Out of the Car & Into the Crib
Help! My baby will only nap in a running car or while nursing. How can I help him develop more practical napping habits?
Help! My baby will only nap in a running car or while nursing. How can I help him develop more practical napping habits?
Doesn’t look like anyone will be throwing this expectant mom a baby shower. How can she celebrate the arrival of her baby with a party she throws herself without it looking tacky? Is it possible?
How I went from undersupply to Milk Machine the second time around.
My mother is an alcoholic. Is there a way to protect both my child and her relationship with her grandmother?
What’s the best way to deal with separation anxiety in an 8-month-old? Should I give in and hold him all the time or should I be keeping my distance?
A FTM mom is not ready to wean her breastfed infant but needs a break from the non-stop nursing when she is home from her her part-time work. What are her options?
A previous advice-seeker writes back with an update every employer, boss, manager, supervisor, HR rep and company should read.
How to teach toddlers to play nice…especially when your own docile pet puts up with far too much.
No-nonsense wardrobe advice for your professional job interview. Dress codes may have relaxed in the workplace, but first impressions still matter.
Dear Amy, Long-time reader, first-time questioner here. Recently, with the gas prices and the environment and whatever else I should care about, I started taking mass transit to and from work. This requires me either to walk from my house to the bus stop or…
Hi. I’m having a hair crisis. After consulting several friends, one of whom pointed me to your blog, I have determined that somehow I have stressed my thin, typically healthy, but now very dry and broken hair. They all think it is the ceramic flat…
Finding the balance between bilingual baby flash cards and SpongeBob marathons.
Amalah discusses her diastasis recti, umbilical hernia and other post-pregnancy body changes that nobody seems to talk about.
A mom is being told to have her toddler sent to a speech therapist but wants to understand the benefits of doing so first. Amalah has very strong opinions about this.
Problem: Grandma likes stuffing little Susie full of junk food all day long. Double Problem: You’re not actually little Susie’s mom.
Do I have to declare my part-time nanny’s earnings to the IRS? Is it really a big deal if I don’t?
Brainstorming through some common cloth-diaper problems.
Hi Amy, I know this isn’t the usual kind of question you answer on the advice smackdown, but I thought you & the other parents might have some helpful words of advice for me. My husband & I are just starting to think about trying…
Hi Amy, Usually I’m pretty good at figuring out what my body needs–what my skin can handle, what kind of shampoo to buy, etc. After all, I’ve had it forever, right? But disaster has recently struck. In the last three weeks, my hair has gone…
Is one really better than the other?