This was a good month for Mommy Poppins. Our community grew a lot this month as more people are finding the site and we’re seeing it in increased comments and contributions from readers. The water fun week definitely had some of our most popular posts and we got a lot of positive feedback on […]

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For all you parents who are starting to think about sleepaway camp for next year, but have no idea how to choose the right one for your child, here’s a great tip from from Mommy Poppins reader, Lauren:

Just uttering the words “sleep-away camp” can conjure up feelings of reluctance and fear–for the parents of future […]

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I’ve actually been surprised at how hard it has been to find good resources for traveling with kids. As we were planning our family vacation for this summer, I was looking around online and found very few good sites for planning trips with kids. After scouring the web, here are the best resources I’ve found […]

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When preparing for a long trip with kids, whether by car or airplane, there’s always a moment of trepidation before leaving when you consider those long hours in transit and how your child will be possibly stay occupied, tear-and whine-free while on the go. It is always my instinct to go to the book or […]

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You may have seen or heard lately about a movie called The Holiday in which two women swap houses and end up swapping more than that. Or something, I haven’t actually seen it. But it has become part of the popular culture enough that now there is some frame of reference for house swapping so […]

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The whole ban on bringing water through airport security thing has been driving me mad. First of all, I think that they are not letting anyone bring water on airplanes because two idiots were thinking about trying to make gel bombs is just one of the worst examples of how we are letting the terrorists […]

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Sorry about the late posting today. I’ve actually been offline since Saturday.( Yes, it’s been pretty traumatic.) I’ll be on vacation for the next three weeks, so posting may be light, but I’m planning on posting at least 3 times a week, if not more. But definitely stayed tuned, because there’s some good things in […]

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Story Hours, hosted at local bookstores, parks and libraries, are a great activity for rainy days or when you just need a little something to get you out of the house, but don’t want to finger paint the town red. Below is a list of enough story hours to do a daily story book tour, […]

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There’s an undeniable charm to the idea of the classic NYC kid. Precocious, worldly, outspoken and feisty; whether you’re just visiting NYC with a child or raising your own specimen, you can enjoy imagining your child as one of these feisty tots.
There are a host of books that will set the stage and act as […]

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It was really a bummer when the city decided to close the NYC public libraries on the weekends. With snip of the fiscal scissor, the gold standard of Saturday afternoon entertainment for toddlers and kids in NYC was suddenly gone. No longer would there be quiet Saturday afternoons reading and picking out books at the […]

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