Tag Archives: Kids

Stride Rite, A Baby’s First Shoes: Shoe’re Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile

I have two children. A boy kid and a girl kid. Can you guess who has the shoe obsession? If you guessed the boy kid, you are correct. My little Salvatore Ferragamo, even at 18 months,  has got an eye for shoes and accessories like no one else in my family. He insists on wearingContinue reading “Stride Rite, A Baby’s First Shoes: Shoe’re Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile”

My Daughter’s Fifth Birthday. Forever Young. I Want Her to Be Forever Young.

Wanted to share my Huffington Post piece about the bittersweetness of my beautiful daughter’s fifth birthday. Thank you to everyone who reached out with such wonderful feedback! Published February 10, 2015. My Daughter’s Fifth Birthday One beautiful afternoon in Central Park, my husband and I sat and discussed having a child. Today, that child celebratedContinue reading “My Daughter’s Fifth Birthday. Forever Young. I Want Her to Be Forever Young.”

Car Seat Safety – Read This Now.

Here at The Mint Chip Mama we care about Winter Safety. A few weeks ago we shared some very important winter driving tips from our friends over at Kelley Blue Book. Today we want to share some winter car seat safety tips from our friends at Evenflo. I became a big fan of Evenflo when I startedContinue reading “Car Seat Safety – Read This Now.”

How To Tally Up The Points You Earn For Taking Care Of Your Sick Kid

Taking Care Of Your Sick Kid Is No Fun Celebrating Snotsgiving And How To Keep Score As I said yesterday on Facebook when posting this picture of my two sick, glassy eyes kids. Happy Snotsgiving from the Wallenstein Croup. Add These Points Taking Care Of Your Sick Kid Part 1 +5 points for 1st kid+7Continue reading “How To Tally Up The Points You Earn For Taking Care Of Your Sick Kid”

As Guns N’ Roses’ Axl Rose Said, All You Need Is Just A Little Patience

I like to consider myself a mother with a substantial amount of patience for my children. I would even toast myself to say above average. Forget the baby – I don’t need patience for him. He’s easy, he just requires my constant attention and all the nourishment my body can produce. You know, small stuff.Continue reading “As Guns N’ Roses’ Axl Rose Said, All You Need Is Just A Little Patience”

482,400 Minutes. How Do You Measure, Measure Eleven Months? Day 30 Of My Favorite Things: My Children Now As Siblings

Day 30 of My Favorite Things: My Children As Siblings @TheMintChipMama Facebook Last night my husband and I were discussing our disbelief that our baby boy was turning eleven months old today. I was – not surprisingly – gushing about how absolutely smiley and happy and delicious the baby was all day. My husband got a devilishContinue reading “482,400 Minutes. How Do You Measure, Measure Eleven Months? Day 30 Of My Favorite Things: My Children Now As Siblings”

You Swing Set Me Right Round, Baby, Right Round Like A Record, Baby. Day 29 Of My Favorite Things: Our Swing Set From Wood Kingdom

Day 29 of My Favorite Things: Swing Kingdom Mountain Climber swing set from Wood Kingdom @WoodKingdom Facebook I would consider the first day of school the official last day of summer. With that said – that does NOT mean we have to say goodbye to one of my favorite things – playing outside. Moving To TheContinue reading “You Swing Set Me Right Round, Baby, Right Round Like A Record, Baby. Day 29 Of My Favorite Things: Our Swing Set From Wood Kingdom”

Day 22 Of My Favorite Things: The Met Museum Of Art In New York

Visiting The Met Museum of Art in New York is incredible.  While living in Manhattan, one of my absolute favorite things to do was to take my daughter there – or to any of the city’s amazing museums. The Met, The Guggenheim, The Natural History Museum – these were all our “backyard”. You see –Continue reading “Day 22 Of My Favorite Things: The Met Museum Of Art In New York”

Shoe’re The One That I Want Oh Oh Oh. Day 20 Of My Favorite Things: New Shoes From Stride Rite

New Shoes! b  New shoes and back to school go hand in hand for me. My childhood is flooded with happy memories of going to Stride Rite with my mom at the end of every summer to pick out new shoes. Wonderful Childhood Memories Getting New Shoes at Stride Rite I can vividly see theContinue reading “Shoe’re The One That I Want Oh Oh Oh. Day 20 Of My Favorite Things: New Shoes From Stride Rite”

Pump Up The Volume, Pump Up The Volume, Pump Up The Volume. Milk! Milk! Day 17 Of My Favorite Things: PumpEase Hands-Free Pumping Bra

Batman and Robin, Lois and Clark, Bonnie and Clyde. All of these are partners. For me right now the biggest partnership (besides you know – the obvious human ones) is between my breast pump and my PumpEase hands-free pumping bra. As I mentioned yesterday – nursing is something about which I am passionate. Since AugustContinue reading “Pump Up The Volume, Pump Up The Volume, Pump Up The Volume. Milk! Milk! Day 17 Of My Favorite Things: PumpEase Hands-Free Pumping Bra”

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