Any parent will tell you what a pain in the neck (and lower) it can be to read the same children’s books over and over and over again.
I fully recognize that kids learn through repetition, but after reading Goodnight Moon and Guess How Much I Love You and The Very Hungry Caterpillar eleventy million times, [...]

My husband says that I’m “vocabularious” so I suppose it’s only natural I would gravitate towards SATees, which are these terribly clever shirts (and onesies) for babies and children with very sophisticated adjectives printed on them.
The idea is that you pick an adjective that describes YOUR child so of course, I had no choice but [...]

I like mom magazines as much as anyone and when a new one hits the market, it’s very likely I will check it out. I think the one in question came to us via some frequent flyer points we were needing to use up and didn’t have enough to actually merit travel.
Enter Cookie.
Ummmm, yeah. [...]

Hi! Guess what I’m doing? Laundry! The wet, stinky, pee kind. Want to know why? Because when my in-laws put my daughter to bed last night, they didn’t make her change in to her Huggies Night Time Pull-Ups and when I went to change her my dense, darling husband said, “Oh, she’s a big [...]

A positive attitude will take you only so far in life. There is also action, fact, and proof. I have not had a pregnancy end in giving birth, so for me, maintaining that positive attitude is tricky.
I want to believe that everything will turn out fine and at the end of this ride, I will [...]

I can’t live without my Combi Soho stroller. It is lightweight, durable, easy to fold and set up again, and has a strap so I can throw it over my shoulder quickly and easily when the stroller isn’t practical, like when you are going through the turnstiles or using the escalator in DC metro stops. [...]

The Good Night Our World series of board books is a great idea in principle: a series of books that introduces little people to various places in our world.
Each book proceeds from “Good Morning” to “Good Night” and visits the city or place the book is about through all four seasons. There are more than [...]

I know some people love to dress their little kids in designer clothing but I’m not one of them. My 2 year old, in particular, is messy and grows like the proverbial weed so it just doesn’t make sense to spend a small fortune on his wardrobe.
I also don’t really care for all the “boy-themed” [...]

Things We Can’t Live Without is a new feature at PnP and every couple of weeks we’ll be sharing our own personal must-haves with you. This info will come in very handy should you ever wish to send us presents.
In the words of everyone’s favorite governess, these are a few of our favorite things…
Mary Can’t [...]

My three year old got a set of Bright Starts Star Teether Beads for her one month old brother for Christmas. I had only just given them to him back in March when I learned via an email alert that they had been recalled because the star bead at the top had in some [...]

by MaryAbout certain things, I am a cheapskate. And I have a whole passel of kids, so the diaper bag, aka Mom’s purse, ends up being the repository for everything one needs for a baby in diapers who has reflux and frequently pukes on stuff along with all manner of sippy cups, Happy Meal [...]

Milkscreen is a new product that helps a nursing mother figure out exactly when her breastmilk is alcohol-free after having a drink.
I was able to chat recently on the phone with Milkscreen co-founder Julie Jumonville, an engineer by trade and a 35-year-old Texas mother of two.
“We all have our Mommy guilt,” Jumonville said, explaining the [...]

With four kids under the age of eight in our house, one of them a three month old, it is vital to have a safe, entertaining place for the baby to occupy his time when the other three need attention, and a bouncer seat fits the bill. A couple of weeks ago my oldest [...]

Though she grew up through the great depression, my grandmother always made sure she and her children had quality footwear. My own mother is the same way. They often say “You only have two feet and you use them all day long. Cheap shoes are not worth the price you pay in foot health and [...]

Last year, GreenDaddy’s parents considered retiring early and becoming entrepreneurs: they wanted to manufacture an invention – they hadn’t decided on it yet – in their native India, and then sell in the states. Around this time GreenDaddy and I discovered that there was no such thing as a sippy cup made out of [...]