A woman wearing a Double Lapel Trench Coat

Maternity Monday: Double Lapel Trench Coat

JCPenney has a number of cute maternity trench coats right now in colors like navy, beige, and a nice deep red. They’re all around $50, which is nice — especially since I never bought a special coat for either of my pregnancies. (But then I was never heavily pregnant in winter!) Still, at this price,…

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Ll Bean Deluxe Backpack Brilliant Blue
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Family Friday: Backpacks for Back-to-School

Kate and I were just discussing this — what are the best backpacks for kids? If you’re looking for a full-sized backpack, you can’t go wrong with L.L. Bean; they’ve been around forever, and they last forever. (I still have mine from 1,000 years ago.) They have tons of solid colors and patterns (paisley, colorblock,…

Comotomo Baby Bottle
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Nursing/Postpartum Tuesday: Slow Flow Bottles

We never needed slow flow bottles, just because the boys didn’t drink from bottles enough that acid reflux was something we really needed to think about (or maybe they just didn’t have a problem with it). But I’m always interested to see new products, and I know that moms can go though a million bottles…