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baby

  • make your own: deodorizing disks.

    Deodorizing disks. There’s a romantic name. Sexy, even.No matter. We’re going for effectiveness not romance and that’s the name that best fits these hard-working little suckers. When it comes to keeping a diaper pail…

    August 11, 2014 32 Comments
  • Baby Proof: Have Baby, Will Travel

    It’s almost August, which means that the population of New York has begun its annual shift. Our neighbors have drawn their shades and made off for who-knows-where and a whole new population of visitors…

    July 24, 2014 14 Comments
  • baby proof: cloth diapers

    Since maternity leave is comprised mostly of changing diapers—over and over and over again—and since I’ve finally reached the point where I can manage to juggle baby and keyboard for brief 30-minute stints (kind…

    July 10, 2014 33 Comments
  • baby proof: natural baby

    For today, a post from my sister Cait on a topic near and dear to my heart: how to avoid chemicals in your baby care (without also making yourself crazy).  By Caitlin Boyle I’ve said…

    June 26, 2014 23 Comments
  • Baby Proof: When Are You Coming Back?

    Thoughts on maternity leave from my sister Cait, while I’m busy perfecting my own nursing-whilst-typing technique. By Caitlin Boyle Almost as soon as my baby was born, colleagues and friends began to ask when I’d return…

    June 19, 2014 15 Comments
  • baby proof: newborn essentials.

    When it comes to new motherhood, the learning curve has been steep. That’s to say, it’s sometimes grueling but so swift that I pretty much always have things mostly figured out before I have…

    June 10, 2014 31 Comments
  • baby proof: hot town, baby in the city.

    While I spend a little time resting, recuperating, and generally loving on the sweet new baby in our lives, I’ve solicited the advice of my big sister, Cait. As a veteran New York City mama and…

    June 3, 2014 9 Comments
  • baby proof: your beautiful belly.

    Alternate title: Shit people say to pregnant women. Public commentary on my rapidly expanding pregnant belly has reached an all time high. As a woman who has been petite my entire life, commentary on…

    May 20, 2014 90 Comments
  • baby proof: packing a hospital bag.

    For lots of reasons, James and I are keeping our fingers crossed for a low-intervention birth with midwives at a place not too far away from home. If everything goes according to plan, we…

    May 13, 2014 54 Comments
  • teaching an old dresser new tricks.

    Here’s a little lesson in teaching an old dog new tricks. Well, an old dresser anyway. My mom and dad helped us do a furniture swap a few weeks ago. They brought us this changing…

    May 8, 2014 13 Comments