Update: When Daddy’s Been Drinking
An update from one of our most memorable Advice Smackdown columns: The pregnant mom faced with a husband in rehab on her due date.
An update from one of our most memorable Advice Smackdown columns: The pregnant mom faced with a husband in rehab on her due date.
Many infant sleep experts like to tub thump against letting your baby fall asleep while nursing. Is it really such a bad habit? How do you break it?
My friend’s father just died after a long battle with cancer. What can I do for her and her family? How can I be a help and not a burden?
After years of dealing with an overly-competitive sister-in-law, treading on our baby name turf is the last straw! What do I do?
My seven-month-old won’t stop SCRATCHING everything, including herself. And ME. Is this normal?
Are middle names just as fraught with drama and territorial hurt feelings as first names?
I’m scared of gaining weight, but feel guilty about not gaining weight! Is this normal? How do I deal?
Help! My baby will only nap in a running car or while nursing. How can I help him develop more practical napping habits?
I went off medication so I could have a baby and nurse him for as long as I could. I need to go back on it, but the emotional pain of forced weaning hurts just as much.
My 14-month-old won’t give up her morning bottle without a fight. How do I get her fully weaned without going fully crazy?
I’m having a girl and want to splurge on adorable girly-girl baby gear…but what if I have a boy next? Do I have to go gender neutral on everything?
At what point — when special education and speech therapy and other services are the norm in your child’s life — do you explain to them that they’re different? And how?
Brainstorming through some common cloth-diaper problems.
I had a baby and a c-section three weeks ago. But my husband and mother-in-law are dragging me and my baby all over creation! How can I explain that this is too much?
Is my baby a happy spitter? What does that mean, and are you sure I don’t need to worry about it?
My 14-month-old is a terrible sleeper and an even worse traveler. Can our holiday visits home to visit family be saved?
I just found out — thanks to Facebook — that one of my best friends is getting married. And I’m not invited. What happened??
Rome wasn’t built in a day. And most of the time potty training takes longer than that too.
A self-professed food snob puts the new Taco Bell Cantina Bowl to a taste test.
The “official” Montessori guidelines on TV time are really strict. But are they realistic?