Tips & Tricks

New moms LOVE when their friends and family bring food. We can all relate to that. But do you ever stress over what to bring? I’ll admit I overthink it sometimes. When I had my son, my younger sister...

In a perfect world, kids would cooperate at bedtime and drift off to sleep without a peep. In the real world, convincing your child to go to bed and stay in bed can be utterly exhausting. Pushing limits at bedtime...

February is Dental Health month, so we are celebrating through an informative interview with Dr. Carol Felder. She is a Norwalk-based family dentist and mom to two (adorable!) little girls. Q: When should children have their first formal dentist appointment? A: By age 1. Q: What...

I’ve always had a passion for great (and reasonably-priced) beauty products that work really, really well. Believe me, they are hard to find. I just can’t justify spending $50 on shampoo. But I want the one I do use...

With my first son, I never bothered much making his food. Between balancing going back to work and his multiple food allergies it was just easier to buy the pre-made baby food. This time around I decided to give...

I have to admit that I used to be a bit of a Valentine's Day hater, even when I was in a relationship. After all, is there really only one day per year when love should be celebrated? Having said...

Hello! I'm so excited to finally be back with FCMB, but now with an almost 6-month old baby girl and a three year old “big girl”. The past six months have been a little crazy, but good crazy, as we've...

It’s always just about this time of year, when I’ve headed back to work after the holidays and straight into reality, that I start the countdown until the next vacation. Oh, you, too?!?  It’s not that I mind working, because...

I just reached the second trimester in my second pregnancy. While I’ve been down this road before, I find pregnancy still to be this incredibly magical and scary time. There is a baby GROWING inside me. What?! Still so...

At my office, the new year is “ringing in” with a TON of phone calls from frantic parents whose toddlers are climbing out of their cribs. If you’re the parent of a crib climber, I’m sure you can relate....