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Hygeia EnJoye Breast Pump Review

On September 9, 2013 · 27 Comments · In baby gear, breastfeeding, product reviews, working mom

The day before I gave birth to my little Vivienne, I wrote a post in celebration of World Breastfeeding Week. In it, I mentioned how I sort of “started over” with my research of breast pumps for my second baby. Admittedly, I didn’t do a lot of research before buying my first breast pump, […]

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Skinnies

On October 7, 2012 · 11 Comments · In baby gear, nora

I swear; the older Nora gets, the cuter the clothes are.

Girls’ clothes are ridiculously irresistible from the very beginning, of course, but you can only do so much with a roly-poly baby. Sure, Nora had sweater dresses and leggings and peacoats… but somehow, they don’t look quite as adorable when the kid can’t stand […]

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Baby Registry Regret

On August 3, 2012 · 13 Comments · In baby gear, product reviews

Twenty-three months in, and I think it’s safe to say that I’m no longer a “new” mom. I have had plenty of time to use and abuse (and then pack away! ::sniff sniff::) a crap-load of baby and toddler stuff.

When I was pregnant and we were creating our registry, I was so indecisive about […]

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Dear Santa, Part II

On December 5, 2011 · 5 Comments · In baby gear, books, holidays, nora

Once I hit “publish” on the post about Nora’s Christmas list, I realized that I neglected to include some very important wish list items… like movies and BOOKS!

I’ve mentioned before that we don’t let Nora watch a lot of TV–although she is exposed to some daily in the background at daycare–but we’re still […]

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Dear Santa

On December 2, 2011 · 11 Comments · In baby gear, holidays, nora

As Christmas approaches, we’ve been spending more and more time thinking about what to get for Nora. Our parents want to know what to get her, too, so we’ve had to put together a list.

It’s actually a little overwhelming, which sounds ridiculous when you’re talking about gifts for a 1-year-old kid. But there is […]

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