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Letter Perfect

Baby’s first letters: A-B-C. You already know how to teach that one (there’s a song and everything).

Later on the lessons get harder. Like teaching her T-H-A-N-K Y-O-U. As in “Thank you, Aunt Sally, for the hideous duck-print sweater.”

Luckily, ...

Hitting the Spot

Babies are a lot like celebrities. They’re up all night, asleep all day, spoon-fed organic food, and the center of attention everywhere they go. And, like the biggest stars, they get mighty cranky when things don’t go
their way.

How ...

Ray of Light

On your kid’s Top Ten All-Time Nastiest Phrases list, “Lights out” ranks at #2, just after “Eat your kale.”

Understandable. How would you feel if your disbelieving parents left you all alone to fend off scary under-the-bed monsters with nothing ...

Gone Today, Here Tomorrow

Ever noticed how your child’s school is sorta like the Bermuda Triangle?

Things enter, but they never come back: mittens, lunchboxes, jackets, shoes … Gone forever, with nary an explanation, (save the occasional blank look or shoulder shrug).

Mabel’s ...

... With Sugar on Top

Strip poker: a creative way to get out of your clothes, to be sure. But not exactly the most original concept.

Strip Chocolate: competitive disrobing taken to a new level. And twice the fun. Pieces are moved across the board, ...

Feel the Love

Remember when the only labels you could expect to find on a baby were Keds, Health Tex, and OshKosh?

Nowadays you’re more likely to see her clad in head-to-toe Burberry.

Time to debling your offspring. Bloom Love is bringing refreshingly ...

Hearth and Soul

You’ve grilled salmon steaks on your George Foreman, sizzled turkey bacon in the microwave, even whipped up soy smoothies in your blender.

So why is it you haven’t seen the inside of an oven since you acted out Sylvia Plath ...

Not Your Average Joe

Your oven may as well be a storage locker. Your microwave’s clock has been flashing twelve o’clock for two years now. And your pantry houses your well-curated shoe collection.

In other words, the sight of it all would have Betty ...