Health
How To Find a Therapist
A mom of two young kids is looking for help with her anxiety but needs help on how to find a therapist. She’s overwhelmed on where to start. We have advice.
Relationships
Please Don’t Feed My Baby Dog Treats (and more serious concerns)
A new mom needs help from her boundary-busting mother-in-law who continues to defy her wishes but also has terrible judgment around her baby.
Health & Safety
I’m Convinced My Baby Has Autism
A new mom is convinced her 5 month old baby has autism. But the only red flags we are seeing relate to the mom’s anxiety right now.
Young Child
“No One Wants to Play With Me!” (and Other Preschool Exaggerations)
A young preschooler is telling her mom that no one wants to play with her. What do you do? Go mama bear or go inquiring about facts?
Relationships
Postpartum Visits, Boundaries & Massive Family Drama
An expectant mom is being dragged into her divorced parent’s toxic relationship during the final weeks of her pregnancy. How can she continue to set boundaries during her final pregnancy weeks and during the labor and the postpartum period?
Health & Safety
Milestone Anxiety
A new mom is concerned about her infant reaching her developmental milestones, but should we are instead concerned about her obsessive thinking and anxiety which appears to be postpartum depression.
Baby
The Emotions of Weaning
A nursing mother of a seven month old, who had a challenging time in the beginning, is worried about the future, when it comes time to wean even though she is not there yet with her baby.
Postpartum
Summertime Sanity
A teacher is at home full-time this summer with a toddler and an infant, and each morning dreads the super long intensive daylight parenting hours ahead of her. Is there more to this than just the new summer schedule? Amalah thinks maybe.
Baby
Sleep Training for the Struggling Parent
A mom who wants to try the Ferber Method sleep training with her six month old is concerned about her guilt.
Baby
Postpartum Anxiety in the Year 2012
I had a baby and now I can’t stop worrying about the end of the world! Is this normal?
Postpartum
The Many Faces of Postpartum Depression
It’s not always just the blues. The signs of postpartum depression are not the same for every new mother — sometimes PPD can manifest as postpartum anxiety or anger, rather than depression.