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Are you in search for a lightweight, stylish convenience stroller that you can easily take on short walks, family trips, and has so many of the great features you’re looking for? Luckily, the 3D Lite Convenience Stroller by Summer came out at the perfect time for me. Not only is it...]]> Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:24:42 GMT f0abc4f6-9c60-4376-bb2d-47af9f067025
Ouch! I have to imagine that every woman who breastfeeds past the point of their baby getting teeth has experienced this. If not, you are one of the lucky ones as it can be very painful. Not only is it painful, but...
 
]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:16:12 GMT 3c5141c1-0f5a-437c-b9bf-1fb4391189ec Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE By Erin Yarbough

In honor of Prematurity Awareness Month, I’d like to share my story with you. My name is Erin and I work in Product Development Marketing here at Summer. ]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:05:49 GMT a63d95cb-ce75-4658-9560-4f5a15833d0e
The first few months at home with a newborn can sometimes be overwhelming, so I’m all for trying any product that could make those months just a little bit easier. I have a lot of what I consider must-have baby products at home, and several of them are from Summer.
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Lulu Katz, now 4 months old was born on May 13, 2012, at 11:25pm, weighing in at 7 lbs 8 oz and 19.5” long. She was the best Mother’s Day gift a woman could ask for, and I am still so incredibly grateful and blessed to have had a healthy baby girl.]]> Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:46:11 GMT bacce6cd-8940-4230-8eaf-c89d66ef1d0d ]]> Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:35:57 GMT 9dc03514-751c-4af4-9755-639f85fa2db2
Trying to find the perfect bedding set for your baby’s nursery can be both exciting, yet overwhelming. Luckily I found decorating a girl’s nursery to be a lot easier than decorating a boy’s nursery. There are definitely more options when it comes to girls in general, but...

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I am by no means an expert on this topic, therefore I have been doing some research on things that expecting parents can do to ease the transition for their toddler. My son D recently turned three, and to date he has been great with the news of a baby sister. There have certainly been a couple of moments where he was...
 

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I can’t believe I’m already 29 weeks pregnant, oh how quickly it goes by. Being in the third trimester is extremely exciting, but it’s also starting to bring up some fear and anxiety for sure. As a mom, we know there’s nothing better than holding that tiny little miracle, and all the joys they bring to our lives. However, I’d be lying...
 
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Preparing and decorating our first baby’s room was a task within itself, but it was a super fun one. From picking out the furniture, to the bedding, to hanging the hand painted letters, it was such a special time for both my husband and me. And while preparing and decorating for baby #2 is certainly exciting...]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:39:09 GMT f77a2723-8176-4a6c-981b-c811fe1becef
It isn’t easy, and we certainly have a ways to go, but my husband and I are currently trying to overcome the “Trying Threes.” Talking to friends and reading other mom communities is helping tremendously, and knowing there are other parents going through...]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:13:04 GMT 56d5b44e-c774-4f93-917d-870db7a7046e
How old was your baby when you took them Trick-or-Treating for the first time? D was only 8 months old. Some might say that’s a little too young, but I really feel it all depends on the situation. At 8 months old...]]> Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:07:42 GMT 349b2e2a-4fdd-4612-b13e-6c71a9061abb
When did you start brushing your baby’s teeth? I started brushing D’s teeth as soon as that first one popped through, but not with an actual toothbrush, with a Fingerbrush meant for infants. However, this post isn’t to talk about how easy it was to lightly brush the inside of my baby’s mouth, it’s to talk about some of the struggles...

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OK, so I may totally get booed for this, but we gave D his first haircut at just 10 months old. It was a much harder decision for me than it was for my husband, but the poor kid really did need one. His hair was]]> Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:19:07 GMT c07fd3cf-6435-4ded-8b37-534bca475f87
I’m pretty sure all children at one point or another drink the dirty bath water, but how do you get them to stop? My son D thinks it’s hilarious to drink the water during bath time, but...]]> Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:47:20 GMT a652a875-f482-4331-9a2c-d2ae97ee93d2
Was that a challenge or what! I had decided 7 years ago, the year my husband and I bought our first home together, that it was time we get on board the recycling train. I grew up in a household]]> Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:30:37 GMT 6dca3ad5-fd4b-483f-b999-c79d5c914d14
This week I am encouraging all of the moms out there to a Mom Time Challenge. What exactly does that mean? It means that we, as moms, work hard each and every day and deserve a little quality time for ourselves.
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This month we are honoring Pregnancy Awareness Month; therefore I find it only befitting to write a post relating to my pregnancy.
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About a month ago, I wrote about my family’s initial run in with the Terrible Twos and how my husband and I had been confronted by our daycare about the way our 2 year old son was behaving at school. Well…since then...]]> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:15:35 GMT c8be281c-d03b-4331-bd59-bd7229d8f826
How old was your little one when you transitioned them out of the crib? It was just about a month ago for us, right before “D” turned two years old. Yup, you heard that right. He wasn’t even two yet but we were already struggling with him trying to climb out of the crib. He also got into this really bad habit of...]]> Wed, 02 Mar 2011 14:35:31 GMT 671cce13-dbf3-41d0-b0ca-17034c63169f
Ironically enough, I had originally planned on writing about what unconditional love means to me, but I simply couldn’t after the weekend we just had. I guess you could say that despite these dreaded phases our children go through it’s our unconditional love for them that gets us through it all. With that being said, I first off want to say...

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Unlike deciding on whether or not to breastfeed, choosing to make our own baby food was something I knew I would want to do before I even became pregnant. Not sure why, it’s just something I wanted to try as a new mom and am very happy we did. Don’t get me wrong...]]> Wed, 02 Feb 2011 05:33:56 GMT 0414ff1d-e862-42e7-883b-f82c540cda82
As if there wasn’t enough my body had to go through before and after birth, losing my hair was just the icing on the cake.  It didn’t start happening until just around 3 months post partum, but lasted until my son was just about a year old.
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Well not really. Christmas is my absolute favorite holiday so there was no question about whether or not we’d celebrate that, but do we celebrate Hanukkah too? My husband grew up celebrating Hanukkah and I grew up celebrating Christmas, so even though neither of us are super religious we of course wanted our child to celebrate the same rituals we did growing up.
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So I just ran into one of those awkward neighborhood moments.  Two young girls from our neighborhood came over and asked if they could babysit my 19 month old son.  One is 12 and the other is 11.  I immediately thought Yikes, Oh my goodness, that’s way too young.
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