My Favorite Baby Products

Best Buys for Infants & Babies: How did new parents survive before the great baby product boom?! Just fine, actually. After having our third kid, a lot of people asked which baby products we’ve used for all three, and which ones were one-and-done. And, to be honest, there aren’t a…

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Life Lately: The Fifth Trimester

Last week, Walter turned 3 months old, and we passed the oft-exclaimed about fourth-trimester milestone. And, honestly, I have some mixed feelings about it. I enjoy this phase of babyhood so much more than the earliest months—Walter is smiling, giggling, and can finally hold his enormous head up (most of…

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Traveling to Mammoth With Kids

Getting There We drove up to Mammoth from the Orange County area, so I will be speaking mainly about this route–although some of the lessons may apply if you are traveling from other locations. The quickest way from Southern California to Mammoth Lakes is via the 395 freeway. Despite the…

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The Post-Pandemic Mom Scene Is A Little Friendlier, And I’m Here For It.

I’ve gotten five phone numbers from 30-something women in the last month. That’s probably more than I’ve gotten from men in my entire life (don’t feel bad for me, two of those have been from my very handsome husband). I’ve gotten numbers from women at the park, outside of dance…

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I’m Feeling 33.

I started this blog one year ago today. It was a birthday present to myself because I was lonely and completely overwhelmed by the pandemic, and work-at-home motherhood. I felt like I had no time to myself, and no time to be myself, and I was drowning because of it. For ten…

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