By Dr. Michele Borba Excerpt from 12 Simple Secrets Real Moms Know: Getting Back to Basics and Raising Happy Kids by Michele Borba (Jossey-Bass Publishers) All three of my sons attended a wonderful cooperative nursery school led by an incredibly caring teacher, Jeanette Thompson. The very first impression I had of the school was how [...]
I was shopping at the Lone Star Baby & Kids store in Frisco last week and saw a lady at the front counter who was giving another customer a glowing review of the Mommy’s Helper Juice Box Buddies. She called them the best invention ever and explained the amount of money she saved on stain [...]
These handy little birds are great seat markers and a fun predinner activity. Have the younger set make them for the rest of the family, or let everyone try his hand — or at least a finger — at making his own. Materials Card stock as shown Nontoxic stamp pads in brown, red, orange, and [...]
Our VP of Merchandising, in all her wisdom, decided to bring in these fabulous newborn hats by Pink Axel. They are cool young, hip, and fun. Just like our babies! Babies haven’t mastered the ability to regulate their own body temperature, so we have to help them stay comfortable. Keeping a hat on their head [...]
“Kicky Pants” turned 5 months last week. The pediatrician told us it was time to teach his body how to digest. So we gave him his first taste of real people food…rice cereal! We pulled out his Chicco Adventure High Chair with glee, super excited to feed him his first taste of yummy people food. [...]
For “Kicky Pants” first Halloween we brought him to the Dallas Arboretum to get his picture taken in the Great Pumpkin Patch! Before “Kicky Pants” was born my husband & I would visit the Arboretum each summer, but this was our first time attending in the fall. It was a fantastical place full of happy [...]
Saving money on your grocery bill is one of the easiest and most effective ways to cut your monthly budget. Finding a system that works for you is important. Here are 50 tips and ways that you can save. 1) Check the weekly sales flyer. Usually the items on the front page is where you’ll [...]
My husband had to go to Minnesota for four days on a business trip. Our son is only four months old, so it was very difficult for my husband to be away from him for so long. He told me before he left “Don’t let him get any bigger because I don’t want to miss [...]
Before “Kicky Pants” was born, a good friend of mine recommended I purchase a Pack ‘n Play for many reasons. The first reason was, as a mother herself, she knew I would want to keep my eye on the baby. The Graco Pack ‘n Play comes with a bassinet feature, so the baby can sleep [...]
Zombie Moms post about her fabulous Uppa Baby stroller got me thinking about my stroller. When I was still pregnant we purchased the Chicco Travel System. This was after much research of what was the best stroller plus my husband really liked that it has a good size cup holder for his coffee. It has [...]
