Holiday Decorating With Toddlers (Without Losing My Mind)
How we decorated a small duplex for the holidays with 20-month-old twins: what went up high, what stayed down low, and what we skipped.
Continue readingThanksgiving With Two Toddlers: Lowered Expectations
We're hosting Thanksgiving with 19-month-old twins this year. Here's the plan, the menu I cut in half, and the bar I set very low on purpose.
Continue reading32 Baby Registry Must-Haves (and 11 Things We Never Used)
Our twin baby registry, looked at 19 months later: the 32 things we used constantly and the 11 we could have skipped.
Continue readingHow We Picked a Health Insurance Plan During Open Enrollment
Dan's employer plans versus Covered California: how we compared premiums, deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums for our family of four.
Continue readingPostpartum Anxiety: What It Looked Like for Me
It did not look like sadness. It looked like counting breaths at 3 a.m. and checking the stove five times. My story, and why I finally spoke up.
Continue readingOur Double Stroller Saga: Three Strollers Later
We bought a tandem, then a side-by-side, then a lightweight double. Here is what each one got right and wrong for our life with twins.
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