon? As my belly gets larger, the rest of me seems to be getting smaller. I know, to have such problems. [...]
The famed Los Angeles designer, Kenneth Brown has just launched a new line of baby bedding at Babies ‘R’ Us that is just adorable. There are three styles to choose from: the Handsome Puppy, Monkey Vine and Lady Bug Paisley. Each style in the collection has everything you need to make your dream nursery, each [...]
I love maternity clothes. Imagine entire lines of clothing whose sole function is to make your bulging belly look good – and make you feel comfortable in your skin for those nine months while you are waiting for baby. I have enjoyed pampering myself with a few fun maternity tops with this pregnancy and one [...]
One of the best things about being pregnant, in my mind, has been maternity clothes – when else is showing off a large, round belly considered fashionable? Some of my cutest clothes are probably maternity clothes – and my new [bump] tank top is no exception! Soft, comfortable material with the witty phrase “[bump] [...]
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I read a lot of books during my first pregnancy and shortly after giving birth to my son – but I found it was the handful of memoir-style books that appealed to me the most – real stories in all their imperfection helped me cope and deal and plan much moreso than the technical [...]
I remember, when my first son was born, keeping track of numerous daily events in an old notebook – how many wet and poopy diapers did he have? What times? How long since the last feeding – and what side did he last nurse on? How long has he been asleep again? Thank god for [...]
I went to a baby shower a couple of years ago and the mother received a Vera Bradley diaper bag (stuffed to the brim with adorable baby things of course) and I can vividly remember being amazed at not only how much it could hold, but how well it could hold it all! You may [...]
