Where we work: Tracy’s desk
”This was my son Braxton’s first ‘art project’—painting with a corn cob! He was only 10 months old when I received this gem, but it hangs on the wall right behind my computer monitor. What can I...
View ArticleStrolling around the Magic Kingdom
In my five years at Pregnancy & Newborn, my familiarity with pregnancy- and parenting-related topics has grown exponentially. I’ve come to know more about the baby industry than I ever imagined I...
View ArticleWhere we work: Alyson’s desk
”Every once in a while we get into a note-passing phase in the office. Tracy, our resident bringer of fun, slipped me this affirmation one day, and it got a permanent home right beside my screen....
View ArticleOne of those days
Some weeks I feel like I’m a rock star mom/wife/editor. And some weeks, like this week … yeah, not so much. I’ll start with the state of my home. It needs to be cleaned, guys—really badly. There’s a...
View ArticleMustang rally
I was pulling for this dress, I was. It has all the makings of a cover look, just never quite made it out of the gate. I tried (and tried, and tried) this übercute horse print dress on three cover...
View ArticleWhere we work: Lauren’s desk
”As you might have guessed, we have a few magazine issues laying around the P&N offices. Might as well keep things organized and cute, am I right?” —Lauren, Executive Editor
View ArticleOne stellar birth
I’m P&N’s resident geek. Whenever you see something on the site or in the mag that mentions spaceships or aliens, you can be pretty sure it was my doing. Of course, outer space doesn’t exactly fit...
View ArticleDress code
This may come as a surprise to those of you who picture the Halcyon Media headquarters to be bustling with freshly manicured, perfectly coiffed, always high-heeled editors, but the truth is: We* keep...
View ArticleWhere we work: Rachel’s desk
”Max is the first baby of mine who actually got a birth announcement—sorry other kids!—and so even though he’ll be one next month (I don’t want to talk about it), I keep that sucker posted loud and...
View ArticleBaby on the brain
Now that my college days are behind me, I know girls who are so ready to be moms. And in my circle of friends, I’m definitely the least ready for mommyhood. So I guess I shocked a lot of people a...
View ArticleGood Eats
One thing you should know about the P&N editors: we all love to chow down! Good food makes us very happy around here. Especially me. I tend to get a little tweaky when I don’t have yummy goodness...
View ArticleThe sky’s the limit
I have two great fears in this life. The first is spiders (Did you see the enormous, venomous, as-big-as-your-head new species that was just found in Sri Lanka? Gross! See?). The second is air travel...
View ArticleThe Working Mom Chronicles, Vol. 1: I wanna pump YOU up
I’ve been a working, breastfeeding mom for eight-plus months now and while I’m certainly extremely grateful that modern technology affords me the option to feed my baby with breast milk even when we’re...
View ArticleLife in the fast lane
Why am I surrounded by storybooks? You’ll find out in August. Here at P&N, we work on a different schedule than most other folks. We typically work with about a five-month lead-time, which means...
View ArticlePut your records on
On any given day, you’ll find the P&N editors working on a handful of different projects. Sometimes we’re prepping in the wardrobe closet for an upcoming photo shoot or creating a food spread at...
View ArticleWhere babies, I mean baby fashion features, come from
If you’ve had a look at our April issue, you’ve hopefully enjoyed the illegal levels of adorableness that is our Criminally Cute baby fashion feature. You guys, I wish I had a video of the meeting...
View ArticleGold standard
Up until a few months ago, I had not one misgiving that my name or any likeness should ever be associated with the Olympics. And given my mandatory adolescent P.E. affair with volleyball, I was firm...
View ArticleCloset case: Baby fashion
Today we’re kicking off a series called “Closet case” to give you a sneak peek inside our product/prop/fashion closet. Here’s the first snapshot: a glimpse at our rack full of baby clothes—organized...
View ArticleThat’s a wrap!
Todd, Veronica, Nicoletta, Steph, Lauren, Shea, Andrea, Tim and special guest assistant Harleybehind the scenes at a recent P&N Mom & Baby shoot. The P&N art and editorial team just...
View ArticleWhere we work: Steph’s desk
“Some super talented photographers who we regularly work with, Tim and Andrea of Wedig & Laxton, are ridiculously crafty. This past year, they passed out handmade ornaments as favors at their...
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