By Elise Jones, blog editor So not to go on and on about that freak snowstorm that happened Oct. 29 but it was such a doozy for those of us in the outer suburbs of NYC. Most of us didn’t have power for 3+ days and no school for a week (including myself & […]
Category: Moms
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A Letter from Heather – Praying to The Sleep God
Hi Everyone! I just got back from the babybites lunch on sleep where we had a packed room of over 20 moms. All this sleep talk reminded me of what up until recently I had repressed. That is, just how downright difficult chronic sleep deprivation is on a new mom. It’s like having the flu […]

Getting Away
By Sarah E. Visbeek, author of In the Trenches of Mommyhood When you have three children, going away without them becomes a near impossibility. Hence the reason that my husband and I, together, have not spent more than at least one night away from our children since oh, probably 2008. Yes, we try to have […]
I Don’t Want My Mother-in-Law to Baby Sit
Both my husband and I work full time. We used to have Alice, our three-year-old daughter, in a day care program that she really loved going to and we felt was good for her. However, when my mother-in-law had a forced retirement a couple of months ago and said that she’d like to be Alice’s […]
Ask Dr. Gramma Karen: I Don’t Want My Mother-in-Law to Baby Sit
Both my husband and I work full time. We used to have Alice, our three-year-old daughter, in a day care program that she really loved going to and we felt was good for her. However, when my mother-in-law had a forced retirement a couple of months ago and said that she’d like to be Alice’s […]
We’re Blogging Over at What to Expect (When You’re Expecting)
By Elise Jones, blog editor We are excited to announce babybites is now part of the best-known parenting book’s blog: What to Expect. Here is a bit more about the blog called “Word of Mom”: Word of Mom is the place to read the work of witty, wise, and wonderful mommy bloggers. Be sure to […]
Green Parenting: November 15 is America Recycles Day!
By Elise Jones, blog editor As a child, I remember the act of collecting cans was the extent of anything that resembled recycling. Recycling wasn’t a concept I fully understood or embraced until I was out of college and on my own. It was easy to recycle when I lived in the city because all […]
A Letter from Heather – What a Week!
Hi Everyone! What a fun and eventful few weeks here at babybites! We kicked things off with CNN dropping by one of our lunches to interview some babybites moms on their reaction to the fact that the 7 Billionth baby was just born. We also had two rocking Halloween parties with delicious oversized Magnolia Bakery […]
