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‘save my spot’ and other extracurricular stresses
Filed Under Multi-tasking, Tips & Tricks | August 8, 2011
Scheduling your child’s extracurricular activities is, even at the best of times, a bit like navigating a land mine. If you do too little the guilt sets in that they’re being ‘left behind’; if you do too much you start to worry about how your hyper-parenting might create frenetic, anxious children. Add in the stresses of wait lists, save my spots, and the pressures of September – with everyone getting used to a new school year – and you have high meltdown potential.
our underwear affair
Filed Under Multi-tasking, Stuff | July 18, 2011
There comes a time when your child no longer needs pop culture characters on their big kid underwear to lure them to the bathroom. So you start to look for alternatives. Which, if you’re parent to a boy-child, leads to the age old question, “Boxers or briefs?” Or, as their dads have discovered before them, perhaps the answer is boxer briefs. So on behalf of mums of boys everywhere (well, at least in the yoyomama-sphere) we thought we’d run a little pilot project.
dressing the bump
Filed Under Multi-tasking, Pregnancy and Birthing, Stuff | May 27, 2011
One of pregnancy’s many challenges is dressing in a style that isn’t evocative of a Rose Bowl float. Comfortable doesn’t have to be unattractive, but a lot of maternity wear is (sadly) pretty unsightly. Thank goodness we found the Baby On Board Apparel (BOBA) three-way legging!
clever clips
Filed Under Multi-tasking, Stuff | November 16, 2010
With the holidays approaching (let the parties and eating begin!) many of us will be looking for ways to let our pants out versus trying to keep them up. But for those parents with a “skinny minny” to keep clothed, stopping pants from drooping down on hips and dragging around ankles can be a constant battle. And the clothespin on the back of the pants? Not the best look. Thankfully, Clippopotamus has a clip for that.
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happy hooker
Filed Under Multi-tasking, Stuff | November 10, 2010
If you’re anything like us, when you head out and about with your stroller, kids, diaper bag, snacks, purse, pets and more, you tend to lose track of things. Not your kids of course…the other stuff. In fact we find it surprising that our stroller or diaper bag haven’t been nicked at least once while we were frolicking on the swings with our offspring. Which is why we were reassured to discover the Buggyguard B-Hook.
we believe in magic
Filed Under Going Green, Multi-tasking, Stuff | July 7, 2010
Our bathroom cabinet is full of lots of different jars, pots and tubes full of creams, balms and lotions for this, that and the other. So when we started using Mayan Magic Healing Balm we were surprised to find that this one little jar has a whole lot of uses.
planet over paper
Filed Under Going Green, Multi-tasking, Stuff | June 21, 2010
You reuse your shopping bags, have your kids draw on both sides of pieces of paper and are religious about composting. But what about paper towels? No, we’re not recommending you hang your wet paper towels to dry but have you ever though to switching from paper towels to People Towels?
mod mix up
Filed Under Multi-tasking, Stuff | June 4, 2010
If you’ve ever had the urge to move a wall or two in your home, add an addition, repaper your walls or just generally redecorate then you’ll understand the appeal of the Modern Play House and Play Family from the Museum of Modern Art.
like beans in a pod
Filed Under Going Green, Multi-tasking, Stuff | January 15, 2010
Mothers are some of the most inventive and creative people we know. One chilly day after local mama Carleigh Kage noticed that while most of the kids in the playground were wearing hats their ears were still exposed, she went home and developed the Bean Pod a head and ear protector that can be worn alone or under a hat.
best of 2009: multi-tasking
Filed Under Multi-tasking | December 21, 2009
Amongst all the hustle and bustle of the holidays, it’s also a time for appreciation and reflection. For us it’s been a big year as we’ve had lots of growth and juggling and possibly even a titch of sibling rivalry with the birth of yoyobelly.ca last February.
