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Being an only child requires patience. There’s a lot of explaining about not having siblings, and about whether that was “strange” and about how Disneyland might have been more fun with a sibling but if I’d had a sibling my parents couldn’t have afforded to take me to Disneyland. It requires listening to […]
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Happy Mother’s Day! Today, I’m up early and my guys are sleeping in, but that’s fine with me because I have a little time for myself.
My mother and I butted heads often when I was young, but becoming a mother myself, and moving to another country, just as she did, have really given me a lot […]
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I’m a fan of Elizabeth Pantley and her No-Cry series of books. Her book, The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night, helped give me the courage to listen to my heart. So many people would ask me if Oliver was sleeping through the night, that I started worrying […]
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According to the German consumer ratings magazine Stiftung Warentest, these are the top five car seats in each category that have earned either a “good” or “very good” quality rating. The number in parenthesis is the score received, the lower the score, the better the car seat did in tests. When fewer than five seats […]
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During my visit to the US, I spent quite a bit of time searching for the best deal on kid’s shoes for my little guy. After a week of price comparing, I decided to take a chance on a site I’d never heard of, 6pm.com. I ordered a couple pairs of toddler shoes at 60% […]
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Last year while in DC over the Christmas holidays, we received a lot of comments on how warm and snuggly Oliver looked in his stroller bag. The stroller bag is a pretty common thing in Germany and the rest of Europe, so I thought I’d introduce you to the company that produces the baby stroller […]
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The Gap Inc, which includes Gap, Gap Outlet, Banana Republic, Banana Republic Factory Stores and Old Navy, is offering a 30% discount in-store and online* between November 13-16. Not only will you get 30% off, but 5% of the amount you spend will be donated to the Gap Foundation, whose goal is to help women […]
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Anna und Paul are slightly cooler, soft-soled, first-steps shoes. They’re also slightly cheaper than Robeez, but still great quality. There’s a German website that also ships outside of Germany, but requires a bank transfer before shipment. The English website exists, but I had some trouble navigating it, it kept kicking me over to the German site.
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Until he was getting around on his feet rather than his knees, my son only wore shoes on special occasions. In fact, he’s the only barefoot ragamuffin in our big family photo from last Christmas. Apparently his cousins have more refined sartorial tastes. But once he started cruising, I saw why my […]
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After much research on my part, my husband and I settled on getting a Stokke Tripp Trapp high chair for Oliver. It’s expensive, at 140 Euro for just the base chair, but we expect to get 1-2 decades of use out of it, making it more affordable than a high chair that would only be […]
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