The Chirping Moms

Tips for New Dads: A Guest Post

Tips for New Dads: A Guest Post

We’re so happy to have our friends from It Takes A Village Baby Consultants back on the blog today. Just in time for Father’s Day, they are sharing some quick tips for new dads. For more information on It Takes A Village, visit their website & read last month’s post all about how they got started.     5 Quick Tips… Read More

Friday Favorites: Mini Skinnies

Friday Favorites: Mini Skinnies

One of our favorite Etsy shops, carlymegan, now has the most adorable harem shorts for sale! These “mini skinnies” are made with organic cotton & come in many awesome prints. The fit is fun, comfortable for play & unisex. Carlymegan is offering our readers 15% off with code Chirp15.  I was not compensated for this post. I did receive items… Read More

5 Ideas for Integrating Learning into Everyday Play

5 Ideas for Integrating Learning into Everyday Play

We are so happy to have Penny Lane of Sister Raising Sisters guest posting on the blog today. I’ve had a number of conversations with other moms recently about integrating learning into play. With school out for the summer, this is a great time to try out some of Penny’s ideas! I’ll let the secret out of the bag right… Read More

Where to Wednesday: The Baby Buggy Bedtime Bash

Where to Wednesday: The Baby Buggy Bedtime Bash

Last week my family & I headed to Central Park for the Baby Buggy Bedtime Bash. This is the 2nd year we have attended & once again, we all had a blast! The Bedtime Bash is a fundraiser for the wonderful Baby Buggy Foundation. Founded in 2001 by Jessica Seinfeld, Baby Buggy provides clothing, baby gear & baby essentials to… Read More

Not Quite What I Expected

Not Quite What I Expected

Recently I have been pulling out some of the books I bought while pregnant with Maggie. I have a few friends who are pregnant for the first time & I wanted to pass the books along. I thought back on how I would read each month, getting excited for the next milestone. It helped to me know what to expect… Read More

3 Ideas for Your Next BBQ & This Week’s Giveaway

3 Ideas for Your Next BBQ & This Week’s Giveaway

My favorite type of party to host is a BBQ. We have far more room outside in our yard then we do inside our house, so hosting parties outside is a lot easier. I also love all of the recipes that go along with cooking outdoors. I’ve started to find fun ways to cook burgers & pasta salad recipes are… Read More

Friday Favorites: 10 Father’s Day Gift Ideas

Friday Favorites: 10 Father’s Day Gift Ideas

Father’s Day is next week & we are trying to come up with a good gift for our hard working Dad. Below is a list of a few things we made this year, our favorite gift from last year & some other gift ideas we might be getting. We can’t share what we picked just yet: sometimes Dad reads the… Read More

DIY Balance Beam

DIY Balance Beam

We spend a lot of time in our back yard. I am always looking for fun outdoor toys. When we are at the park, Maggie & Alex love to walk around the perimeter of the park &  “balance” on the ledge. I decided I wanted to try & make them a balance beam for the yard. I was going to… Read More

Tips for Air Travel with Kids

Tips for Air Travel with Kids

Last week we took a 5 hours flight with the girls out to Arizona & then took the red eye home. It wasn’t easy, but it was a lot better then expected. It was the first time we flew with both girls since Alex could walk. Something about doubling the number of active little ones on the plane terrified me…. Read More