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Rehabilitation
By Heather B. Armstrong
In the Spring of 2002 my husband and I were standing in the lobby of the SPCA in Pasadena, CA when a woman walked in with the tiniest, furriest puppy on her shoulder. We were in the midst of trying to fill out an application…
Preconception
Because I Seriously Doubt Many Bunny Rabbits Have Under-Eye Dryness Problems
By Amalah
Amalah- I’m not much of a make-up type person. I’ve pretty much struggled with bad acne most of my life (like since age 9) but that’s for another blog. Anyway, I’ve finally found a moisturizer I like and things are going grand. Except is still…
Your Life
The Man in the Machine
By Heather B. Armstrong
During the pre-release press frenzy of Mission Impossible: III I watched an interview with the director, J.J. Abrams, wherein he said that he had wanted to set out not to make a movie about a spy but instead a movie about a man who was…
Baby
Because There is Nothing More Important Than Shoes, Except Maybe Dogs. Or Babies.
By Amalah
Long time lurker here. Just popping in to see if that picture in the banner for the Smackdown, is really your toes. Because they’re great toes. And great floors too. So if it really is you, in your own home… what kind of flooring is…
Postpartum
Because Babies & Purses Are Pretty Much the Only Things I Know Stuff About
By Amalah
Hi Amy, I had a baby about four months ago. Now I’m stuck in the “I can’t wear my old clothes except for a few stretchy sweat pants and one pair of cords and one pair of my pre-five-month maternity pants that I won’t give…
Baby Products
I’ll Show You Where to Park Those Pacifiers
By Isabel Kallman
By Brenda Ponnay I fell in love with the pacifier drier the minute I saw it. I loved the three round faces cut out of smooth light wood. It was design at its simplest, yet still so cute. To me, the three roly-poly snowman faces…
Your Life
Describing the Indescribable: Sigur Rós in Concert
By Heather B. Armstrong
In April of 2001 I attended the Coachella Music Festival in Indio, California, a few hours drive from where I was living in Los Angeles. Coachella is considered by some to be the greatest indie-rock festival in the country, and for me it was like…
Beauty & Style
Because Your Friends Don’t Want to Talk About Bikini Waxes
By Amalah
Hi Ames, Some time this year I bought Vicky’s IPEX bra, which was probably overpriced but still, really nice. I liked it a lot. Then, when the IPEX demi came out I was totally stoked and I bought two more. I now have 150 bucks…
Pregnancy
Because Baby Snot Isn’t Good for Your Decolletage
By Amalah
Hello! I am not qualified to give advice of any kind, at all. Yet I do it anyway. So there.
Your Life
Potentially Shamed By The Shuffle
By Heather B. Armstrong
I thought it would be an interesting first assignment to set my iPod to shuffle to see what I could say about the first ten songs that came up if only because the shuffle setting is the one function of any music player that I could do without.
Products & Services
Finfare for the Common Tot
By Guest Contributor
By Eden Marriott Kennedy You should have heard my son, Jackson, when he first got his hands on this pop-up book. He opened the first page and shouted, “WOW!” He turned the next page and became thoroughly entranced. “WOW,” he said. I left him in…
Products & Services
Bring On The Meltdown!
By Isabel Kallman
By Matthew Baldwin Raising a child, like any noble endeavor, requires sacrifice. In the name of parenthood you’ll be called up to get up at all hours of the night, tighten your purse strings, forego weekend carousing at your local alehouse, and resist the urge…
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Must See Mom TV
By Isabel Kallman
The power of information—classic Dr. Spock-type advice plus dish on all the newest innovations and hippest trends—is the draw of Alpha Mom TV, a cable channel started by 34-year-old working mother Isabel Kallman. Kallman believes Alpha Mom TV is a salve for new mothers’ busy…
Products & Services
I Con You Because I Love You
By Isabel Kallman
By Jennifer Mattern My husband is an easy mark. I knew I was in big trouble the day I found him on his knees outside Kid #1’s locked bedroom door. “Time-out is over,” he was yelling. “It’s time to come out of time-out.” Silence. “I…
Party & Play
Dream, Draw and Dress
By Isabel Kallman
By Melissa Summers Letting my daughter create her own t-shirt has been a lesson in letting go. When I first opened the package of Peace Monkey’s Do-It-Yourself Tees, I was instantly struck with the kind of crippling anxiety which will only grip an anally-retentive adult…
Money & Work
Shhh… It’s a Secret… Tell all your Friends
By Isabel Kallman
By Melissa Summers I hate to pay full price for anything. Where I’m from, Michigan, paying full price for anything is like taking money and tossing it into your garbage disposal. How could you possibly pay full price when there’s a discount available? When I’m…
Party & Play
Alpha Mom’s Favorite Gift for the Holidays: Last Minute Idea
By Isabel Kallman
By Heather B. Armstrong of dooce.com When the Buddha Board arrived and I removed the red laptop from its sleek packaging my husband had to pick his jaw up off the floor. “You shouldn’t have!” he said, convinced I had bought him a new computer….
Health & Safety
BREAKING NEWS: Child and Infant CPR Guidelines Changed
By Isabel Kallman
By Alpha Mom Editorial Staff and reviewed by Vanessa J. Anton, EMT American Heart Association (AHA) announces changes to its guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) for Infants and Children Alpha Mom wants to keep you up to the minute on important health issues for you…
