Foodie Friday: Pay it forward

When I was pregnant, people used to ask us all the time what they could do to help when the babies came. I had no idea! They’d ask us again in the first few weeks of the babies’ lives….and by then, in my sleep-deprived state, I at least knew one answer….food! Bring food! Lots of it, yummy [...]

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Product review: bibs

With so many styles and varieties of bibs on the market, it’s hard to know what makes a good bib over the long haul with multiples. Most moms find they need two sets of bibs - bibs for drooling and bibs for feeding.
Drooling:
When my boys’ salivary glands started kicking in, it was incredible to me [...]

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Gastronomy 2.0 : Eating with Twins on the Grow

For that first few weeks — even months — with newborn twins, it felt as though we were forever going to the pediatrician’s office for near-daily weight checks. My second guessing and self-flagellation about my children’s intake began on Day One. Literally, Day One. Check-in nurses would ask, “How much do they take at each [...]

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Eating Out

I have always loved to eat out. At the ripe old age of six, my favorite restaurant was Long John Silver’s (for the hush puppies.) When I got to middle school, my brother, sister and I would read stacks of books to earn our “Book It” pin and a free personal pan pizza at Pizza [...]

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Foodie Friday: Road trips with babies

Another MOT asked about road trips with babies. She was planning a two day trip and she didn’t know what to feed her 9 month old twins on the trip. Not having been brave enough to attempt such a trip myself, I posed the question to the moms of HDYDI.
There were things to consider.
1. There may be [...]

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