Packing healthy school lunches can be a challenge. While you can send your kids to school with a brown bag lunch full of healthy snacks, how can you be sure they’ll actually eat them? Here are a few tips for packing healthy school lunches kids will actually eat: 1) Ask your child to help. Involving your kids […]
Keep Crayons and Art Supplies Organized with Doodlebugz
My daughter enjoys drawing, carrying her things in bags, organizing her toys (must have gotten that from Daddy). Doodlebugz offers Crayon Keepers, DoodleBags, Crayon Aprons and Toolbelts, and Crayon Purses and Duffle Bags that allow her to do all three. These licensed Crayola products, available at Princess Linens, allow your little artist to keep supplies […]
A Perfect Scents Way to Scent Your Home Safely
Each year thousands of homes are damaged or destroyed by burning candles. I love the fragrance of burning candles but not the safety risk to my home and to my child. Mama Mwah’s cousin, a working mom with three children looking for a way to supplement her income, recently started selling Scentsy Products. I attended a demonstration party […]
How to Organize Your Child’s Games
My mother still has an entire closet of boardgames. My brother and I spent many happy hours playing them during our childhood, and she’s been saving them for grandchildren. Now that Baby Mwah has arrived, she wants to reclaim her closet space and has given me a deadline for moving the games. Unfortunately, those flimsy cardboard […]
Tame The Wild Animals Cluttering Your Child’s Room
Stuffed animals are cute and cuddly. But all of those plush bears are total space hogs. Baby Mwah started off with just one stuffed bunny, but the animals have multiplied as fast as real bunnies since well-meaning relatives (and sometimes even his mommy) can’t resist buying them. Unless you have a baby too young to […]
Mocktails for Modern Mamas
When you have children, you make certain sacrifices. And of course when you look into those smiling faces, it is all worthwhile. But when you watch others sipping cosmos at a cocktail party or mint julips on Derby Day, perhaps you feel the slightest bit jealous? And very thirsty…parched even? When I was pregnant with […]
Art Studio on the Go
One of the biggest challenges in traveling with children is keeping them occupied between stops. Time will fly by for your little artist with The Car Valet by Alex ($28 at Little Jet Set) and he can keep an illustrated journal to have a fun, personal record of the trip, too. This adorable, easy to […]
Mamanista Home Organization Guide: Cleaning Tips, Our Favorite Storage Products and More
Perhaps you were a neatnik before baby. Or maybe you were always a little messy. Whatever your temperament, you probably find the idea of getting organized daunting…..maybe even absurd. After all…you haven’t had a good night’s sleep in months (maybe years). So how are you going to find the time to clean the clutter? My […]
Home Safety Tip: Don’t Give the Babysitter a Key to Your House
As my maternity leave drew to a close, I started feeling anxious about leaving baby home with a babysitter. You can do thorough background checks and verify lots of references, but that won’t stop the nagging worries. What if the baby misses me while I’m gone? Will he take his nap on time? Will […]
Baby Headbangers Ball
Crib Rock Couture is a celebrity favorite parent favorite. You’ve seen Kingston, Maddox, and many other hip babies sporting their Concert Series tees for tots. Now, Crib Rock Couture is launching their Metal Mania sustainable nursery decor. Like the Concert Series t-shirts, this wall art blends youthful themes with a hip aesthetic. We have the […]
