I love to cook, but I take my sweet time in the kitchen. I follow recipes assiduously and require at least an hour or two to churn out a meal. Eli also loves to cook, but he’s like an over-caffeinated Rachel Ray. He can make an entire dinner in 30 minutes - including the trip [...]
Archive for the ‘Tips & Tricks’ Category
Bugaboo Bee Video
Monday, March 9th, 2009We got a lot of great feedback from our video about the Lillebaby Everywear, and we had fun making it too. So we’re branching out. This week, we did one about the Bugaboo Bee. We love the Bugaboo Bee stroller, but over and over again we hear that people have trouble figuring out how to [...]
From crying out loud to peacefully sleeping.
Monday, August 4th, 2008Maybe you’ve been there: you’re on your way home from a trip out of town, while the baby screams tirelessly in the back seat. It’s going to be a long ride home. Or, when your baby goes down for a nap or you put him to bed at night, and he just can’t [...]
Will it fit?
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007Cheers to Lascal, makers of the Buggy Board (the ingenious wheeled board that attaches to a stroller to make room for a standing passenger) for putting together an exhaustive study of how the Buggy Board fits just about any stroller in existence. Check out their amazing website which shows exactly how to attach the Buggy [...]
Just a phone call away
Thursday, June 28th, 2007Thanks to grannyg for this tip:
There’s a really cool new service for expectant parents. SnappyBaby will deliver news of a new birth via phone and e-mail for you. From what I can see, it seems really simple (they say it’s so easy even a husband can do it. Ouch.) - you call and record a [...]
Tweak’ms Sunglasses
Monday, June 5th, 2006Leave it to a mom. When her son’s sunglasses kept breaking, Tracey Rotman got tired of trying to wrangle those teeny tiny screws. She decided there had to be a better, safer way to construct sunglasses for kids. Her solution is very clever, and the sunglasses are practically indestructable (and cute, too).
We brought these in [...]
Rest, Relaxation and Field Testing
Monday, January 23rd, 2006After a grueling holiday season, we were ready for some quality time with the kids. We had plenty of frequent flier miles and a wide window of time in January. I started researching (or as my husband calls it, obsessing). I found Tripadvisor.com, which was both completely invaluable and endlessly frustrating. There are literally millions [...]
Bad hair days?
Wednesday, December 21st, 2005Handling my kids’ hair seems to be a neverending adventure. In the beginning, it was just fuzz. Those were the days, let me tell you. Now, I have to practically wrestle my preschooler to the ground (or bribe her shamelessly) in order to brush her hair, while her little sister cries inconsolably until she gets [...]
Travel Advisory: GoGo Kidz
Friday, November 11th, 2005Flying with little babies is pretty easy. Take the infant car seat and a wheeled carrier frame and you’re good to go. But once the baby has outgrown the infant seat, airline travel gets bleaker and parents become pack mules. The car seat is a big problem. It’s big and heavy and you don’t [...]
Spare me!
Wednesday, October 26th, 2005Baby Sparewear is a personal favorite of mine; I’ve loved it from the first moment I saw it, literally. It’s an extra outfit that you keep in your diaper bag in case of a diaper disaster, juice box explosion or other catastrophic outfit incident. The three-piece set includes a pair of pants, a short-sleeve t-shirt [...]
