Giving Birth Is Not A Party
Giving birth is not a party. It sounds stupid to even say it, but it seems like people have forgotten what birth is really…
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30 Ways I Talk Myself Out of a Third Child
My desire to have a third child flip-flops every day. It’s like watching The Bachelor, where he can’t decide between two potential mates, picks one,…
Gird Your Loins: 4 Unexpected Truths From The First Month
Being pregnant is a long, boring and often miserable experience. To help pass that time, you’re probably on a non-stop internet cruise finding every…
Other Things Not To Say To A New Mom
I get it. I’m a new mom. You, stranger at the grocery store, are an old-hat mom. You know shit. For some reason…
I Packed Up the Pump – For Both of Us
I packed up the pump. Well, pumps, because I’ve tried everything to build my supply. But they are packed up, along with all of…
D-MER Almost Ruined My Breastfeeding Relationship With My Son
It was a feeling that came out of nowhere. Here I was, a Mommy of 3, four months into my third breastfeeding journey with…
Best Places to Find Nursing Bras in Larger Sizes
Quite a few people have asked me where they can find large bras – nursing, maternity and just big in general. Being a lady…
10 Phases Of Taking A Shower With A Newborn In The House
I asked my bud, Ilana, if I could post one of the sections of her book The Mommy Short’s Guide to Remarkably Average Parenting…
“I’ll just have to be 15 minutes late”
There is something about being in the trenches that allows you to see with a clarity that is otherwise hard to achieve. Sometimes, when…
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…
Finding My Way Back from PPD
I’m sharing my story after learning about the heartbreaking tragedy of Florence Leung and realizing the truth is, we have to talk about these things. I…
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…
The Bright Side of Your First Postpartum
Her hair wasn’t washed; makeup hadn’t crossed her face in days. It was noon and she was still in her pajamas. I had come…
When A Mother Feels The Wrong Way
Yesterday I read a Facebook post of author, Elizabeth Gilbert. In it she talked about a time she went to a therapist because she…
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…
19 Reasons You’re Crushing this Parenthood Thing
Being a parent comes with loads of doubts. We’ve all wondered if we were doing things right, and felt like giant failures when something…
Parental Priorities and Being Okay With My Mom Bod
My shorts don’t fit. It’s the second summer in a row where I’ve gone to put my shorts on, and inexplicably (I use this…
17 Questions You’ll Ask Yourself the First Time Your Baby Sleeps Through the Night
There are two things that all sleep deprived parents can agree on: one, that we love our children endlessly, and two, that we would…
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…
The 10 Steps of a New Mom’s Beauty Routine
When you become a mom, you discover a whole new range of talents you never knew you had. The ability to interpret a…
