You wouldn’t think it, but my posts on Bean’s milk and soy protein intolerance (MSPI) and the elimination diet are…

November 3, 2016

Pregnancy, childbirth and parenting bring out the weirdest in us. On the one hand, there are social norms that we…

October 26, 2016

There’s nothing like Halloween and birthday parties to get a food allergy/intolerance parent’s heart racing. Will my kid notice this…

October 17, 2016

Fleet Week’s airshow kicks off this afternoon, and obviously, we’re headed to the Marina in a few minutes to check…

October 7, 2016

Do you feel like getting into the Halloween spirit with some creepy crawly, slightly spooky books? Me too! Here’s a…

October 6, 2016

Back when Baby Bean was still growing out of wardrobes every 2 or 3 months, we shopped exclusively at used…

October 3, 2016

Dave and I thought we were prepared for the reality of San Francisco preschool costs. Then we started actually shopping around.…

September 29, 2016

Bean has gotten into this odd routine of packing everything she has available into a container, then carrying the container…

September 26, 2016

How is everyone’s weekend looking? We’ll be hosting friends this weekend, in town for the Texas-Cal game on Saturday (hook…

September 16, 2016

“What we must remember above all in the education of our children is that their love of life should never…

September 8, 2016

We’ve spent a lot of time in cars and airplanes the past few weeks. Nothing is nearby in Arizona, or even…

August 25, 2016

There is something deeply deeply fascinating about the way infants and toddlers think. For a long time, they don’t talk,…

August 10, 2016

Ok, I know that this probably looks like a stretch. The part where I hand a knife to a preschooler.…

August 9, 2016

If you’re a cheap person, there is no more annoying expense than children’s clothing. I think it was the day…

August 4, 2016

Three’s are a tough crowd. The toys Bean will play with at three have dwindled to a bare minimum. I…

July 28, 2016