Baby
Babywearing Your Happy Spitter
Is there a way to barf-proof yourself while wearing your barf-happy baby?
Holidays
Candy Rope Friendship Knots for Valentine’s Day
These friendship knots made from candy rope are quick, easy, and fun for older kids to make themselves as Valentine’s Day exchange gifts.
Baby
Baby Bathtubs: The Yay to the Nay
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.
Pregnancy
The Third Trimester Freak Out
I’m just weeks away from my due date and anxiety is ruling my life. Is this normal?
Young Child
Lance Armstrong and the Legacy of Lying
How can we make our children realize that lying and cheating are wrong when they see people whom they admire lie and cheat?
Big Kid
Lesson Learned: Kids and Instagram
Last week, my my 11-year-old son asked if he could sign up for an Instagram account. This was definitely an eye-opening experience for me and my husband and taught us an important lesson about our kids online.
Toddler
Grandparents & the Cycle of Abuse
A mom finds herself and young family pulled into her husband’s family’s cycle of emotional and verbal abuse. She needs practical advice on how to save the relationship with her children’s grandparents, if that is at all possible.
Young Child
What You Need to Know To Discuss Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with Your Kids
Every year, when we celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., I find myself re-learning things I already knew and finding new information which lead me to thinking about what it is we really need to know about Dr. King when we’re teaching our children and, in my case, students.
Baby
Common Enemies of Babies
Every baby’s got a growing list of things that make them mad. We think we’ve identified the top six common enemies of babies.
Baby
When You’re Waiting For the Test Results
My prenatal testing has revealed a very high likelihood that my baby has Down Syndrome, but I won’t find out for sure for a couple more weeks. How do I keep from driving myself crazy in the meantime?
Young Child
100 Days School Project
Soon our kids will be a 100 days smarter! If you celebrate this occasion at your school your child will be asked to bring 100 items to school. At first glance it might seem overwhelming, but really it can be a fun school project.
Baby
Vote For Our February Parenting Book Club Pick
It’s time to vote for our February parenting book club selection. I hope a lot of you made it your New Year resolution to read more and will be joining us.
Baby
Ring Slings and Mei Tais: The Yay to the Nay
We’re comparing two different types of baby carriers, Mei Tais (also known as Asian style baby carriers) and Ring Slings. This what we have discovered.
Baby
To Cloth Or Not To Cloth
I want to cloth diaper but my husband thinks I’m crazy. Can you help me change his mind?
Baby
Alpha Mom Book Club: NurtureShock… A New Way to Think About Children, or Not?
We discuss the science of parenting book, NurtureShock, which promises to turn all of our long held assumptions about parenting on their head.
Your Life
Showering at Night, Bedhead in the Morning
A working mom’s dilemma: Showering at night simplifies the morning madness, at the expense of pretty hair.
Holidays
How to Make a Paper Snowflake Tutorial
A tutorial on how to make six-sided paper snowflakes. Use them to add some beauty to your holiday decor! Lots of easy paper snowflake designs included.
Baby
Advice Smackdown UPDATES!
Everybody’s favorite! Reader-submitted updates on past columns, questions and queries.
Holidays
Angry Birds Snowflakes for Sandy Hook
We’re cutting paper snowflakes into Angry Birds, a favorite of elementary school-aged kids, and then sending them to decorate the new school of the Sandy Hook elementary school kids. Want to help?
Activities
26 Acts of Kindness
Inspired by Ann Curry, why we’re publicly pledging to do #26Acts of Kindness in honor of the 26 lives lost in Newtown, CT.