Allison Cooper
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New York, NY, United States
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Knowing My Daughter Is My Last Baby Is The Scariest & Most Liberating Feeling
The day that we brought our second child, Blake, home from the hospital was one of the happiest days of our life. We lived in New York City at the time and only a few blocks away from the hospital where I delivered her, so my husband strapped on our… → Read More
Here's What I Know About Mom Guilt After 10 Years Of Momming
The other day I did something that we jokingly call “pulling a nutty” between my mom and sisters, but I’m sure you have your own name for it in your household. It is the moment when mom loses it because, well, there are a million and one reasons… → Read More
I'm A Mom With High-Functioning Anxiety, & It's A Tricky Beast
If we want to put a lable on it, I'm what I would call a high-functioning mom with anxiety. It's a condition that doesn't lead people to check in with “how are yous” or give me extra support, because I seem generally pulled together and happy. But I… → Read More
When I Realized My Son's Bad Behavior Wasn't My Fault
I’ve never really been the mom who has monumental “a-ha” moments. I'm more the mom having the “oh crap” moments followed by a very belated "oh riiiiiight." And like so many moms reading this right now, I tend to go to sleep at night harboring… → Read More
To The Mom Always Getting Phone Calls From School
Dear mom who starts everyday hoping not to get that call from her child’s school, I know that you feel nervousness bloom in the pit of your stomach whenever you check your email, and are struck with worry whenever the phone rings, scared about what… → Read More
What Turning 32 Has Taught Me About Happiness: It's Not Anyone's Job But Mine
This month, I turned 32. I think in most cases, with age comes wisdom and I’ve learned a lot during these 32 years I’ve been on Earth. I’ve become a mom, a wife, and a business owner, and have learned to balance all of those thing while still being… → Read More
When The Realest Moments Get Lost In The Shuffle
Earlier this week, I had a pretty intense deadline. I woke up and practically ran to my French press, ushered my older son out the front door for the bus and began mad typing at the keyboard as soon as I possibly could. Mornings are always the time… → Read More
I Let My Kid Have "Personal Days" — Here's Why
There are days where I wake up with our alarm clock in the morning and struggle to get out of bed for no rhyme or reason. I move slower on these days and allow myself to take more time than necessary to do whatever tasks on my list that day — because… → Read More
The Only Way To Survive Travel Is To Become "Chill AF Mom"
A few weeks ago, we set out on a family trip, flying from New York City to Texas for a long weekend. My husband and I thought that we had everything so incredibly under control that we actually fist-bumped each other in the airplane aisle as we board… → Read More
I'm Feeling Mom Burnout, & Here's How I Deal With It As A Type-A Parent
The other day, I put my daughter down for her nap, poured the now-cold coffee that I had reheated about 10 times and still didn’t have a second to drink, refilled it with the tiny little bit of red wine that was left in the bottle I found in the back… → Read More
I'm Not The Fun Parent — I'm The One Holding Things Together
Motherhood is both an amazing and a really eye-opening experience. When we first give birth to a new baby, we have these really incredible and often times really high expectations of ourselves, but then the whole experience humbles us really quickly.… → Read More
I'm Raising My Kids Without A Village & It's Hard As Hell
My mom swapped kids with other moms, hosted a weekly playgroup, and had carpools aplenty. She also had both sets of grandparents a phone call away as well as well as a whole list of neighborhood moms to instantly come to her rescue in a moment's noti… → Read More
Moms Are The Actual Spirit Of Christmas And It's Exhausting
Here we are again. It’s that special time of year when Elf on the Shelf starts to pop up in everyone’s Facebook news feed and you get an insider’s glimpse at all the (admittedly hilarious) trouble that the super-creative, Pinterest moms have created … → Read More
The Skinny Jeans That Saved Me Postpartum
Accepting my post-pregnancy body is hands-down one of the most difficult things I’ve ever done. It’s something that I still work on every single day. During my first pregnancy, I was 20 years old, so I managed to bounce back quickly. In fact, I dropp… → Read More
I Don't Care What Anyone Says, This Is My Last Baby And I Will Rock Her to Sleep
I sat in my parent's living room as my kids toddled around a place they hadn’t visited since Christmas. My husband was away for a month-long military training many, many states away and I had traveled to Pittsburgh from New York City so that I could … → Read More
I'm Doing Nothing With My Kids This Weekend (& You Should Too)
Weekend after weekend, my kids and I schedule... absolutely nothing. Here's why that matters. → Read More
What I Want Everyone to Know About the Age Gap Between My Kids
My decision to have my kids when I did was just that: my decision. → Read More
How Bad Are Pacifiers, Really?
Some parents rely on pacifiers, others avoid them like the plague. Here's what the experts say. → Read More
The Pressure to Be a Chill Mom Is Absolutely Exhausting
One mom explains why being herself is so much easier than pretending not to care. → Read More
It's Time to Stop Shaming Moms Over Kids Using iPads
Using the iPad as a digital babysitter is perfectly OK. → Read More