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It’s a… Ghost?! When Your Baby Monitor Does you Dirty

‘Tis the season for all things gloriously ghoulish, and one family just won the Internet by sharing their hilarious encounter with what they thought…

Is Your Pregnancy App Making You Paranoid?

Pregnant, at last! And so it began. A dialogue between me and my baby. Sorry, I mean me and my baby app. My baby…

Had a Baby? Take Your Damn Stool Softeners

I’m a tell it like it is kind of gal. I don’t really have a filter which comes with its pros and cons. It’s…

Nailing Mom Life and the Ravioli Reality Check

It’s been a month since I had to face a day I was dreading for an entire year: the infamous return to work after…

Surprise! California Twins Born in Separate Years

They say timing is everything, and for one family who gave birth over the New Year, this could not be more accurate. One lucky…

An Open Letter to the Glucose Test

Hello, Glucose test. We meet again. I confess, I didn’t miss you one bit in our time apart. In fact, I disparaged you to…

The Best/Worst April Fools Prank That Wasn’t A Joke

Some kids are just born tricksters. Take my daughter, for example, who at the ripe old age of 20 months pulled the world’s best/worst…

The Tale of the Christmas Turd

Tis the season of family traditions, holiday memories and laughing at the same old family folklore to be told at the dinner table yet again….

12 Hilarious and Sweet Thoughts From my First 6 Months of Motherhood

I was so excited to become a mom, I kept a journal to remember this precious time with my baby boy. Now looking through…

I Am So Over the Babymoon

Of course, a baby moon isn’t logistically or financially possible of everyone. But for those of you who are considering it, please heed Ali’s…

It’s a What!? My Experience with Gender Disappointment

When I found out I was pregnant with my first baby, I ran straight to the mall. I ended up buying a 0-3 month…

Stay Humble – It Might Be You Farting During Labor

At a family shower for my first pregnancy, guests filled out advice cards for anything they felt pertinent to motherhood. One in particular wrote,…

6 Apologies to My Unborn Child

Hey Kiddo – I’m your mom. No, there wasn’t any sort of application process. This is more like getting a random roommate freshman…

Batmom Undercover

I’m not sure if I’m disturbed or comforted that there are people in the world that are just as passively aggressive as I am. Sure, you could just face the problem head on but how dull is that?

-Amy

Pregnancy, WTF?

Seeing as how I am now a third-time veteran of the miracle known as pregnancy, I would like to hand down some of my…

Tiny Overlord is Getting Stronger

A reader sent me this thread from Reddit (I still don’t understand how it works) and I just howled with laughter. You can find…

Shopping with a Baby. Easy, right?

My son was about six weeks old. All the visitors had long gone, my husband was back at work and we were running low…

Tales of Pregnancy – Zap Attack

I just had to share this story from Miranda. It cracked me up, mainly because everyone is alright, but also because I would have panicked the exact same way.