I have been a terribly delinquent blogger these past few days and I am so sorry.  I will not torture all of you with stories of what it is like to be staying in a hotel suite with three jetlagged toddlers and one jetlagged baby.  Suffice it to say, there is not a lot of [...]

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I still have some last-minute packing to do, but I wanted to write a very quick posting about this new White Cotton Eyelet Maternity Tunic that just went up on the Bellydance Maternity website.  It’s by NOM, aka Naissance on Melrose Maternity, the far-too-ubiquitous maternity line that all the celebrity moms-to-be are wearing in Us [...]

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I hesitate to provide any of you with fashion advice today, as over the weekend, I again wore two different shoes out in public.  This time, I wore a black and white striped flat with a brown patent buckled flat.  And again, I did not notice it for hours–my husband noticed it when he arrived [...]

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I write about Isabella Oliver’s maternity line all of the time.  If you own even one of IO’s pieces, you already know how crucial they are to the devoted fashionista’s maternity wardrobe.  I keep in sporadic touch with the very nice women working at IO and they recently suggested that I “test-drive” one of the [...]

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One of my go-to online maternity boutiques, Unbuttoned Maternity, has (finally) launched its winter sale.  There is a wide selection of items on sale, click here to view the sale inventory.  The sale’s highlights are certainly the Pure T maternity tops, which are  discounted 20% and still available in a good range of sizes. Pure [...]

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Does Missoni make maternity clothing?  Of course not, why would the legendary Italian design house condescend and do such a thing?  Can you wear Missoni when you are pregnant?  Actually, yes.  For their Spring 2009 Collection, Blossom Mother and Child showed this M Missoni empire-waisted top as a maternity-friendly style and being that I am [...]

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More than anything else that I write about here, diaper bags are undoubtedly the pregnancy item with which I have the most experience.  I have tried them ALL.  I’ve gone high-end, I’ve gone low-end, and I’ve gone just about everywhere in between.  It may sound ridiculous, but after more than three years of buying and [...]

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Happy New Year to everyone!  I hope your celebrations were festive and fun-filled.  We spent a great New Year’s weekend at the beach in Jordan enjoying one of the few benefits of living here in the Middle East–the weather.  It was hot and the boys were able to swim and play on the beach for [...]

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