While Candace and I might drool over expensive nursery decor like the $15,000 beds from Kidtropolis, we don’t think you need to have a lot of money to create an imaginative, attractive nursery. You can read some of Candace’s tips on how to create a fabulous and inexpensive nursery at Momformation. She shows how to transform a room using just […]
Help for the Multi-tasking Dad
Candace has written about why she loves breastfeeding, but after visiting her last week I’d like to add a new reason to her list. Candace can breastfeed her new baby using her favorite sling and have her hands free to play with or read to her toddler. But taking care of a baby and a toddler is harder […]
Online Fun with Bella Sara
We get a lot of free products in the mail at Mamanista, but we only review products that we think are cool. So when I received a few packs of Bella Sara Trading Cards, I was really really skeptical. Bella Sara (www.bellasara.com) is a horse-themed trading card game and accompanying online world that was launched in […]
A Bright Idea: New Improved CFLs Pay for Themselves
Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFLs) that screw in to regular bulb sockets consume less than a quarter of the energy of incandescent (tungsten) bulbs that produce the same amount of light. They cost a lot more than tungsten bulbs, but since they also last at least four times longer they easily pay for themselves. I tried […]
Fuss Free Baby Food
When I was pregnant, I had visions of preparing homemade baby food from fresh, locally-grown produce. I purchased Annabel Karmel’s bestselling baby cookbook- First Meals, and I read all the yummy-sounding recipes. (Read Candace’s full review of First Meals here.) But my first attempts at preparing homemade purees were time-consuming and frustrating. It’s hard to […]
Dining Out with Baby
When baby was a newborn, I could tote his infant carseat into a restaurant and enjoy my meal while he napped peacefully beside me. But those days of napping through meals are over. Now baby sits in a restaurant high chair and snacks on finger foods during my meal. I don’t want to disturb any other restaurant patrons, so […]
Hip and Comfortable Shoes for Mom
When we first got married, my husband was very confused about why I owned so many pairs of black shoes. I explained to him that each of the shoes fell in a different position on the style-to-comfort continuum. The best-looking were also the least comfortable, but I needed them for parties. The low-heeled practical shoes fit well and […]
80s Flashback: La La La-La La La…the Smurfs are Back
Like so many children of my generation, I watched the Smurfs on TV every Saturday morning. More than twenty years later, I can still remember the lyrics and tune of the Smurf Theme Song. “La La La-La La La, Sing a Happy Song, La La La-La La La, Smurf Your Whole Day Long!” Blue, three-apples […]
Win the New Wow Wow Wubbzy DVD
We’re giving away two copies of the new Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! A Tale of TailsDVD. If you don’t have a pre-schooler, you might not have heard of Wubbzy from the hit Nick Jr. TV Show “Wow! Wow! Wubzzy!.” On the other hand, I can’t get his theme song out of my head: Wubbzy lives in […]
Baby’s First Blocks
Baby Mwah received these soft organic blocks ($28) from NewBornMom, a hip eco-friendly baby store, a few months ago. The blocks match NewBornMom’s luxe organic elephant crib sheets($40), which I’d been drooling over since they would look so pretty in my animal-themed nursery. Initially Baby Mwah showed no interest in the blocks, so I used them as nursery […]
