It's Not Fair My Mom Died Before I Had My Baby
Post by Nicole Fabian-WeberWhen you lose someone, there's a point in which you go from being a person grieving the loss of someone you love to just being a person who happens to not have this someone...
View ArticleBaby Delivered From Dead Mom Dies Just 8 Days After Birth
Post by Mary FischerOnce in a while you hear a story that is just so tragic, you have a hard time wrapping your head around it. And that's exactly how I reacted after hearing the story of a pregnant...
View Article'50 Shades of Grey' Baby Onesies Are 50 Shades of Creepy
Post by Jeanne SagerIt's happening. The Fifty Shades of Grey baby boom we here at The Stir predicted months ago is very much a "thing." Moms are announcing right and left that Christian Grey got them...
View ArticleCircumcising Your Son Now Could Protect His Health Later On
Post by Linda SharpsParenthood seems strewn with all sorts of controversial subjects that inevitably pit mothers against each other, but here's one topic I know we can all agree on: circumcision. Boy,...
View ArticleBugaboo's New $2,000 Stroller Will Take Baby for a Ride Alright
Post by Sasha Brown-WorshamWhen I first became a mom, the most important thing to me was the "stuff." OK, that's not EXACTLY true. In fact, I was thrilled to be a mom and have a baby and love her to...
View ArticleForget the Pregnant Man: Now There's a Breastfeeding Dad!
Post by Jeanne SagerFirst there was the pregnant man. Now there is a breastfeeding man. Well, sort of. Trevor MacDonald is transgender. He transitioned to male at 27 with breast tissue removal surgery...
View ArticleKourtney Kardashian Picked a Guardian for Her Kid -- Why Can't I?
Post by Nicole Fabian-WeberI finally watched last Sunday's Keeping Up With the Kardashians (thank god, right?!), and oddly enough, the storyline contained one of my biggest issues in life: Picking a...
View Article8 Adorably Angry Babies (PHOTOS)
Post by Nicole Fabian-WeberBabies. They make the cutest faces, don’t they? Their little grins, their crinkled noses, their squinting eyes. So adorable. But sometimes our kids look downright pissed --...
View ArticleMaggie Gyllenhaal Is Going to Judge You Judgy Mommies for Being Judgy
Post by Michele ZippI can't believe she doesn't feed her kid organic vegetables! Why on Earth is she serving her baby that kind of baby food?! Her poor kids -- she yells at them way too much! She's a...
View ArticleWas Your Baby Born Bad? Scientists Actually Think So
Post by Jacqueline BurtSo everybody's been talking about what horrible people babies are, and I -- oh, you haven't heard? Yeah, according to a bunch of researchers, babies apparently have no moral...
View Article'Teen Mom' Jenelle Evans Has No Business Slamming Her Sister's Parenting...
Post by Jeanne SagerThink it's hard being one of the stars of MTV's Teen Mom? Try being related to them and having your worst parenting moments outed to the entire world without your consent. Troubled...
View ArticleMoms Are to Blame for 'Lazy' Dads
Post by Jenny BenjaminAll right, I'm just going to say this: The vast majority of Dads don't do nearly as much as the Moms do when it comes to child-rearing. Sure, they're devoted and loving and all of...
View ArticleAlanis Morissette's Postpartum Blues Confession Will Save Other Moms
Post by Maressa BrownAlanis Morissette has never been shy about expressing what's on her mind and in her heart. It's one reason why, when her first album Jagged Little Pill hit big, I was an adolescent...
View Article5 Things I'll Do Differently With My Next Baby
Post by Nicole Fabian-WeberThe older my daughter gets, the more I'm learning to relax. And the more I'm learning to relax, the easier it is to look back at her first few weeks with a new, clearer...
View ArticleWho Cleans Faster: Mom or Man? (VIDEO)
Post by Amy KurasOne of many "you know you're a mom when" moments comes when you realize you never go anywhere, ever, without snacks in your purse. The embarrassment of pulling out a snack pack of...
View Article5 Bibs Too Bizarre for Babies
Post by Jeanne SagerWe have seen some pretty creepy things designed for babies lately. Case in point: Fifty Shades of Grey onesies anyone? But just when I was thinking the bizarre things people think...
View ArticleBreastfeeding Mom Can't Pump at Work Because It's 'Disgusting'
Post by Jeanne SagerA breastfeeding mom who works as a restaurant server recently worked her shift with breast milk leaking all over the front of her shirt. If you're thinking she should have just...
View ArticleMom Leaves 10-Week-Old Behind to Go on Vacation and I'm Jealous
Post by Deborah CruzThere is a giant controversy dividing the parenting community. Big surprise, right? This time the subject of debate is at what age do you leave your newborn to go on vacation?...
View ArticleMom Makes Mac and Cheese With Breast Milk (VIDEO)
Post by Amy KurasWe've all done some crazy things at times...and most likely, that thing you think is so weird that you could not possibly tell anyone about it? It probably happens in other mom's...
View ArticleNow That Snooki Is a Mom, She'll Rethink 'Jersey Shore'
Post by Nicole Fabian-WeberGTB -- Gym, tan, birth! Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi gave birth early this morning at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, N.J. The baby boy named Lorenzo Dominic LaValle...
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