Check this out! Estelle, a friend and fantastic contributor to Parents Guild, was inspired by one of the questions about play kitchens and proceeded to build one for her own kids using an Ikea coffee table, a pan (for the sink), and more… She describes its creation on her amazing blog – My French Cuisine. [...]
Monthly Archives: March 2010
Creative Commons with Attribution Required
As you know (because we keep saying it til we’re blue in the face!), we aspire to compile an archive of parenting information that rivals wikipedia. You’re generously contributing a whole host of insights and learnings to this project, and so, following in the footsteps of a number of sites we admire (wikipedia, of course, [...]
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Just launched: New ads, Amazon-style.
We’re continuing to experiment with ads. So far, we’re finding that Google AdSense makes almost no sense (nor cents), and that Amazon, with the same itsy-bitsy number of clickthroughs gives an order of magnitude greater return. (Wait, wait, you say… what’s an order of magnitude greater than 0? But never mind that.) So, today, you’ll [...]
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Daily Q: Tips for Teaching a Child to Brush Teeth
Any suggestions for how to teach a young child to brush teeth properly? We have been introducing brushing teeth as a part of the night time routine, and it’s mostly fun. But she likes to chew on the brush more than brush. (Click here to read more & answer!)
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Daily Q: Haircut for Baby (South SF Bay)
Our daughter is about ready for her first haircut! Does anyone have a reccomendation for a place to go in the south bay? (SJ, SV, MV) Is it worth the extra money to go to a special place for kids? Or is Supercuts ok? Does anyone know a good person that makes housecalls? (click here [...]
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Daily Q: Are all umbrella strollers the same?
We are traveling soon, internationally, with a 3-yr-old and a 4-month old. We do not want to travel with the double stroller because our 3-yr-old would not need it most of the time. Are all umbrella strollers basically created equal? (click here to read more & answer!)
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Comments have been fixed, and a quick note about cut & paste.
Hi, I believe that a couple users have had issues adding comments, and may have seen our “Ooops!” page. Be assured that your comments did make it to the system, and that the bug did not effect them. I’ve patched the code related to adding comments, so if you do see any more issues with [...]
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Just launched: Follow this thread
We’d heard from a number of you that you’d like to be alerted about new activity on particularly juicy or relevant threads, even if you haven’t asked or answered on that particular thread. Included in this recent launch is a way to do this… You’ll see “Follow this thread” just under the body of the [...]
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Just launched: “Me” gets a facelift
In addition to scores, this latest launch includes new, tidy-er signature boxes (look at the text staying *inside* the text box! :) and a brand new “me” section of the site. Before, the “me” section included a laundry list of all your activity on the site to-date. That’s still there, but now it’s found under [...]
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Just launched: Scores all around!
We know what you were thinking… sure, the site is great and there’s some useful answers and all, but what it really needs is more numbers(!), more metrics and a little bit of friendly competition. Well, maybe you weren’t thinking that exactly. But we think we hope it’s a really good idea and we’d like [...]
