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Category Archives: Kids
Product Review: BabyLegs Legwarmers!
Waaaaayyyyy back in the summertime, I got an email from BabyLegs inviting me to review their product. Ha, I thought! Fools! I already love BabyLegs, so this’ll be easy. No problem. Except that it was summertime, and while summer in … Continue reading
Milestones that Really Matter
Object permanence? Bah! Holding the head up? Whatever. You make a trip to Goodwill, and bring one or more of the following: Changing station High chair Stepstools Carseat Bib Diaper bag Pack’n’Play Stroller Baby gates Doorknob covers Cabinet locks Any … Continue reading
Halloween 2012: Second Star Over, and Straight on ‘Til Morning
I know I’m not posting much these days. Part of it’s just the business of life; part of it’s my weekly or more posting over at SlumberPartyMovies.com. Part of it’s also that I used to love writing about the travails … Continue reading
They changed the Matrix.
What’s that book doing on the floor? Didn’t I just put that away? And the pillow–I thought I put the pillow on the couch. But it’s on the floor again. How does that keep happening? I know I vacuumed under … Continue reading
One year ago today…
… at this very moment, I was probably getting my vital signs taken, and the nurse was furrowing her brow. I had a fever–I’d said all night I did–and I was officially on infection watch. Which meant suffering through the … Continue reading
Product Review: The Graco Nasal Clear Nasal Aspirator, or the Amazing Automatic Snot Sucker
When we decided to have children, I knew I was committing myself to a new life of yuck: changing diapers, cleaning up vomit, sticky fingers, you name it. I had not, however, thought about the fact that I would be … Continue reading
To Grandmother’s House We Go: Our Nation’s Capital
So we’re five days in, and it looks like the kids are mostly going to sleep when we want them to, and naptime is slightly less stressful than it was three days ago. Which means I actually have a spare … Continue reading
The Most Forlorn Elf in Christmastown
Eliza loves Christmas. She loves the trees, the flowers, the stars, the reindeer, the snow. She even loves Santa. That is, when he’s not actually, you know, near her. We got in a visit to Santa at Westfield mall in … Continue reading
Please, Yell at My Kid.
A few weeks ago, on Thanksgiving day, I heard my sister-in-law say, “No, Eliza! You’ll pinch your fingers!” from the other room. My mama instinct kicked in–heydon’tyellatmykid was the first thought–and the second was, Oh, good. I wasn’t there, but … Continue reading
Please Don’t Eat the Baby Jesus
The nativity-as-dollhouse was a running gag in my house growing up. My mom always said she could give me two french fries and I’d be good for an hour, developing back stories and relationships between the potatoes, so unwrapping the … Continue reading
