I have paid way too much money for way too many airport sandwiches. Whether we’re road-tripping, flying, or heading somewhere for a week, I pack our food now — real food, not just a bag of goldfish and a prayer. It’s one of those things that sounds like more effort...
If you have a kid who loves art, you know the marker situation. Caps everywhere — on the floor, under the couch, in places you genuinely cannot explain. The markers themselves have rolled to the four corners of the table and then off it entirely. And at least three have...
Big Bee, Little Bee didn’t start as an eco brand. It started with a baby towel. My first product was the Snow Angel — a cushioned baby bath towel I invented when Marlo was just a few months old, because getting a wet, wriggly, angry baby dried off safely was...
I have friends who spend Sunday afternoon batch-cooking a week’s worth of meals and whole food snacks. I genuinely want to be like them. I want to have their habits. I’ve tried time and again to be that person, but unfortunately I’ve just never gotten there. What I’ve figured out...
Marlo, the Little Bee, loves art. Fortunately for her, she’s great at it. (She definitely didn’t get that from her dad or me—it came from my mom, an artist and former elementary art teacher.) We try our best to encourage her interests, and art is no different. So she’s always...
This is sure to be the most boring blog post of all time. Certainly our most boring product development story. There’s just not much to say on this one! Still reading? Ok, here goes…. Marlo, my husband, and I were sitting at a barbecue restaurant. They had average size paper...
“I can do it myself!” Heard that line before? If you have a toddler or preschooler, I have a feeling you hear it a lot. And although hearing those words often results in frustrating delays getting out the door, delays getting out of the car, etcetera, developing independence is of...
My inventions have always followed my personal journey. Necessity is the mother of invention, right? Well this mother had a daily struggle: although the Little Bee would always request multiple items at every meal, she never finished a single one of them. Since she was a picky eater, I tended...
Parenting is fun. Parenting involves so many wonderful and exciting things that can’t quite be captured in words. It’s extremely rewarding, and every challenge is worth it. But let’s be honest, if a typical day were filled with fewer tears and maybe one less meltdown…that would be a win. That...
There are many reasons a product needs packaging, from protecting it from damage to making it presentable for gifting. But we believe that for many products, there is little reason to make that packaging disposable. Is it more expensive to create reusable packaging? It certainly can be. However, in the...
