Cool Mom Picks From July 2008
A Traveling Parent's New Very Best Friend in the World: JetSetBabies
Packing for vacation used to be a labor of love, laying out the
outfits and the shoes as I anticipated all the fun ahead. But now that
I'm a parent and the airlines limit me to 50 pounds of baggage to boot,
packing can be a nightmare.
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Haute Looks for Kids That Moms East of Hollywood Can Afford Too
It seems like everywhere we look, there's a super cool new site popping up that hosts limited-time online sample sales of designer kids clothing. Now it's Haute Look.
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Oh How Fast They Grow
When it comes to growth charts, we're the pencil on the wall type of family. Believe me. It's not like we love to write on our walls, but we have yet to find a growth chart that is both functional and is something we'd actually hang somewhere other than inside a closet door.
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Death to Scrunchies!
I find it hard to believe that there are still scrunchie wearers in the world, unless they have all arrived here via time machine direct from 1991. Better option--wayyyy better option--is Knotheads.
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Giving Credit Where Credit is Due
I love my husband and am perfectly happy giving his name to my children, but just a teeny tiny part of me would like to take some visible credit for pushing them out of my nether regions. (Except for the stretch marks, that is).
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Like a New Mom's Group Where You Never Have to Get Out of Your PJs
The very best gift you can give a new mother is a group of slightly more-seasoned moms upon whom she can rely. I was lucky enough to have such a thing after my first was born, but I also had times that I was pacing the floor at 2:00 a.m. with a fussy baby feeling more alone than anyone in the history of motherhood has ever been.
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Make My Own Monster: No Sewing Required
In theory, I do love those make-your-own-doll kits, but even with the craftiest of kids (and moms) at the helm, they still scream "homemade" a little louder than you're hoping for at times. (Oops...there goes Teddy's eye.)
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Back Away From the Stinging Nettles, Young Person
Having grown up in Iowa on a farm, I'm probably at a slight advantage
for identifying poisonous plants and snakes. But for the rest of us, or just kids who love all things creepy and crawly and generally nasty, there's Don't Touch This.
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Bring It.
It's the invasion of the eco-bags! They're flooding the market and the truth is, as long as they keep being cute, we're going to keep posting about them.
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Barney. The Good One.
A certain purple dinosaur has given this dude a bad name. But I'm
thinking Barney Saltzberg is taking the name Barney back (yeah!) with 30
incredible children's books and four really swell CDs in his
arsenal, including his latest musical artistry, Crazy Hair Day
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Fill-in-the-Blank Calling Cards: Sooooooo Smart
Call me old-fashioned, but I love the idea of calling cards. Problem is, I have different contact information for different people. It
really ruins the elegance of handing over a calling card when I have to
scrawl corrections on it first.
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