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Watch when you want to
By Isabel Kallman
By Mike Duffy Free Press TV Writer All power to the people — the television-viewing people. Comcast has about 1 million subscribers in the Detroit area. It is also No. 1 nationally, with 21.5 million U.S. subscribers. Its 3-year-old On Demand catalog has more than…
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Parents learn to cope with child’s tantrums
By Isabel Kallman
By Shannon Mullen, Staff Writer It is hard to watch, especially if you have ever experienced something similar yourself. The blond-haired preschooler, enraged that she was denied a seat beside her friend, flails her arms and fists and wails like a fire engine in a…
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Alpha Mom TV can ease stresses of life with baby
By Isabel Kallman
By Katie Byers For The Times 24-hour on-demand cable channel offers trends, tips for many stages There are thousands of books for new moms. Not to mention magazines and Web sites. Why not a cable channel? This question, among others, hit new mom Isabel Kallman…
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Atlanta Baby: Finally TV for Mom
By Isabel Kallman
THIS 24/7 TELEVISION CHANNEL is specifically designed to give the most-up-to-date parenting intelligence. Alpha Mom TV is the first-ever all-day., all-night parenting channel exclusively for, and by, moms. Alpha Mom TV will distinguish itself with programming that presents the latest, best-in-breed information on substantive child…
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Meet the Programmer: Alpha Mom TV
By Isabel Kallman
By: Shirley Brady It’s said that necessity is the mother of invention. In Isabel Kallman’s case, it was necessary to be a mother before being an inventor. The birth of her first child led to the creation of a different kind, the Alpha Mom TV…
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The TV Column
By Isabel Kallman
By: Michael Storey Also something different is the new video on demand available to Comcast digital customers. In addition to regular programs from broadcast and premium networks, VOD features some special “direct to VOD” programming. Alpha Mom is such an example. The programs are found…
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A channel for moms who want to be alphas
By Isabel Kallman
By LESLIE BRODY, STAFF WRITER Parents are constantly being told to drag the kids away from the television, but a new cable channel devoted to child-rearing aims to lure mothers to the tube. Alpha Mom TV hopes to attract mothers who can’t get their fill…
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Alpha Moms Get VOD Offering
By Isabel Kallman
By R. Thomas Umstead In this story: ‘SPOTTY’ UNTIL NOW VORTEX FROM CORUS Comcast Corp. is reaching out to parents and kids through two new on-demand services. Parents can tap into three hours a month of informational programming on raising children through a new free…
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Alpha Mom network serious about baby talk
By Isabel Kallman
By Darla Atlas There are no movies of the week on the Alpha Mom channel. The network, which launched on Comcast’s digital On Demand service in May, has little in common with the female-friendly fare on Lifetime or WE: Women’s Entertainment. While those channels are…
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Savvy Mommy Radio: Interview with Alpha Mom TV Founders
By Isabel Kallman
Show synopsis (air date: July 1, 2005): This week’s Cool Mom Inventions segment featured Isabel Kallman and Vicky Germaise, co-founders of Alpha Mom TV the first 24/7 parenting channel available on-demand. Other Guests: Dr. Cathleen London informed us about ways good nutrition can be fun…
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The Rise of the Alpha Mom
By Isabel Kallman
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Are Independents’ Days Over?
By Isabel Kallman
By: Shirley Brady The message on the Ice Channel’s website says it all. “As we begin the new year, financing prospects for the channel now appear to be bleak,” reads the Jan. 3 message from the start up network’s president and CEO, Michael Rosenberg. His…
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On-Demand Channels: A Niche Frontier
By Isabel Kallman
By: Nat Ives “… Last week, for example, Comcast Cable’s 8.5 million digital subscribers started receiving a free on-demand parenting network called Alpha Mom TV. That channel is seeking its first advertisers.” copyTwitterFacebookPin ItEmail Article
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Philadelphia Edition — 60 Seconds
By Isabel Kallman
By: Ryan Buchanan Q: What can viewers of Alpha Mom expect to see? A: They can expect all the newest information on parenting trends and information from top experts around the country. Q: What kind of programs are on the channel? A: The programs are…
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Insider, Retail News and More: Alpha Moms on TV
By Isabel Kallman
Macy’s West and Loews Cineplex Entertainment are reaching out to moms in conjunction with Alpha Mom TV Network. The network launched on Mother’s Day and is a 24/7 parenting channel available as an exclusive video-on-demand network for nearly 8.5 million digital cable subscribers through distribution…
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Associated Press: Alpha Mom
