Editorial

Support in All the Right Places

Why This Tandem Nursing Pillow Gets Double the Love

Allie Walld 3 months ago

This week wrapped up another World Breastfeeding Week, which is held during the first week of August every year. Supported by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, and many Ministries of Health and civil society partners, the theme for 2024 was Closing the Gap: Breastfeeding Support for All. One of the most effective ways to ensure the health of your newborns is to breastfeed...

Roll on!

How an E Wagon Can be a Game-Changer for Busy Families

Drew Kozub 3 months ago

Kids come with LOTS of stuff. From toys, to sports equipment to picnic lunches (and everything in between), hauling around kids means hauling around their stuff. Regular utility wagons are great at this. But the Litheli E Wagon is even better!

Talk About Hair-Raising...

How to Bring Your Postpartum Hair Back From the Brink

Allie Walld 3 months ago

August is National Hair Loss Awareness Month. While that may be news to you, most new mothers are acutely aware of the fact that they're losing hair at a dreadfully alarming rate. Most women will experience postpartum hair loss at the end of "the fourth trimester," around that three-month postpartum mark, and this tumultuous time for your tresses can last up to six months. And while...

Plaaaaay Ball!

Why the Little Tikes TotSports T-Ball Set is a Homerun

Allie Walld 3 months ago

Angels in the Outfield. Field of Dreams. The Sandlot. Rookie of the Year. A League of Their Own. These are all baseball classics I can't wait to share with my twins, and I hope they love them as much as I do. Another All-Star classic? The TotSports T-Ball Set by Little Tikes. It's a hit. It's a catch. It's a steal. And it's something I don't have to wait until they're older to...

Look at the Time

Finding Time to Bond with Your Twins When Everything Takes Twice as Long

Allie Walld 4 months ago

Any parent knows all too well that time goes by so quickly. The early days with your newborn twins are filled with so many time-consuming, but necessary tasks. Washing and folding endless loads of laundry. Sterilizing a steady cycle of bottles and pump parts. Taking care of twice as many diaper changes. Feeding twice as many mouths. Cutting twice as many nails. Cleaning twice as...

Drool Happens

The Best Bibs to Keep Your Twins Comfortable & Dry While They're Teething

Allie Walld 4 months ago

When your babies get teething, the impending pools of drool can be relentless. You may notice your twins suddenly have irritated rashes with raised, red bumps or dry, chapped skin on their cheeks or necks. The best way to try to avoid these uncomfortable rashes from forming is to keep your little ones' cheeks, chin, and neck area dry. When they're producing puddles of saliva on the...

Fur Baby...Meet Human Baby

Five Tips for Introducing Your Pets to Your Newborn Twin Babies

Allie Walld 4 months ago

The months leading up to the arrival of your twins are filled with plenty of planning and, if you're me, several checklists of things that should be done to ideally promote smooth sailing in what we were expecting to be an exciting yet chaotic time filled with family firsts on a steep learning curve. One of the things on the Must Do list was preparing the four-legged members of our...

Chew-Chew-Choose This

Why We Love Munchkin’s Twisty Teether

Allie Walld 4 months ago

One of your babies' biggest discomforts in the first year will be the pain of their teeth coming in. Interestingly enough, some babies are actually born with their first teeth, but most babies start teething anywhere from three months of age, up to just after their first birthday, with the average age falling around six months old. Signs you may see of those first teeth coming in can...

Here Comes the Airplane

Five Tricks for Getting Your Finicky Twins to Finally Eat

Allie Walld 4 months ago

Whether it's breakfast, lunch, or dinner, chances are good that with two toddlers who are constantly growing (both their minds AND their independence, thank you very much) and expanding their palettes, you run into some form of resistance at some point in your day-to-day operations. Maybe breakfasts aren't so bad because they're the first meal of the day. But lunch and dinner could be...

What is That Thing?

Heel-Stick Calcinosis: What is This Hard White Bump & Should I be Worried?

Allie Walld 4 months ago

As you work on your list of questions for your twins' one-year check-up with their pediatrician, you're likely giving both of your sweet children thorough once-overs to think of anything you want to ask their doctor about. I did the same during the weeks before and after our guys' first birthday, going from head to foot. And when I got to the bottom of Baby A's foot, I noticed a...