Inside: Have you ever been THAT family on a plane? If you’re stuck on a plane with a squirmy and/or cranky baby, here are 21 free toys to keep your baby happy. By the end of her first five months, my daughter Bailey had been on: One 21-hour road trip (each way) Six plane rides…
Inside: The pregnancy magazines make it look SO EASY. But this mommyhood gig has a way of mucking up plans. So here’s a new mom survival guide for the rest of us. When you’re pregnant, you get the nursery ready. You wash piles of itty bitty laundry. You look at the stack of books on…
Inside: Research shows what’s best for babies is a variety of simple toys. Save money and use these everyday household items to put your baby in a magical trance. For Christmas, we got our baby one present. That’s it. Why? At 7 months old, she wouldn’t know what she was missing. We thought her grandparents…
Inside: Desperate to calm a crying baby? Play one of these songs for crying babies. Bonus: These lullabies are worthy of your own playlists, too. Babies sure are particular little boogers. Feed me, change me, help me fall asleep because I’m tired but don’t know how to make it happen on my own and oh…
Inside: Most board books for babies will drive you bananas on the 600th reading, but you’ll actually enjoy reading these baby board books. The day that my first child stopped asking me to read the same book over and over and over again? That was a good day. Because before that point, I had been…
Inside: Returning to work after maternity leave? Here are some less obvious details to consider for your back-to-work checklist. I met a friend for afternoon tea this week. It was the perfect way to honor the Royal Baby’s birth week, although we didn’t talk about the Royal Baby. But as an excuse to treat ourselves…