In Search of a Realistic Post-Baby Skincare Routine
Now that I’m a mom to a baby, my make-up and skincare routine needs a total reboot.
Now that I’m a mom to a baby, my make-up and skincare routine needs a total reboot.
Dearest Amalah, If there was ever a time in my life that I was in need of advice, it is now. Three weeks ago my mom found a lump in her breast. Two weeks ago the biopsy came back malignant. Next week she’s going in…
Next month, my husband and I are moving our small family about an hour away from where we are now. My husband and I are taking very different packing approaches in how we’re preparing for his this move and we’re driving each other crazy because of it. How can we make this go smoother for our sanity?
By popular demand, Amalah shares with us the homemade foods that are most popular with her kids and easiest to make from scratch. First up, transforming sweet potatoes into tots and a delicious side serving of mash.
Amalah, Oh please oh please, help! I am FED UP with my eyeshadow. It creases and streaks and clumps — all by lunchtime! My eyelids look greasy and my lovely shading job goes all to hell. I admit I use fairly cheap stuff most of…
Returning to work after maternity leave can be hard. Should you go back to work or become a stay at home mom?
What do you do when you suspect development delays…in someone else’s kid?
A desperate new mom is contemplating desperate measures to correct fine, limp, stringy, postpartum hair. Amalah knows a thing or five about that.
The humbling second-baby-who-doesn’t-sleep-like-the-first-baby experience.
Amy, I love your smackdown advice – but often times the products you recommend are too rich for my cheaper than 2 coats of paint blood. I value a short beauty routine & want to spend as little money as possible on it; I also…
Welcome to your child’s busy social life.
A mom needs help teaching her child effective homework skills, especially when there are younger ones around whose homework is to distract their older sibling.
A couple people have politely (really! nicely even! why are you people always in such a damn fine mood? it’s kind of annoying, actually) pointed out that a lot of my recommendations fall a little too squarely into the pasty white girl category, and you…
A four year old is recently having a hard time at daycare, demonstrating some aggressive behavior and throwing temper tantrums. How can his parents work together with the daycare teachers to improve the situation?
A newly pregnant reader is having a hard time connecting with and wanting to share news of her pregnancy with nosey acquaintances.
Hi Amy, I actually have a question that I think you might not be able to help me with since I imagine that you have no experience with it. But! I hope that you will be able to help through your keen insight, razor wit,…
Ionic hair dryers. What’s the difference? Are they really better for your hair…or are we all being punk’d by marketing buzzword gimmickry?
A reader asks whether it is safe to continue practicing hot yoga now that she’s pregnant.
Just how odd is the lining-up toys thing? Is it relatively normal for his age, or might this be indicative of other problems?
A mom is very concerned about how her in-laws are subtly and overtly treating her toddler son vis-a-vis his female toddler cousin, which is dripping in gender-bias. She needs advice on how to handle this tricky family situation.