Holidays
Handprinted Head Scarf for Mother’s Day!
Mothers love handprints of their growing kids as keepsake gifts. For Mother’s Day we teach you how to make a handprinted head scarf DIY gift.
Baby
The Unhappy Early Riser
A dad needs help with this baby’s sleep schedule and getting the baby to sleep in longer. The baby wakes up too early and no one (including the baby) is happy about it.
Holidays
Cinco de Mayo Mexican Hot Chocolate Recipe and Printable Pouch
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with our Mexican Hot Chocolate recipe and gift pouches. Just print and cut out our free printable.
Relationships
How To Make New Mom Friends
A FTM needs help learning how to talk to other moms in her Baby and Me Yoga Class. She wants to make friends with these other moms she sees, she just doesn’t know what to say.
Relationships
Single Mom: Family of Choice
Sometimes your family isn’t blood related, but rather, dear friends and people in your life who act exactly as you wish your family would.
Pregnancy
Bad Combo: Friendships, Pregnancies, and Jealousy
A pregnant reader is being shunned and hurt by a friend who is jealous and hurt because she and her husband have decided not to have children. She wants to know whether her friendship is salvageable?
Big Kid
How (Not To) Family Vacation
Family vacations are supposed to be idyllic and build precious memories, but at what point is it more stress than it’s worth?
Holidays
Mother’s Day Truths
Breakfast in bed apparently does not include your family cleaning it up. Plus, 16 more Mother’s Day truths. Share your own Mother’s Day truths with us!
Pregnancy
Dealing With Pregnancy Busybodies
A newly pregnant reader is having a hard time connecting with and wanting to share news of her pregnancy with nosey acquaintances.
Toddler
The Terrible (Horrible Not-So-Good Very Screechy) Threes
A mom turns to Amalah looking for help on handling her whiny, screechy and tempter tantrum-throwing three year old child.
Holidays
Easy DIY Tray for Mother’s Day!
A simple easy-to-build tray with for serving breakfast for mom . All you need is somebody handy with a drill and kids who like to paint!
Postpartum
Sex After a C-Section: What’s “Normal?”
A postpartum mom is now experiencing pain and other symptoms after sex and wants to know if this is normal after a c-section or whether this is something she should be more concerned about.
Big Kid
Mother/Daughter Communication By Any Other Name
Talking with my teen daughter can be fraught, so I’m taking the back door on communication whenever I can. Every little bit is a win.
Pregnancy
Dealing With a Know-it-All, Opinionated Mom Friend
A first-time pregnant mom is close to losing her cool with her know-it-all friend, an opinionated and know-it-all mom. Should she talk to her friend about this problem or just ignore her and the issue?
Holidays
Ad’mitt’edly The Best Teacher Gift
Teacher Appreciation Week is the first full week in May. I love thinking of ‘puntastic’ gifts. You know, those clever play on words paired with a little gift. I especially like it when the gift is useful. I think this oven mitt filled with fun gadgets is just that.
Products & Services
Blue Apron and Getting Your Teens Cooking Dinner
I hope someday my teens will leave me and be able to feed themselves more than just ramen. So when the opportunity to try out Blue Apron came up, I said yes.
Big Kid
When “Sick” Isn’t Straightforward
I’m busy teaching my special-needs teens the things they’ll need to know when they’re off at college, but how do I teach them to recognize when they’re sick?
Parenting
Finding Your Voice
Kristen lost her voice this week. Literally. And she’s wondering if there’s a deeper meaning beyond the cold-induced hoarseness or if it’s just a cold.
Pregnancy
The Post-Pregnancy Body Changes That Nobody Talks About
Amalah discusses her diastasis recti, umbilical hernia and other post-pregnancy body changes that nobody seems to talk about.
Health & Safety
Are Your Kids Being Treated Like an Invisible Patient?
Sometimes you need to be your child’s advocate when you’re dealing with a doctor or dentist that is not giving them the respect and kindness children deserve when receiving medical care.