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A starry night’s sleep

January 18, 2011

I have a little secret. Since Christmas, bedtime with Jackson has been…quiet. The monitor has been filled with silence, or gentle babbling, 98% of the time. I put Jackson down, close the door, and that’s it. So what’s the secret? Well, I’m pretty sure it’s this guy: This is the Twilight Turtle. He’s pretty awesome. [...]

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This snot sucker changed my life

January 10, 2011

Like most new parents, we have had in our arsenal the standard bulb sucker. Which, you know, fine whatever. It’s a tool designed to suck snot from a little person’s nose, it’s not supposed to be glamorous or anything. But I think I was bulb sucker-impaired. Because it just..well, it just never sucked enough. Which [...]

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Finger pinch prevention

November 30, 2010

My kid loves to open and close doors. He can entertain himself with a door for like 30 minutes straight if we let him. Open, close, open, close. But, like most toddlers, he has no sense of danger or self preservation. NONE. So, of course, his door habit has its dangers–closing the door on his [...]

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My new favorite eye makeup

October 20, 2010

When I first came home from the hospital with Jackson, I made a point to do my makeup everyday. It was the one thing, amidst all the leaking and crying and post c-section ickiness, that made me feel somewhat human. Now, my makeup routine has ALWAYS been on the lazy side–I’d rather sleep an extra [...]

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Tiny Diner Portable Placemat

September 17, 2010

At least for the moment, Jackson is pretty good at restaurants and we actually take him out a fair amount (of course, by restaurants 90% of the time I mean Chick Fil A and Rubios). But he is a bit messy, as babies his age tend to be–food drops all over his lap, he likes [...]

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