Favorite Things Archives

06/14/18

How to Talk to People about Your Baby When They Don’t Want to Anymore

This is an excerpt from Doug Moe’s hilarious new book “Man vs. Child: One Dad’s Guide to the Weirdness of Parenting.”

10/31/16

14 Things Parents Need to Survive their Second Baby

This month’s swag bag doubles as a “Second Baby Survival Kit” with lots of creative gift ideas for moms and dads about to have Baby #2.

05/03/16

JetBlue Awards Passengers Every Time a Baby Cries

Imagine if you could earn extra miles every time a baby cried mid-flight?

05/20/15

28 Hilarious, Beautiful, Happy, Exhausted, Proud Mama Selfies

Since moms are usually the ones taking all the family photos (and leaving themselves out in the process), I asked moms to upload selfies with both themselves and their children. Smiles optional.

05/06/15

An Ode to my Old Baby Carrier

I have never been a very confident mother, but when I was out and about with my babies safely nestled against my chest in the Ergo, I felt like I was doing something right.

02/13/15

The Stages of Parenthood as Told By Your Laundry

Parents do a TON of laundry. Besides professional mud wrestlers and the people who clean up elephant crap at the circus, I’m willing to bet parents do more laundry than anyone else on earth.

11/04/14

Harlow as a Human In New York and Other Instagrammable Kids on Halloween

Instagram: a place where perfectly crafted costumes and adorable children come to meet their match.

10/02/14

Sarcastic Captions on Stock Images of Moms is Magic

“It’s Like They Know Us” is a brilliant new site that mocks moms in stock photos to let real moms know it’s okay not to be perfect.

09/03/14

How to Make Mom Friends in One Easy Step

Two of my favorite internet people, Karen from Baby Sideburns and Elle from What’s Up Moms got together to tell a little story (a true story) ...

07/07/14

“Nezo Art” translates to “My Baby Naps Much Better than Yours”

One of my very first posts on Mommy Shorts was about the amazing Adele Enerson who started a photo series called Mila's Daydreams.

06/26/14

Quiz Time! What Should You Buy the Mom-to-be?

Giveaway: Bugaboo C3 Black Stroller ($1089) People always ask me what they should get for someone’s baby shower.

12/26/13

10 More Momventions and the Moms Behind Them

Last week, I introduced you to ten mompreneurs and their momventions. Today, I've got ten more.

07/24/13

Because My Blog is a Terrible Baby Book

Along with entertaining all of you fine people, this blog is supposed to be an online scrapbook about my kids.

07/18/13

Newly Mobile Babies and Cranky Preschoolers Make Terrible Fashion Models

GIVEAWAY: $150 gift cards to Noch Mini, two winners When the designer behind Noch Mini contacted me to do a giveaway for her summer collection, I ...

07/12/13

Babies: Buying Cars, Eating Out and Saving Lives

I snapped the photo above of my two girls communicating through a window. I love it but it has nothing to do with this post.