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While writing a recent article on dining out with preschoolers, I received a lot of great ideas from HARO (Help A Reporter Out) respondents concerning ways to keep young kids occupied. However, one email I received stood out from the rest. Here is (in part) what it said: I come from an extended, multi-cultural family that has been in the restaurant business for over a hundred years in several countries. So the observations that I share are probably a bit archaic on one hand, but practical o… Continue

My mom stayed with us for seven weeks following the birth of the twins last October. She would often make comments like, "I wish I could take Isabella (my two-year-old daughter) to the museum/park/out to lunch." She attended her high school reunion, and came back wistfully remarking how many of her former classmates had car seats in their vehicles for driving their grandchildren around town. My husband's stepmom has also recently begun asking to take Isabella out by herself in her car. Althoug… Continue

I'm a classic Type A personality. I'm generally high-energy (when not operating on less than three hours of sleep courtesy of noctural four-month-old twins), tightly wound, and anal to a fault. But I'm also detail-oriented, organized, and driven. When I found out I was expecting twins, my mind immediately lept into panic mode. How would I nurse twins? Where would I find time to spend with my two-year-old? How could we possibly cram two of everything within the walls of the house we were already… Continue