By Isabel Kallman
NEW YORK (AP) – There are channels that focus on food, garden and home, but now comes Alpha Mom TV, a 24-7 channel devoted to parenting and catering specifically to mothers. It features programming about child-rearing issues, including nutrition and safety, and women’s issues, such…
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Network puts focus on moms
By Isabel Kallman
By: Connie Lauerman Moms looking for parenting information at all hours have a new source of information. Alpha Mom TV, a new digital cable, video-on-demand television network that as of press time was scheduled to debut Tuesday on Comcast. Alpha Mom TV is the brainchild…
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Northwest Life — TV Addict Column: Alpha Mom TV
By Isabel Kallman
“Taking a childbirth class is a lot like taking a class for losing your virginity.” These tips and more on a new 24-7 parenting channel — maternity fashions, nursery décor, baby gear and more– launching today in Seattle. Beats “Nanny 911,” if you ask me….
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New/Now: May Picks
By Isabel Kallman
TV CHANNEL Alpha Mom TV This new 24/7-cable channel is the first specifically geared toward moms. Programs will feature the latest parenting advice, the hippest trends and products, and research breakthroughs. Look for it through your digital cable providers. copyTwitterFacebookPin ItEmail Article
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Leaders of the Pack
By Isabel Kallman
Alpha moms and A-type ‘good girls’ leaving the Superwomen in the dust By Mary Butler, Camera Staff Writer for the Daily Camera Now there’s Alpha Mom TV. The 5-week-old cable on-demand channel, offered through Comcast, says it’s where moms “seeking excellence” can “access targeted programming…
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Happy Mother’s Day with Alpha Mom
By Isabel Kallman
Alpha Mom TV, the first-ever, all-day, all-night parenting channel designed exclusively for moms, by moms begins its Baltimore-area broadcast on May 8 — Mother’s Day. Available on digital cable, Alpha Mom TV distinguishes itself with programming that presents the latest information on child-rearing issues, while…
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Parents are Talking About …
By Isabel Kallman
The new television channel that features 24/7 programming for moms, including Liz Lange—hosted a show about maternity fashions. copyTwitterFacebookPin ItEmail Article
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24/7 Mom TV
By Isabel Kallman
The new breed of “go to” moms who are constantly looking to be ahead of the curve in the “in the know” about newest innovations, hippest trends and research breakthroughs now has a channel specifically designed for them: ALPHA MOM TV — an all-day, all-night…
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Alpha Mom Liz Lange Readies for Her Close-up
By Isabel Kallman
By: R.F NEW YORK– With three maternity wear labels, three freestanding stores, and two children, Liz Lange was a natural pick to host programs on Alpha Mom, a 24/7 network aimed at time starved parents that bows in April. Lange was holed up Thursday in…
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Video On Demand for The Alpha Mom
By Isabel Kallman
By: Jennifer Gould Keil Sleepless new parents will have a new partner when Alpha Mom TV, the first video-on-demand 24- hour parenting channel, launches in April. The channel is the brain-child of new mom Isabel Kallman, an ex-Wall Street exec, and pal Vicky Germaise, an…
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Marketing To Women
By Isabel Kallman
Video-On-Demand Channel Targets Moms Parenting startup Alpha Mom launches Alpha Mom TV, a 24-hour video-on-demand TV network distributed by Comcast and other cable operators. The channel will provide programming on health, nutrition, safety, and other childcare issues. Programs will be reviewed by a professional advisory…
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Cable Channel For Moms Set To Debut This Spring
By Isabel Kallman
Parenting brand Alpha Mom will debut with a 24/7 cable network and a merchandising and promotional campaign. Alpha Mom will focus on offering information on child-rearing issues while providing guidance to women on how to maintain their style, sophistication and sense of self during motherhood….
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Alpha Mom TV is coming to video on demand
By Isabel Kallman
NEW YORK– Alpha Mom TV is launching in April 2005 and is dedicated exclusively to the needs, interests of mothers. Not only will it be a video-on-demand network but also in discussion with leading manufacturers to expand its universe into toys, apparel, publishing and other…
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Brandweek: Loews Cineplex, Macy’s Nurture Alpha Mom Net
By Isabel Kallman
By: Becky Ebenkamp Alpha mom, a 24-hour video-on-demand network set to arrive in April has lined up partnerships with Lowes Cineplex Entertainment and Macy’s West to help tout the first network for “hip moms.” The cable channel will be ad supported, but ads will not…
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Rescue Me: A new TV network saves the modern mom
By Isabel Kallman
By Susan Belfer What woman doesn’t want to have it all? A fabulous career, a healthy, beautiful child, an incredibly happy marriage, a closet packed with Manolos, Prada, and the latest Karl Lagerfeld masterpiece—the total package. The compulsion for parents to do it all can…

