Here are some Montessori trays that have been a hit around here recently. I started some of them more than…

January 21, 2015

Giving bibimbap the sushi treatment was my weekend stroke of genius. Bite-size deployment of bibimbap? Yes, please. Like many Southeast…

January 21, 2015

Six months ago, when Bean’s hair finally started coming in, we were delighted with her little pixie curls. She looked…

January 20, 2015

I was going to write something useful today, I swear. And then this popped up in my inbox. Bloomberg Business…

January 20, 2015

I read Ellyn Satter’s “How To Get Your Child To Eat (But Not Too Much)” when Bean and I were…

January 16, 2015

Ok, so we’ve been through creating sleep diaries and understanding sleep windows and overtired. Now. How to actually get that…

January 15, 2015

I keep hearing about this book everywhere, from people with a cultish gleam in their eye. Have you read it?…

January 15, 2015

Until I had a kid, I thought the relationship between tired and falling asleep was a proportional one. As tired &…

January 14, 2015

I first started making vegan pancakes thanks to this recipe by the One Ingredient Chef. But, that recipe didn’t work…

January 14, 2015

Mission Cheese has become my go-to for any special evening or gift bag. Somehow, a nice block of cheese upgrades…

January 13, 2015

In the early weeks, babies seem to sleep at random, when they’re tired or when you’ve convinced them that they need to…

January 13, 2015

I had no idea how much I didn’t know about baby sleep until I found myself sharing an apartment with…

January 12, 2015

Did you happen to catch this Sunday New York Times’ Modern Love column? In it, the writer, Mandy Len Catron,…

January 12, 2015

My, my what an exhausting week. After a few weeks of illness then a few weeks of holiday nesting, Bean…

January 9, 2015

When I was pregnant, I decided to read the entire internet. I’m one of those people who doesn’t like surprises…

January 8, 2015

One of my favorite things about northern California are all the wonderful hiking trails. Whether ocean-side or deep in a…

January 8, 2015