My Breast Milk Smells Gross: Lipase vs Chemical Oxidation
The Problem. Your thawed breast milk smells gross. You take a sip, and spit it out in the sink. Has your milk spoiled while...
2018 Holiday Gifts for Pregnant Women
Looking for some of the best gifts for pregnant women? Here are some pregnancy-related presents for the mom-to-be in your life, whether she’s a…
Newborn Jaundice Explained
What is jaundice Jaundice (hyperbilirubinemia) is the buildup of a pigment, called bilirubin, in your baby’s bloodstream. Bilirubin is a normal byproduct of…
Baby Proofing Checklist – 40 Ways to Make Your Space Safe
When your baby becomes mobile, you realize everything in your house is a hazard. It’s tempting to wrap them in bubble wrap, because how…
2018 Holiday Gifts for Newborns
Did you think you were going to get away with saying your baby really didn’t need much for Christmas? And now your family is…
The Best Baby Stocking Stuffers
Sometimes it’s hard to find small, inexpenise AND useful presents to fill a baby’s Christmas stocking, but here are just a few baby stocking…
Gestational Diabetes: symptoms & treatment
What is Gestational Diabetes? Simply put, gestational diabetes is diabetes that develops during pregnancy. It is a result of high blood sugar, due to…
Does My Baby Have a Tongue Tie?
Have you ever heard of a tongue tie? I’m not talking about when you get all confused end up sounding like a total asshole….
20 One-Handed Snack Ideas
When my daughter was born, I thought I would read all sorts of books and magazines while blissfully cradling a sleeping newborn, sniffing her…
Mastitis – Dealing with the Boob Flu
Mastitis The boob flu. Imagine feeling like you have the flu while also wondering if your boob might spontaneously combust and half of the…
Scary Shit Series – Placental Abruption
The placenta does not get nearly as much love as it deserves. For most of us, it is a passing curiosity. After my oldest…
Scary Shit Series – Placenta Previa
Placenta previa always sounds like a horrible breakfast cereal to me. Ok kids, let me pour you a bowl of placenta previa! Now with…
Baby Shower Games That Don’t Suck
I have a confession to make. I hate baby shower games. #SorryNotSorry What I have come to realize over the last decade of babypalooza…
WTF is with the Different Wipes?
Here’s a secret: most of parenthood is just wiping off various body parts and surfaces. Babies and are surprisingly leaky. Then there is postpartum…
What’s so Great (and Not so Great) About Cloth Diapering
I do not, for the life of me, understand why the cloth diapering vs disposable diapering battle became a “thing.” Somehow it is one…
Scary Shit Series – Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
We all know kids are tiny germ vectors, arriving home with any number of disgusting illnesses to share with their unsuspecting families. Most are…
Scary Shit Series – Cholestasis
Pregnancy comes with a litany of aches, pains, and minor complications. Usually these are annoyances that come and go, but rarely become anything serious….
In Defense of the Gender Reveal
I don’t wait patiently for anything. The “are you going to find out the sex?” question was laughable to anyone who knew me. The…
Top 50 Maternity Photoshoot Ideas
Rarely is the Pinterest rabbit hole as deep and enticing as when looking up ideas for maternity photos. It is easy to get sucked…
When You Skip The Third Trimester
I was not a cheerfully glowing pregnant lady. Don’t get me wrong, by the second trimester I looked fanfuckingtastic, like I was sneaking a well-inflated basketball…
