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Creating a Nursery that Will Grow with Your Baby

When I compare a photo of my son’s room before he was born with what I see before my eyes today, I am surprised at how much it has changed. There are several things we had to change as he got older. We did not anticipate how much storage we would need once we started accumulating toys and clothes, nor did we anticipate his ability to get into the storage we did have and make a huge mess. Next time we build a nursery, we’ll be able to take what we learned from adapting our son’s room and apply it … Continue reading →

The Pregnancy Blog Review for April 20-27

Each week, I attempt to cover a wide range of topics related to pregnancy, birth and the days immediately following the birth of your baby. The review is a good place to browse recent topics in the blog. I am always interested in hearing from readers with new topic ideas. Naming your baby is one of the most lasting gifts you will give your child. Sometimes choosing the right name isn’t easy. Read more in Baby Naming Tips. In the final weeks of your pregnancy, you will most likely be tested for group B strep. If the test comes back … Continue reading →

Hollywood Moms Working on… Jewelry, New Jobs, and Baby Names

She just added new mom to her resume, but Nicole Richie says she’s not stopping there. The self-professed “girly-girl” is bringing her love of bling to the masses by creating her own line of costume jewelry. The former reality TV star has teamed up with Mouawad, the company who also produces Heidi Klum’s fine jewelry collection, to create a line for young women. According to company execs, Richie approves all sketches prior to production. As for how the new mom is juggling her role as designer and full time dairy queen to her breastfeeding infant, Richie insists that she has … Continue reading →

Celebrity Inspired Holiday Gifts for New Moms and Others

I suppose if you are going to buy post-pregnancy items from a celebrity mom it might as well be Brooke Burke. The gorgeous former swimsuit model, who is currently pregnant with her fourth child, knows all about the challenges associated with returning to pre-baby shape. In fact, it’s the reason she left TV hosting and modeling behind to market her own line of post-pregnancy belly wraps. According to her website (where you can purchase the post-pregnancy items) the belly wraps are believed to reduce the size of the swollen uterus, reduce water retention and help you lose inches, while supporting … Continue reading →

Showering Puppy with Gifts: Options Galore

Looking for a unique gift to welcome a new pup into your home? Or maybe you’re like me and like to give new puppy shower gifts. In the last year I’ve had three friends get new puppies. The most recent was just a couple of weeks ago when our good friends Lee and Brenda welcomed Mochachino, a Boxer, into their lives. Mochachino Longstreth. Photo provided by her mom, Brenda Longstreth Well, that meant it was time for me to hit the stores and find her just the right gift. Here’s the ones that caught my eye from: The Personalized Pup … Continue reading →

The Saavy Mom Reviews Two “New” Baby Products

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Sometimes, when you’re wondering if this new product will really do what it says, or if you’ll really use it. . .it’s helpful to have some ‘been there, done that’ advice in your pocket. So here it is. . .two products that I think would be really, really useful! (By the way, if you’re wondering what to get for a baby shower gift–these are a couple of great suggestions!) The Nosefrida Aspirator I know this sounds gross and I know someone is going to go ‘ewwww.’ But, well, mucous is gross and if you’ve suffered through numerous colds with your … Continue reading →

5 Great Fitness Gifts for Mother’s Day

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Mother’s Day is coming and for those of you keeping track, it’s one week from this coming Sunday. I think we should honor our mothers all the time, after all – they raised us, they gave us our sense of morality, our joy and our comfort. They kissed away our pain, they cheered on our accomplishments and more. So what can you give to your wife, your mother, your mother-in-law, your sister, your teachers and more – all of who are our mothers or the mother of our children? I’m a Mom I always thought my mom and my grandmother … Continue reading →

New Uses for Yogurt Cups

A yogurt cup is one of those things that seems infinitely useful. There is good reason for this, namely the fact that it really is very useful. There are so many times when we spend money buying something for a specific purpose when we could have easily adapted something that we already own. Think about a pencil holder, for example. I don’t know why anyone ever spends money on something like that. There are so many items that can easily be transformed into something to hold pencils, from a flower pot to, yup, an empty yogurt container. In that spirit … Continue reading →

Toy Story (1995)

What if toys came to life when their owners’ backs were turned? What if they had lives of their own that they lived while their owners were at school or asleep? This is the premise of the hit Pixar film, “Toy Story.” Andy is an imaginative little boy who loves cowboys. His favorite toy is a Woody doll, a cowboy dressed in a vest and hat. Andy has a cowboy bedspread, cowboy posters on his walls, and he spends most of his playtime pretending that Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks) is a sheriff who saves all the other toys from … Continue reading →

‘Lotsa’ Helping and ‘Outsourcing’ with the New Baby

Are you wondering how you’ll get everything done with a new baby around the house? Are you constantly finding yourself falling behind on housework, or personal time, or anything else? This past weekend I found out about two very interesting services that let you ‘outsource’ your parenting duties. Lotsa Helping Hands This site is not specifically dedicated to mothers. I found out about it from a fellow MOM (mother of multiples) whose triplets were in the NICU for almost two months. However, it would really make a unique “present” for either a MOM or a mother who may be expecting … Continue reading →