TZOA: A wearable to measure air quality and help you breathe easier
Don’t laugh, but I rely on frequent deep breaths to get me through the day, especially when my kids are being especially ornery. And thanks to a really cool gadget to measure air quality called TZOA, I can see if those calming breaths I’m taking are full...
Lifecake: A new baby app for parents that, unlike any other aspect of parenting, does the work for you.
I’m a little embarrassed to admit that it took me about 9 months to print out pictures of my third baby and put them up around the house. When I think back to how diligent I was with baby #1 and (a little less diligent with) baby #2, I have vowed to be more...
The Gemshare recommendations app gets you great advice from friends, not strangers on the Internet.
I’m excited about the introduction of Gemshare, a brand new recommendations app for iOS that’s like a mix of Yelp meets Angie’s List meets Travelocity meets your own Facebook network. It lets you create a social network of actual friends–or...
A kid’s guide to how Internet ads work. Don’t worry, it’s fun.
As familiar as I am with Internet ads, it’s easy for me to forget that my kids do not, which is especially important now that my two oldest children are using the computer on a daily basis. Not matter how tech-savvy your kids are, this awesome kid’s guide...
NYC implements social media guidelines for schools: Worth a look for parents wherever you live
We finally decided to give our sixth grader a smart phone. And while I think the good has outweighed the bad so far, I really wasn’t prepared for how complicated things would get — and how quickly it would happen. So I can see why implementing social media...
The perfect iPad app for new moms with lots of questions. (Isn’t that all of us?)
Since it has been five years since the last time I was pregnant, this time around feels like my first again, even though it’s my third! Now, everything pregnancy, baby care and newborn-related I come across seems to be motorized, digitized or is a mobile app. ...
10 ways parents can use Spotify
I’ve been a big Spotify fan ever since this awesome music service finally hit the United States. Since then, I use it pretty much daily to listen to music myself, but also to help me parent my kids. Check out these 10 ways parents can use Spotify, some of which...
Who needs the naughty or nice list when you’ve got this app
Calendars, charts, smiley faces, gold stars–every parent has been there, trying just about anything to get our kids to be responsible for their bad behavior. This time of year more than ever, we want our kids to shine as the little angels we know they really...
5 excellent Autism blogs in honor of World Autism Awareness Day
As a former music therapist, I worked with kids with autism and their families for a number of years–way back before blogs even existed–and I saw how challenging it was for them to find support and assistance. Knowing how much mom blogs helped me as a new...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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