Housing Crisis: Staying With the In-Laws
by Amalah
Dear Amy, My question doesn’t have anything to do with beauty advice, but rather how to avoid seeming like an elitist snob when I’m at my in-laws’ family reunion this summer. You give such great advice and are a creative thinker; I thought maybe you could help me. Here’s the deal. My husband’s parents have [...]
When The Worst Happens: Dealing with Pregnancy Loss
by Amalah
Hi Amy, I know that you have not experienced this particular pregnancy horror, but you give excellent advice and also maybe some of your readers out there have been through this. Up until last week I was pregnant with twins. 19 weeks pregnant! Supposedly past the point where the bad stuff can happen! And yet, [...]
Sleep Tips for Daylight Savings Time Move
by Isabel
Daylight Savings (“Spring Forward “) is this weekend. Swellbeing has a step-by-step plan to your baby transition well during the daylight savings time adjustment.
Circumcision: the kindest cut, or the cruelest?
It’s the day after Valentine’s Day, and I’m thinking about circumcision. I assure you this is a coincidence. So! Those of us who have birthed baby boys are faced with the inevitable question: to snip or leave intact? In most of the world, the majority of boys are left as nature intended, but here in [...]
Bottles & Pacifiers: When Do I Really Need To Take Them Away?
by Amalah
Hi, I am the mother of a great almost two-year old (will be 2 in March) who absolutely refuses to drink his milk in anything other than a bottle and still must chomp on his pacifier in order to go to sleep (night or nap). Honestly, this doesn’t bother me all this much, but I’m [...]
Can I handle taking care of a baby?
by Amalah
Because Babies Don’t Come With Nice Leather-Bound Dayplanners Hi there! I’ve been reading you at amalah & here since the beginning of the school year (I even read the archives; I had a lot of time on my hands before the kids came back) and I love the amount of thought that you give to [...]
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