Catering To Baby

Feeding your baby can be one of the most stressful parts of new parenthood. With all of the products and shortcuts out there designed to make mealtime easier, figuring out what’s right for your little one can be overwhelming. To help, the experts at Dr. Brown’s create unique baby feeding products for every stage. And to do our part, we’ve chosen our five favorite products that are innovative, helpful and easy to use.

Wide-Neck Bottle
All of Dr. Brown’s bottles are great; the patented internal vent system reduces colic and preserves essential vitamins by keeping air from mixing with the milk. The wide-neck bottle is great for transitioning babies because the size and shape resembles breastfeeding and helps avoid nipple confusion.
$7.49, bestbottle.com

Puree & Simple Blender
If your little one has moved on to mashed food, consider this easy to use blender. There’s no need to unpack a bulky food processor anymore—you can use this with one hand! With simple one-touch speed controls, this slim machine makes preparing and cleaning a breeze.
$39.99, bestbottle.com

Make-A-Smash Food Masher
For pureeing fruits and veggies on the go, or simply for smaller amounts of food, this hand masher is an easy way to make the food your baby loves. With only two plastic parts, it’s easy to clean and a great addition to any diaper bag.
$4.99, bestbottle.com

Long Spatula Spoons
These spoons have flat edges to help you wipe the food that will inevitably land on your child’s face. They also have longer, more comfortable handles to help reach the bottoms of jars so no food is left behind.
$4.99, bestbottle.com

Divided Plates
Dr. Brown has partnered with nutritionists to design these handy portion divided plates for toddlers. The plate base is designed to prevent skidding–they held up perfectly in a test toss across my desk–which is great if your child gets fussy while eating.
$5.99, bestbottle.com

Advantage QuickStart Tennis

A proven teaching method, customized by age and ability for ages 3 and up. Special kid-sized racquets and playing area, plus slower-bouncing balls, make it fun from day one!

The Language Workshop For Children

After offering both group and private lessons for many years and analyzing the results over&nbsp;time, The&nbsp;Language Workshop for&nbsp;Children, founded&nbsp;in1973, has decided&nbsp;to emphasize private remote lessons at shorter intervals.&nbsp;Our skilled educators&nbsp;will&nbsp;focus their attention exclusively on the&nbsp;unique needs, learning style, and interests of your child.&nbsp;This allows a&nbsp;bond&nbsp;to develop&nbsp;between teacher and student, which&nbsp;has been&nbsp;shown to&nbsp;drastically improve retention.&nbsp; OUR METHOD&nbsp; Developed by the pioneers of language education for children, our programs bring decades of&nbsp;experience to your living room with individualized, active language classes. Each lesson is based on proven methods and materials perfected to capture your&nbsp;child&rsquo;s attention during the ages when he/she absorbs information the fastest. &nbsp;&nbsp; While other online language classes rely on videos for passive learning, we deliver interactive, and engaging lessons with native-fluent teachers. In addition, all our teachers are certified in the Thibaut&nbsp;Technique which has been featured&nbsp;in the New York&nbsp;Times, the&nbsp;Wall Street Journal, and many other well-respected&nbsp;publications.&nbsp;&nbsp; Our short one-on-one lessons give kids the chance to focus, hear pronunciation clearly, and practice speaking in their target language.  THE PROCESS&nbsp; First, students have a short meeting with our Director&nbsp;Francois&nbsp;Thibaut, in&nbsp;English, with&nbsp;their parent(s)&nbsp;present.&nbsp;Mr. Thibaut&nbsp;will determine&nbsp;the best course of study, including&nbsp;class length and&nbsp;frequency, the&nbsp;right&nbsp;teacher, lesson&nbsp;format and materials (or action games for younger students.) Then the learning&nbsp;begins!&nbsp;Mr. Thibaut will continually check in on your child&rsquo;s learning to assure they are getting the most&nbsp;of&nbsp;their&nbsp;classes.&nbsp; OTHER OFFERINGS&nbsp; We can also help your child prepare for: the French subject tests for SAT, AP &amp; CLEP, the European DELF/DALF, the Canadian TEF and other standardized testing, college entry exams, studying or traveling abroad,&nbsp;cultural changes when moving abroad,&nbsp;and much more!&nbsp; &nbsp;

Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian's Legacy

The Morgan Library &amp; Museum will present a major exhibition devoted to the life and career of its inaugural director, Belle da Costa Greene (1879&ndash;1950). Widely recognized as an authority on illuminated manuscripts and deeply respected as a cultural heritage executive, Greene was one of the most prominent librarians in American history. The exhibition will trace Greene&rsquo;s storied life, from her roots in a predominantly Black community in Washington, D.C., to her distinguished career at the helm of one of the world&rsquo;s great research libraries. Through extraordinary objects―from medieval manuscripts and rare printed books to archival records and portraits―the exhibition will demonstrate the confidence and savvy Greene brought to her roles as librarian, scholar, curator, and cultural executive, and honor her enduring legacy.