Better newborn (and parent) sleep with the push of a button! Sound too good to be true? That’s what the Snoo, a $1,295 high-tech baby bassinet from legendary baby sleep guru, Dr. Harvey Karp, promises. We’ve been using the Snoo for the past 6 months with our second child, Baby Ava, which has fostered tons…Read More
5 Days of Spring-Themed Activities for Pre-Kindergarteners
With Bash’s Pre-Kindergarten class returning virtually from Spring Break, we have been adjusting to “virtual learning” and certainly keeping busy. Our mornings are spent with an online meeting, followed by school-led activities covering early literacy, math, movement, Spanish, art, music, and greenhouse. After his school work is completed, we’ve been taking advantage of our backyard…Read More
5 Days of Easy Space Themed Activities for Pre-Kindergarteners
We just wrapped up Week 2 of our COVID-19 “quaran-cation” which also coincides with our Spring Break, after spending the first week adjusting to our new environment as we temporarily decamped from our NYC “epicenter” apartment to the more isolated Woodstock, NY countryside. While I’m trying to give the kids a break from “school” (it…Read More
Teaching Pre-Kindergarteners about Germs
As our beloved New York City, the “city that never sleeps”, comes to a grinding halt and the whole world pauses to fight this pandemic, we, as parents, are faced with the challenges of educating our little ones without overly scaring their impressionable minds, adapting ourselves and our little explorers to an isolated lifestyle, and…Read More
Vegan, Dairy and Egg-Free Shortbread Holiday Cookies
One day after school, Bash sporadically asked if he could bake cookies. With all of his severe food allergies (dairy, sesame, tree nuts, etc.), it’s sometimes difficult to do cooking and baking activities. While Bash usually enjoys helping with the mixing of the dry ingredients for our usual holiday baking, I knew he really wanted…Read More
Gift Guide: For the Little Sister Who Has Everything (1 to 2 Year Old Siblings)
I’ve really been struggling with what to get Ava (20 months) this holiday season as we have the vast majority of standard toys for 1 – 2 year olds and we are already at capacity in our storage-challenged NYC apartment. I actually suggested to Nick that we just wrap some toys from the closet as…Read More
2019 Our Family’s Winter in NYC Bucketlist
It’s the most wonderful time of year in New York City! The weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year’s are magical as NYC goes all in when it comes to holiday festivities. The shops get dressed up with their best displays, hot chocolate wafts through the air masking the usual city odors, and mulled (spiked) cider…Read More
Our 2019 Holiday Gift Guide for the Pre-K to Kindergarten (4 to 5 Year Olds) Set
Tis the season for…holiday gift guides! Welcome to our gift ideas for the Pre-K to Kindergarten set (4 to 5 year olds). These are the toys and things that Bash has loved or is currently wishing for. We’ve included character toys as well as more unique items that are well loved in our house (um,…Read More
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