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One thing that I hate about New York summers is the mosquitoes. I’m one of those people that are extra delicious, and often get several bites just walking the two-block round trip to pick up Charlie from daycare! And if you’re pregnant, you’re probably extra delicious to mosquitoes as well. We’ve tried lots of different [...]

Recently Charlie has had some ezcema on his arms and legs, and he’s been waking up early because he’s so itchy. I had a feeling that his wool Merino Kids Sleep Sack might be the culprit, and it looks like wool is definitely a trigger. Too bad because he loves that sleep sack! His eczema [...]

Warning: Lots of poop talk ahead. But once you become a parent, poop is a daily topic of conversation. When Charlie was 4 1/2 months old, he once went 9 days without pooping. Not pooping for an extended period of time is common in many infants, so I wasn’t too worried because he was only [...]

I mentioned in my post yesterday that perhaps breastfeeding was going a little too well because Olive has been rejecting the bottle. Over the Christmas holiday, I exclusively breastfed her for 5 days, and when she was offered a bottle yesterday morning, she threw the biggest fit since she’s been born! I’d never seen actual [...]

I think I scared a lot of you when I shared how much we spent on raising Charlie in the past year. That was a post that I threw together really quickly, and I should have been more thoughtful about listing out our yearly expenses. But if you take out the cost of childcare, which [...]

Since I’m a new parent, I can really appreciate what new parents want and need most!  This is our checklist of gift ideas for new parents: A lot of these gifts may be most helpful when the baby is a couple of weeks old, and anyone helping out the new parents with cooking, cleaning, and [...]

I’ve been packing Charlie a bento lunch for daycare for a couple of months now.  Since he’s a picky eater, there are days he won’t even touch his favorite foods, so I’m always mixing it up and offering tons of variety. Packing a daily lunch is a lot of work because I go to the [...]