Lucky Jade=Lucky Babe! It is the “It Blanket” of the year; according to InStyle magazine, Courtney Cox has one, so you know your baby has to have one too. C’mon, spoil your little one at a very early age; Lucky Jade Baby Blankets are designed by Leslie Pitts, a former fashion designer.

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Chris Ford writes Modern Day Dad, a resource for stay-at-home dads. He includes the dad stuff I’ve found that’s cool, that works for the baby (or doesn’t work), as well as his own personal experiences.

There are two facts that, when you are preparing for a new baby, become painfully apparent. The most obvious is that this is something brand new. Not just new as in “Um, why did I trade my life that I’m perfectly happy with for a new one that I know absolutely nothing about?”, but also new as in a fresh start. It’s like you’re given this project completely from the beginning, and it’s up to you to make it as cool as possible.

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Elizabeth Thielke writes Busy Mom (go figure). “40 years old, married to Busy Dad for 15 years. 3 kids: Busy Girl (10) Busy Boy (9) and The Preschooler Formerly Known as Busy Baby (3).”

I may or may not have a talent for home design and decorating, I’m really not sure. When faced with a room that needs that special something like oh, say, paint, I tend to freeze up and not know what I want and, therefore, don’t end up doing anything. I think it stems from growing up in a home with all white walls and linens; my father wouldn’t tolerate anything else. Fortunately, I live in an old house that is detailed enough to be interesting on its own and I don’t have to do a lot to it downstairs. Upstairs? Not quite as interesting. It needs a little more effort.

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Kyra and her husband Robertson founded Twenty2, a Brooklyn-based design shop producing a variety of textiles and wallcoverings. Their latest creation is Wallbands, a line of easy-to-apply, pre-pasted, washable wall patterns.

Kids really seem to dig our Wallbands. When we showed our 5-year-old nephew Brooks some early samples of our Wallbands collection, he immediately said, “I want to see all of them” and proceeded to spread them out on the floor and choose his favorites.

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Beth Adams writes Crazy Us, a blog about her family and life in Utah. She and her husband Dave have two beautiful and creative kids whose escapades give her plenty of material.

When I was about eight months pregnant with my second son, Eli, l panicked and realized that I had a lot of decorating to do, or at least in the “nesting” frenzy I was in, I thought I had a lot of decorating to do. Kyle was almost two and we had recently moved into a new house. It was one of those suburban cookie cutter homes in the Washington DC area filled with big, bare white walls to cover.

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