Pregnancy
The Perfect Postpartum Wardobe
A reader asks Amalah for help finding cute-but-comfy clothes that she can can nurse, sleep and look adorable in — immediately after giving birth.
Postpartum
What to Wear: Special Occasions, Postpartum Style
A mom-to-be needs help finding a dress for a wedding seven weeks after her due date.
Baby
Returning to Work: How to Survive & How to Cut Yourself Some Slack Already
Returning to work after maternity leave can be hard. Should you go back to work or become a stay at home mom?
Baby
Low Supply & High Guilt: How to Deal With Your Milk Drying Up
Dear Amy, I’ve been reading Amalah for years — pre-Noah (your first child). I remember you posting one day that you had quit breastfeeding, including pictures of all the pump parts / accessories that you were throwing away. At the time, this was meaningless to…
Baby
Parenting Choices & Passive-Aggressive Mother-in-Laws
How to handle situations when you disagree with your own family members over parenting choices. When it is worth making it an issue and when to let it go.
Postpartum
How to Spice Up Your Post-Kid Marriage (or Relationship)
Put a babysitter on retainer and paint the town red. If you can’t do date nights out, put the kids to bed early once a week and enjoy some wine and a movie.
Postpartum
4-in-1 Nursing Shawl
It’s a shawl, a bib, a blanket, a floor wax!
Pregnancy
Bliss Sleeping Peel Liver Spot Lifter: Revisited, Super-Fun Melasma Edition
Got new Liver Spots? Amalah has tested out a product for you.
Postpartum
Pregnancy Acne That Just Won’t Quit…Even Three Years Later
The long term of effects of pregnancy should only be the kid, right?
Baby
How to Nurse in Public and Feel Comfortable
The Rookie Moms give us their tips!
Baby
What to Say & Do if Your Friend’s Baby Has Special Needs
What are the best ways to help a friend with a special needs child? Author and mom Jennifer Graf Groneberg shares her tips on what to say and do.
Your Life
Smackdown Updates: Postpartum Weddings, In-Law Housing Drama
Amalah loves to hear about how the advice she gave worked out. Remember these dilemmas? Read about how it all turned out.
Pregnancy
How to Survive the First Few Weeks of Motherhood With Some Semblance of Your Sanity
And, yes, one of our tips is to wear a sling. BTW– this was written before the infamous Motrin ad debut.
Baby
How to Buy Nursing Bras Before You Give Birth
Do you use crystal boob-size ball, or something?
Baby
How to Get Your Husband to Help With the New Baby
The hilarious Brian of Looky, Daddy tell it to us straight.
Baby
Where Will My Baby Sleep?
What do you do when you have a small apartment and not a separate room for the nursery? Where does the baby sleep? What are the options?
Postpartum
Losing a Postpartum Double Chin
What to do when the baby weight decides to eat your face.
Baby
Five Steps to a Flawless Diaper Bag
Getting organized for the new year? Don’t forget to organize your lifeline, er, we mean diaper bag.
Pregnancy
Sex After Baby: How to Get Back in the Saddle Again After Having a Baby
Are you excited or hesitant? We have 5 tips for enjoying sex soon after baby. If you’re an expert, help out a mama and tell us yours.
Baby
Birth Announcement Etiquette
How late is too late? One procrastinator asks another.