In Defense of the Chronically Late Mom


Updated 02/09/12 1:45 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Mom's Defense For Being Late For School

We're excited to share this post from our partners at BabyCenter! Every week, we will be bringing you the best parenting and lifestyle stories from the experts at BabyCenter, including this post from Betsy Shaw about being late for school. If I were to wear a scarlet letter it would be T. T for tardy. T for turd ball. T for totally inept mother. We are late for school with such alarming Read more

Labor Pains: 7 Ways to Ease the Pain of Labor


Updated 02/01/12 11:40 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Tips For Reducing Labor Pains

We're excited to share this post from our partners at BabyCenter! Every week, we will be bringing you the best parenting and lifestyle stories from the experts at BabyCenter, including this post from Nancy Johnson Horn about tips for easing labor pain. I remember going into labor over 6 years ago with my first child. When my water broke 11 days early I couldn’t remember a thing, other than Read more

Can Natural Family Planning Work For You?


Updated 01/25/12 11:59 AM · Posted by · 3 comments

Does Natural Family Planning Work?

We're excited to share this post from our partners at BabyCenter! Every week, we will be bringing you the best parenting and lifestyle stories from the experts at BabyCenter, including this post from Sabrina Garibia about using natural family planning as a form of birth control. It’s much, much worse than the secret assemblies we had in middle school about menstruation. At least we were kids Read more

Do Your Kids Have Birthdays in the Same Month?


Updated 01/18/12 9:01 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Siblings With Birthdays the Same Month

We're excited to share this post from our partners at BabyCenter! Every week, we will be bringing you the best parenting and lifestyle stories from the experts at BabyCenter, including this post from Denise Cortes about siblings sharing a birth month. Growing up, I always had to share my birthday month with my little brother. His birthday came first on Feb. 4, and then three long weeks would Read more

Is Pregnancy a Disability?


Updated 01/11/12 11:41 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Pregnancy Considered a Disability

We're excited to share this post from our partners at BabyCenter! Every week, we will be bringing you the best parenting and lifestyle stories from the experts at BabyCenter, including this post from Stacie Lewis about considering pregnancy a disability. Shortness of breath. Inability to lift heavy objects. Need for specific seating. Exhaustion. Months of nausea followed by months, possibly a Read more

Do Solid Foods Help Babies Sleep Through the Night?


Updated 01/04/12 9:27 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Solid Food and Sleep

We're excited to share this post from our partners at BabyCenter! Every week, we will be bringing you the best parenting and lifestyle stories from the experts at BabyCenter, including this post from Andrea Updyke about that old wives tale that says babies sleep better after eating solid foods. Feeding a baby can be a non-stop barrage of questions. Is he getting enough? Is he getting too much? Read more

Doctors Say We Should Bribe Our Kids to Eat Well


Updated 12/21/11 12:56 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Bribing Kids to Eat Vegetables

We're excited to share this post from our partners at BabyCenter! Every week, we will be bringing you the best parenting and lifestyle stories from the experts at BabyCenter, including this post from Dr. Lisa Dana about convincing kids to eat healthy foods. A study out of the University College London in the United Kingdom says yes. Reuters reported on the study. Children rewarded with a small Read more

When Do You Turn Off the Baby Monitor For Good?


Updated 12/14/11 4:21 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Time to Stop Using the Baby Monitor

We're excited to share this post from our partners at BabyCenter! Every week, we will be bringing you the best parenting and lifestyle stories from the experts at BabyCenter, including this post from Kristina Sauerwein about outgrowing the baby monitor. My friend posed this question on Facebook: “At what age did you detach yourself from the monitor with your child?” She was wondering if she Read more

The Biggest Baby Naming Trends of the Year


Updated 12/07/11 8:35 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Baby Name Trends 2011

We're excited to share this post from our partners at BabyCenter! Every week, we will be bringing you the best parenting and lifestyle stories from the experts at BabyCenter, including this post from Lindsay Weiss about the most popular baby names of 2011. Drum roll please…Babycenter just released the results of its highly anticipated annual Top 100 Baby Names of 2011. (Note: am I the only one Read more

The Name Game: Which Names Were More Popular in 2011


Updated 01/27/12 9:51 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

2011 Popular Baby Names

One of the biggest joys and most stressful parts of pregnancy is choosing your unborn child's name. Parents-to-be stress that they won't please family members with their choice, that they'll pick a name that 10 other kids answer to on the playground, or that they'll just grow tired of it in the future. Name trends may come and go, but each year two names — one boy's and one girl's — rise to Read more