Portland Picks Mommy Guide

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The Portland Picks Mommy Guide features many of our friends including the Zenana Spa, Baby Boot Camp and Milagros. August 24th, 2007

Portland Picks’ Mommy Guide

When we were little, our moms got lame advice like “don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys.” They also drank beer while nursing, laid us face-down on plastic-covered mattresses, hired teenage babysitters with loose morals just because they lived down the block, and strapped us into little seats with elastic cables that hung from a doorway, and allowed us to bounce up and down for (apparently danger-filled) hours on end.

Moms today are much more savvy about rearing children (thank heavens … though we turned out mostly functional). Read More