Postpartum Belly Binders: Help or Hype?
Amalah recounts her recent adventures in the glamourous land of postpartum girdles.
Amalah recounts her recent adventures in the glamourous land of postpartum girdles.
Is there any better time than summer to dive into a good book or two (or ten)? I say no. Here’s what my teens are reading, and what I hope they’ll read.
It’s been a while since we’ve discussed our favorite beauty products so let’s have a #ThrowbackSmackdown because it’s almost fall and we all need to make Serious Life Decisions especially now that some of our faves have been discontinued.
A reader asks how we deal with teens and the specter of poor teen decisions about drugs and alcohol and parties.
My husband blames ME for our daughter’s whining and crying. Could it really be my fault?
A mom is trying to keep her kids from napping in the car ride home after a busy and long day of summer activities so as not to mess up their sleep schedule. What is the most effective technique that Amalah has used with her sons?
A new mom-to-be is not only growing her family but contemplating growing her financial responsibilities by helping her aging parents. Her husband is not on board with the latter. She needs our objective opinions and advice.
My nephew is seven years old and still has the eating habits of a toddler. Help!
Baby books are filled with precious memories and important milestones. Here is a mother’s humorous list about some of the things that there isn’t a place for writing about in your baby books.
A regular reader returns needing advice on how to help with her “easygoing” and “gifted” child who has suddenly been exhibiting disruptive and negative-attention seeking behaviors.
This year I am going to let go of the things that I feel guilty about and forgive my own shortcomings. What would forgiving yourself look like?
A new baby is on the way and the parents have different opinions if their young toddler should give us his crib to the new baby and move to a toddler bed or stay in his current crib.
Amalah helps a mom identify her baby as a “tension increaser” and figure out an alternative to the Ferber Method as a sleep training option for their family.
I’m having second thoughts about our daycare provider. Should I listen to my gut or are my mommy instinct overreacting?
Are all grandparent relationships worth saving? CAN they be saved? Advice on how to protect your child from heartbreak caused by grandparents not showing up.
Washing your newborn is not an easy proposition. They’ve got more rolls than an Olive Garden and they’re squirmier than a garden snake. In order to make washing your newborn as painless as possible, we put four different infant baby bathtubs to the test.
I need to sleep train my infant son but am concerned about waking my toddler daughter who is a super-light sleeper.
My toddler won’t eat dinner, then wakes up in the middle of the night crying from hunger. How can I win this battle of the food wills?
An expecting mom needs help deciding whether she should tell her own needy mother that she’s pregnant. It’s a complicated and emotionally fraught relationship that she has with her mom.
A family member wants to gift her nephew the princess toys that he wants for Christmas and with which his immediate family doesn’t allow him to play. What can she do in this sticky situation?