Carrie McBride, Family Editor's Profile

Thanks, that was a typo.

@SarahRose sorry, just seeing your comment now! But for anyone wondering, it is just as much fun in repeated plays because there are probably at least 20 different things that you look for and multiples of each thing (traffic cones, brooms, numbers, etc.) so you rarely find them all the first time and I never remember where they are from time to time so it's always a new challenge. The drawing on the 6ft. long board is super detailed as well.

@ma912 yes - it's threaded! which wouldn't seem like such a big deal unless you've owned one that isn't and had all the contents tumble onto your carpet or car!

I like to bring tomato-based, homemade pasta sauces (with pancetta or sausage, etc. if the friend is a meat eater). They freeze so well and can be ready in as little time as it takes to cook pasta. I've also brought soups like sweet potato chowder (to freeze if they like). I think it's helpful to bring food when the baby is a few weeks old rather than right away since they usually have more help in the beginning, one parent has usually returned to work at this point, and the sleep deprivation will really be starting to set in after the first few weeks.

@EHF Great idea - I'll see what we can do! Thanks!

@LAL Thanks, I fixed it.

@JULIA2711 I'm always happy to have grammar, spelling, typos corrected - thanks!

While we always welcome reader feedback, I'm not sure where many readers got the idea that Apartment Therapy is *only* about designing a home. It's about living in it too. I would also say that the topic of this post is certainly design related. I've never been put on bedrest, but if I were I could imagine rearranging my bedroom - perhaps to accomodate my son's little work table. Or, perhaps I would change up the living room so I could rest comfortable and also supervise my son while he played. You get the idea.

The captions have been fixed - let us know if you can't see them. Thanks.

Since there's been some discussion about how much difference here is in the photography, I thought I'd add that the only Before photo the designer had was smaller than the 540 width we run our photos and I did enlarge it a bit which further degraded the quality. So, yeah, sure there is definitely a difference in the quality of the photos but I think we can all agree that the physical changes made to the room are a big improvement.