Working Breastfeeding Moms Should Not Be Blamed for Taking Jobs Away
Post by Sasha Brown-WorshamThere isn't much as enraging as a man who has a strong opinion on breastfeeding moms. But when that man is the CEO of a major company that likely employs thousands of women...
View ArticleDear Facebook: There Is Nothing 'Obscene' About Breastfeeding
Post by Sasha Brown-WorshamFacebook has long been an enemy of some breastfeeding moms. They have long been accused of deleting accounts with breastfeeding photos and deleting groups that are dedicated...
View ArticleScience Says Babies Are Just Like Dogs
Post by April Peveteaux Raise your hand if you just knew that being a dog mommy was exactly like your friend being a real live baby mommy. I mean, really. She thinks just because you have the option of...
View ArticleMoney-Loving Baby Has His Priorities Straight (VIDEO)
Post by Jacqueline BurtThe best things in life are free ... but this 16-month-old boy is totally not interested. So you can just keep your macaroni & cheese and your nice warm bath and your love...
View ArticleMom Delivers 15.5 Pound Baby Boy -- Let's Put It In Perspective (VIDEO)
Post by Amy ReiterWhat's with all the humongous babies all of a sudden? Only one week after a woman in Iowa gave birth to the biggest baby ever born in that state (13 pounds, 12 ounces!), a woman in...
View ArticleStop Spoon Feeding Your Baby and Life Will Be So Much Easier
Post by Mary FischerGetting your baby accustomed to eating solid foods can be a bit of a challenge, not to mention a bit of a mess! It's almost as if the sound of a food jar opening immediately sets...
View ArticleOvercoming the Challenges of Breastfeeding In Front of Other People
Post by Michele ZippIt's kind of bizarre how we can go to the beach in a bathing suit and think nothing of being basically naked in front of friends, family, and strangers. Yet when women breastfeed...
View ArticleMemo to Greedy Moms: Your Second Baby Doesn't Get a Shower
Post by Sasha Brown-WorshamHaving one baby shower is an amazing, soul-filling experience. There is almost nothing in the world like having every single one of your closest friends bid you a fond...
View ArticleBeing a Mom the Second Time Around
Post by Aunt BeckyMy son sat burbling happily in his Exersaucer - the same one I'd spent weeks upon weeks carefully selecting as he rolled this way and that inside me. I'd spent months painstakingly...
View Article'Sh*t Urban Moms Say' Is Funny No Matter Where You Live (VIDEO)
Post by Mary FischerAs much as we'd love to be totally over it, the whole "Sh*t People Say" meme is just too amazingly funny to resist. I mean, some of these videos are definitely more hilarious than...
View ArticleKids' Food Habits Don't Start When They're Babies
Post by Jenny BenjaminA couple of weeks ago, I started feeding my babies solid foods -- pureed, goopy vegetables that they slurp off of a spoon. And then, wouldn't you know it, a new study came out...
View ArticleStudy Showing C-Sections Could Hurt Preemies Should Be Taken In Stride
Post by Sasha Brown-WorshamPre-term infants who aren't growing are often taken via Cesarean section from the mother and placed in the NICU. For a long time, this was thought to be the wisest way to...
View ArticleBaby's Near-Death From Whooping Cough Is Why Moms Should Vaccinate
Post by Mary FischerSeeing a baby hooked up to oxygen and feeding tubes is totally and completely gut-wrenching for any parent. And as I sat today and watched a news clip about a 4-month-old baby named...
View ArticleGwyneth Paltrow's Gift to Blue Ivy Was Not So Awesome
Post by April PeveteauxOh Goop, you've gone and done it again. Your baby gift to Jay-Z and Beyonce's prodigy, Blue Ivy (TM) is truly amazing: A top of the line Bugaboo Cameleon. It shows what style and...
View ArticleAnother Transgender Man Gives Birth -- Yawn
Post by April PeveteauxNo, really. Let's just yawn about the fact that a British man has recently given birth to a baby boy. Unlike American transgender man Thomas Beatie, this particular baby birthing...
View Article12-Week-Old Baby's Heart Transplant Puts Valentine's Day Into Perspective
Post by Mary FischerOne family in Canada knows all too well just how tough it is to watch your baby get sick and be powerless to help him. The Xenarious family just had to endure their 12-week old son...
View Article20 Lovable Valentine's Day Baby Names
Post by Nicole Fabian-WeberI'm not the biggest fan of birthdays falling on the same day as holidays. I understand it's not something that's easily controlled, but I don't know, I always thought it...
View ArticleBaby Saves Family's Lives With Nighttime Crying
Post by Sasha Brown-WorshamFor parents of new babies, crying at night is a tolerated, but oft dreaded, part of the gig. But for one family in Colorado, they will likely never hate to get up with their...
View ArticleEgg Donors Are Business People Not Parents
Post by April PeveteauxOy. If you became a mother any other way than having a live human man directly impregnate you without any medical intervention, you're going to feel a tad bit irritated when I...
View ArticleThe Westminster Dog Show Is No Place for a Baby
Post by Catherine Donaldson-EvansSome couples celebrate Valentine's Day with wine and roses. My husband and I have a different tradition: We go to the Westminster Dog Show. Odd? Yes, especially since...
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