Braided crib bumpers have gained its popularity very fast. There are various reasons for why this crib bumpers are great, so let’s get right away into this article. Why are braided crib bumpers popular? Many newly parent often have a fear of hurting their baby in some way, even when she is safe and sound […]
According to the old study of the influence of the stars and the planets in our galaxy, our zodiac signs say a lot about us. It may sound a bit weird that the days or dates of the zodiac signs we were born on actually define our personality, but sometimes we do find similarities with […]
In some issue of Porter magazine, actress Emily Blunt discusses motherhood stating that raising children “…is such a fear-based industry.” She goes on to clarify that “there used to be one book that everyone read, now there’s How to Raise a Gluten-free Baby, How to Raise a Scientific Baby… It’s insanity! So I haven’t read […]
Guilt and motherhood seem to go together like peanut butter and jelly. With all the demands on our time and energy, mothers are constantly worrying: Are we spending enough time with our kids? Or are we spending too much time with our kids, running the risk of becoming a helicopter parent? What I’ve found in […]
It’s no secret that becoming a new parent can be one of the most trying times in a person’s life. Seven years later, I can still vividly remember those first few hours and days together, despite the foggy haze of sleeplessness I was in. A plethora of hormones coursed through my body, screwing with my […]
We’re on the cusp of “bikini season,” if magazines in the grocery shore checkout line are to be believed. I’m sure you’re familiar with the wide variety of products — ones that remove hair, ones that firm up jiggly thighs, ones that promise to burn stomach fat — which supposedly get a body ready for […]
Only a few generations ago, moms talked about school like it was another planet, their only bridge to it being the messages brought back by their kids. “Who are your teachers? Is the principal nice? You know the way to remember how to spell ‘principal’ is that she is your PAL!” Today, parents are not […]
It always amuses me when something concerning pregnancy, birth, or parenting pops up as a “trend.” Odds are, that “trend” has been in practice for ages, but most likely in non-urban, non-privileged, non-U.S. areas. Take, for example, the notion of using midwives to deliver babies over OB-GYNs. Only when it hit Brooklyn and the New York […]
I was meant to be a mom. At some point, probably in childhood, the belief that someday I would be a mother, that having and raising a child was something I was meant for, took hold and became an inherent part of my identity. I loved babies and toddlers, and even when my own six-years-younger […]
