From the monthly archives:

March 2009

Time change and a toddler

March 30, 2009

Dif­fer­ent peo­ple han­dle the time change with a tod­dler dif­fer­ently. Before we left for Milan, I checked my sleep books and then the inter­net look­ing for infor­ma­tion jet lag. I was con­cerned how he would react, and the only site I found with any infor­ma­tion I could agree remotely with was Deli­cious Baby.  How­ever, because […]

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Beco Butterfly II

March 25, 2009

When I first wrote a post on baby-wearing, I did not yet own a Beco car­rier, but I thought at some point I would like to have one for travel, so my mei tai ties would not be drag­ging on the ground while I was roam­ing the streets of Europe. The day finally came– a […]

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What's in My Carry-On?

March 22, 2009

A series of recent flights has caused me to eval­u­ate and re-evaluate what I have been pack­ing in my carry-on bag. The Boy is now two and some of the items that used to occupy space are no longer needed, while we dis­cov­ered the need for some new items. I thought I would share a […]

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Magic Nuudles

March 19, 2009

On a recent trip to Min­nesota, my step-mom bought The Boy a new toy to pass some time. Magic Nuu­dles look like sty­ro­foam, but they are made of corn­starch. You sim­ply wet the “nuu­dle” with a damp cloth, and they stick together and to other objects.  Once you are done play­ing with the nud­dles, simply […]

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Too wide waistbands? Make them fit!

March 18, 2009

Christina here, just wanted to wel­come Janda, the author of the guest post on con­vert­ing a reg­u­lar bra to a nurs­ing bra, to our writ­ing team. I have a tall tod­dler and she is skinny. When­ever I buy her trousers, I look for long ones first. Then, some­times I am lucky enough to find in some […]

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Monsters, Monsters, Everywhere!

March 8, 2009

While surf­ing the net for kid’s toys, I keep com­ing across mon­sters!  They are seri­ously cute, although I’m not sure who loves them more, the par­ents or the kids.  Here are some of my favorite mon­sters I’ve come across: Mr Mous­ta­chio costs €40 and is avail­able at La Mai­son de Lola Terry and Tina, Bunny Blue […]

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