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It started with the chairs. In early July, the AIDSWalk committee convinced a few furniture dealers to donate four chairs for a fundraising raffle. Mind you, I work at a major international interiors and architecture firm, so we’re not talking a nice armchair for the den–we’re talking two tricked-out office chairs and a set of supercool lounge . . . → Read More: Drastic times, drastic measures: Converting a one-bedroom to a two-bedroom  Now, you may have noticed over the last year or so that while we’re by no means Apartment Therapy-ready, we try to inject a certain aesthetic into our apartment enhancements. The vacuum cleaner lamp sheds a nice light, but we like the way it looks. The bar is cobbled together from a lot of stuff around . . . → Read More: The Rocket Guide to Cheap, Fast, Unattractive Babyproofing  I bring you our most exciting chapter in our series of The Nursery That Was An Office That Was a Library That Was a Hallway: RocketBaby Gets a Door! As you may recall, up to this point we’ve closed off both entries to the nursery with curtains (and in the case of the living room entrance, . . . → Read More: The Hallway Nursery, Part Three: RocketBaby Gets a Door!  Now that the Agent of Chaos is almost seven months old, we’ve moved into a new phase of baby gear: the not-quite-mobile baby stage. She’s sitting up, she likes assisted standing and bouncing, and she’s able to roll off of parental beds in a single nod of her melon-sized head. She’s outgrown her bouncer (which she . . . → Read More: Product Review: The Pop-a-Tot!  So last week I showed you the functional half of our 47-SF converted-from-a-hallway nursery. Here’s the rest of it (sans the rest of the artwork, which RocketMan has neglected to make a priority.). As you can see, it gets a remarkable amount of sunlight when the curtains are open; we keep them open all day to keep . . . → Read More: The Hallway Nursery, Part Two  So I’ve been saying for months that I’d be posting nursery pics, and as RocketMan still hasn’t gotten around to hanging the rest of the artwork, I figured I’d at least show you the changing station. Which, incidentally, is roughly half of the full square footage in the room (I believe the total is about 47 . . . → Read More: The Hallway Nursery, Part One  2 comments  Nursery, Organization, RocketBaby  baby, cavallini & co, changing bad, changing table, container store, dexbaby, diapering kit, elfa, first years fold and go, gdiapers, modernkiddo, Nursery, sarahjanestudios, small apartment nursery, stacking drawers, storage bins, toybox, vintage flash cards 
OK, not Dr. Ferber. Jennifer Waldburger and Jill Spivack. And not cry-it-out so much as what folks call “controlled crying.” But oh, how I love them all. One week ago today, we had a baby–the cutest baby pretty much ever, incidentally–who liked a 30-minute session of rocking, singing, feeding, and occasionally for me to lay across her . . . → Read More: Dr. Ferber, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love the CIO Disclaimer: Despite my nagging sense that this blog could come back to haunt me in a Miss Manners column, it’s a story that needs to be told. So rest assured: if you think one of the Don’ts below apply to you, it doesn’t. We loved your gift and treasure it deeply. As the holiday shopping season approaches . . . → Read More: Holiday Gift Ideas for Newborns; or It’s Adorable, and So Were the Other 10 We Received 3 comments Nursery, Product Review, RocketBaby baby, baby legwarmers, babylegs, bottle warmer, bummis, caldecott medal winners, cloth diapers, easy expression, gdiapers, gift ideas, gift suggestions, goodnight moon, grobag egg thermometer, handsfree pump bra, itzbeen, jez alborough, newborn, nursing bra, sleep sheep, stuffed animals, very hungry caterpillar, voice-activated crib light  I recently ordered a case of gDiaper refills from diapers.com (yes, we’re still using them, and only use disposables when traveling), and they arrived, as promised, two days later, shipping for free. Diapers.com’s a great service, especially for items like the refills, which aren’t readily available at the corner store. They also arrived, however, like this: Really, . . . → Read More: Blog Quickie: This is Why We Have Landfills  When you live in a city, in a neighborhood with no parking, in a small apartment, and don’t own a car (or in my case, drive) transportation is always an issue. When you have a miniature Agent of Chaos living in your home, it becomes a major priority. Stroller today? Bring the carseat in case we . . . → Read More: Product Review: Moby Wrap; or, How To Get Kid A to Point B Sans SUV |
 
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