Weekend Highlight: A Delicious Dinner Party
Last month, our friends Bucky and Gabby made plans with us and two other couples for a dinner party at their house. This allowed us enough time to arrange for my aunt to watch the baby, and for us to plan what we should bring. Everyone invited is a foodie and loves to cook, so it […]
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Wills & Trusts: Planning for “What if…” (Part 1 of 4)
Before I had a child, I was pretty adventurous. I learned how to scuba dive, went tandem skydiving for a birthday, and even rode and owned a motorcycle because it was on my list of things to do before I die. Now, I have to dismiss that list because I’m a parent. It’s no wonder […]
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Readers’ favorite baby carriers
A couple weeks ago, I posted my favorite baby carrier brands and styles (The Best of Babywearing). For this post, I’d like to share readers’ favorite carriers. I’m highlighting parents who have more than one child, so their input comes with experience. Here are their favorite carriers, a little bit about them, and why they […]
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6 Things a New Mom Will Appreciate
One of the most difficult transitions of becoming a new mom is the sharp decrease of social activity. As someone who loved hanging out with friends on a regular basis, I learned the baby shower was the last hurrah and possibly the last time I would see some of them for a while. Understandably, the […]
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Review: The Best of Babywearing
I always knew about babywearing, but I had no idea (until I Googled it) there are organized groups of people dedicated to babywearing. I just thought of it as an accessory to carry your child, similar to how you would choose to wear a scarf to keep your neck warm. But then again, an organized […]
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Our Chinatown Saturday
I haven’t been in the mood to cook lately. Since it’s my husband’s birthday weekend, I’m using it as a great excuse to not cook. Today he wanted to go to one of our favorite former westside restaurants, Chego. The last time we ate at Chego on the westside was two days before my daughter […]
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Top 10 Most Useful Baby Shower Gifts
A good friend of mine is going to have her first baby soon, and will start looking for items for the baby registry. What sounds like a fun task is actually quite daunting. She’s a practical person, like I am, so my advice is to register for things that are useful. I did a lot […]
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On My Nightstand – books I’m reading right now
I have a habit of reading several books at once. I’m not a fast reader, and because I’m taking care of my baby most of the day, the little time I have to read (at night) makes me an even slower reader. The books I’m reading right now are about parenting. I will write a full […]
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Review for Baby Play Time at Books and Cookies (Santa Monica)
During the first several weeks of first-time parenting, I was more or less home-bound. My parents stayed for a few weeks to help, but once they left, and it was just the baby and me waiting for Daddy to come home from work or the occasional visitor to see the baby. I took daily stroller […]
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The Only Movie I saw on the 2014 Oscar Nominee List for Best Picture: American Hustle
One of the things I really miss doing is watching a movie in a theatre. Most parents with a child under 6 months old can tell you the last movie they saw in a theatre before the baby arrived. Mine was The Amazing Spiderman. Oh what a memory. It may not necessarily have been a […]
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