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5 Reasons Spring Babies Rule

Are you anxiously awaiting your spring due date? I've got great news: it's an awesome time to have a baby! Babies are a blessing any time they arrive, but there are definite advantages to giving birth in the spring. There's a reason so many babies in nature are born in the springtime, it's pretty much ideal. Below are just five reasons that spring babies rule! 1. Ideal Weather. Spring has… → Read More

I Can't Believe It, But It's True: Marie Kondo Saved Me From a Nervous Breakdown

"Tidying Up With Marie Kondo" was literally life-changing → Read More

I Swear HypnoBirthing Isn't a Pile of Insane Hippie BS

All the deep breathing and crazy mantras actually work. → Read More

To the Warrior Mom in the NICU

Dear Mom in the NICU, I see you. I’ve been you. There is something I need you to know: You are doing an incredible job. This is impossibly hard and you are doing it anyway. I won’t tell you that you should take time away for yourself or that someday this will all be a distant memory, not because these things aren’t true, but because I’m sure you’ve heard them repeatedly and they are of little… → Read More

7 Things That Make the Days After Having a Baby Suck a Little Less

Before my first baby arrived, I thought I was so prepared. I had washed all the tiny clothes. The changing table was stocked, and every possible item to comfort baby—from special swaddles to deluxe swings—were assembled and ready to deploy. It wasn’t until I got home with my bundle of joy that I realized I hadn’t prepared to take care of myself. I needed a frozen sanitary napkin way more than my… → Read More

Shhh! All the Things No One Tells You About Pregnancy Sex

If you're pregnant, it’s pretty safe to assume that you've had sex—presumably quite a bit of it. And yet, pregnancy and sexuality are rarely spoken of in the same conversation. If you’re wondering what to expect in the bedroom when you’re expecting, here are five things I wish someone had told me. 1. The “don’t even look at me” phase The first part of pregnancy is a lot like PMS on steroids,… → Read More

I Really Wanted to Be Pregnant ... Until I Was

My heart knew I wasn’t done having babies the moment my second son was placed on my chest. I was so very happy to have him and so not ready to accept he would be my last. My head, on the other hand, had plenty of things to add to the con column of the "Having More Kids" list. In fact, my head won the argument for almost four years before my ovaries (and my husband) joined my heart and we finally… → Read More

5 Myths About Raising Boys, Debunked

If I see one more viral video slinging the “hilarious,” filthy, fart-filled life of a “boy mom,” I’m going to scream. Declaring that all boys are rude, aggressive heathens is offensive enough. Laughing it off as if it’s acceptable and relatable to all who raise them is even worse. As the mother of two boys, I'm technically a card-carrying member of the “boy mom” crew but I’ve got to say, I… → Read More

To My Sisters: I Could Never Do Life Without You

My dear little sisters, There’s something I must tell you. We say it all the time in passing, or when we hang up the phone, but I want you to know how much meaning there is behind the words. I love you. I love you immeasurably. All I ever wanted was a sister and though I had to wait five years, and then five more, I won the lottery and got not one but two sisters of my very own. I’ll never… → Read More

Expectant Moms Could Avoid a C-Section, Study Finds

Many doctors have been relying on outdated findings. → Read More

5 Things I Wish Someone Else Could Teach My Preschooler

If there was an app that could teach these life skills for me, I would buy it faster than you can say 'Apple Pay' → Read More

The Genius Stomach Flu Hack All Moms Need to Know

I think we can all agree that vomit is one of the worst things about parenting. I’m not talking about spit-up, I’m taking about the fully-eating-solid-food nightmare that is kid barf. We’ve all had to clean it, and if you’re anything like me, that task usually comes with a side of your own heaving. I feel as though I would do just about anything to avoid scrubbing half-digested chucks out of the… → Read More

When Your Family Tree Is Complicated

In this modern age, many of us have complicated family trees. Even if your current nuclear family is two married parents and two biological kids, chances are your extended family doesn’t branch out in perfect, uncomplicated harmony. Whether it be divorce, estrangement, adoption or all three, there are things in our family’s past that might one day need explaining to our children. For example, my… → Read More

5 Reasons Waiting to Take a Pregnancy Test Is the Worst

First comes the fun part: trying for a baby. Then comes the tough part: waiting to see if it worked. For a person with very little chill, those two weeks of waiting and wondering are pretty brutal. I’ve compiled the top five reasons why hanging out until you can pee on a stick is the actual worst. 1. Vice, vice, baby. You know you’re potentially staring down the barrel of nine wine and… → Read More

10 Adorable Ideas for Baby's First Christmas

There's nothing quite as exciting as all the firsts you get to experience right alongside your bundle of joy. Christmas is undeniably more magical with little ones around, so commemorating that first Christmas is a fun and worthy cause. From photoshoots to ornaments, we've rounded up the cutest ideas for marking this joyous occasion. → Read More

5 Foolproof Cures for Baby Fever

Dying to have another baby? These should do the trick. → Read More

We're Finding Out Too Late That Someone Should Not Have Been Armed

This can't become our new normal. → Read More

6 Things to Try If You Want a Baby Girl

As a mom of two boys, I’ve received plenty of advice—some solicited and some not—on how to a conceive a girl. The recommendations range from the “scientific” to the bizarre, but as someone who would love to have a little girl someday, it’s hard to ignore the ones you hear over and over and over again. Ultimately it seems pretty clear that your chances of having a girl are pretty much 50-50. You… → Read More

To The Mom In The Midst of a Disaster

I'm right there with you, you are not alone. → Read More

So What If My Son Wants to Be a Princess for Halloween?

I’ve never been a big fan of pushing gender roles on little kids. My sons play with diggers, dolls, swords and toy kitchens. They watch shows and read stories based on their quality, not the gender of the protagonists. So when my 3-year-old declared that he would like to be Moana for Halloween, I thought it was a great idea. It made sense to me that he would want to be Moana. She's rebellious,… → Read More