Forget the Baby: Five Baby Items I Use for Myself

Babies are notorious for needing a ton of stuff. Some of it is totally ridiculous crap, but some of it is actually really helpful. Some of it is even helpful for me. There are 5 baby items that were introduced to me because of my kids that I can’t live without now. Forget the baby, I intend to keep…

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No BS: Infant Swimming Resource’s Floating Babies

Have you seen the viral video of the baby who falls in the pool and saves itself by flipping onto its back and floating until it is rescued? No?!?! Watch this, then we’ll talk. I’ll wait. It’s unbelievable.

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Baltic Amber Teething Jewelry: Miracle Cure or BS?

I love crunchy, hippie mom crap, so when I first heard about Baltic amber baby jewelry for teething, I was all over it. Jewelry that has an analgesic effect to ease teething pain? Instead of medicine? Tell me more!

I was schooled by two great moms out in Seattle. Both used teething necklaces for their babies, and both swore by…

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Cloth Diapering Update

I’ve been cloth diapering for a year now, so I thought it was time for an update. If you want some background first, check out my previous posts on my adventures in cloth diapering: Cloth Diapering 101, Cloth Diapering 102,  

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REALLY What New Moms Want

Remember my What New Moms Really Want for the Holidays post last week? Scratch all that. What they really want is this onesie from BabyBrewing.com.

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What New Moms Really Want for the Holidays

“OMG! My sister/aunt/cousin/best friend just had a baby! What can I get her for the holidays?? She got everything she needed at the baby shower!”

I’ll tell you what you can give New Mom that she didn’t get at the shower.

1. A freakin’ break from her baby. Unless her pre-baby career was as a butler or celebrity assistant, this whole…

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Oh, the Humanity! A Breastfeeding Doll!

Have you heard the news? The Bebe Gloton Breastfeeding Doll has reached the US. Oh my God. A doll that promotes a completely healthy, normal practice instead of just trendy clothes and extreme sexualization. Call the cops. Curse the democrats. We’re all going to hell.

Yeah, so, there are mixed feelings about this…

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