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Latest Posts

Rehabilitation

Because I Seriously Doubt Many Bunny Rabbits Have Under-Eye Dryness Problems

The Man in the Machine

Because There is Nothing More Important Than Shoes, Except Maybe Dogs. Or Babies.

Because Babies & Purses Are Pretty Much the Only Things I Know Stuff About

I’ll Show You Where to Park Those Pacifiers

Describing the Indescribable: Sigur Rós in Concert

Because Your Friends Don’t Want to Talk About Bikini Waxes

Because Baby Snot Isn’t Good for Your Decolletage

Potentially Shamed By The Shuffle

Finfare for the Common Tot

Bring On The Meltdown!

Must See Mom TV

I Con You Because I Love You

Dream, Draw and Dress

Shhh… It’s a Secret… Tell all your Friends

Alpha Mom’s Favorite Gift for the Holidays: Last Minute Idea

BREAKING NEWS: Child and Infant CPR Guidelines Changed

Watch when you want to

Parents learn to cope with child’s tantrums

Alpha Mom TV can ease stresses of life with baby

Atlanta Baby: Finally TV for Mom

Meet the Programmer: Alpha Mom TV

The TV Column

A channel for moms who want to be alphas

Alpha Moms Get VOD Offering

Alpha Mom network serious about baby talk

Savvy Mommy Radio: Interview with Alpha Mom TV Founders

The Rise of the Alpha Mom

Are Independents’ Days Over?

On-Demand Channels: A Niche Frontier

Philadelphia Edition — 60 Seconds

Insider, Retail News and More: Alpha Moms on TV

Associated Press: Alpha Mom

Network puts focus on moms

Northwest Life — TV Addict Column: Alpha Mom TV

New/Now: May Picks

Leaders of the Pack

Happy Mother’s Day with Alpha Mom

Parents are Talking About …

24/7 Mom TV

Alpha Mom Liz Lange Readies for Her Close-up

Video On Demand for The Alpha Mom

Marketing To Women

Cable Channel For Moms Set To Debut This Spring

Alpha Mom TV is coming to video on demand

Brandweek: Loews Cineplex, Macy’s Nurture Alpha Mom Net

Rescue Me: A new TV network saves the modern mom

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