Grandparents. Are. AWESOME. The younger generations are parenting in lots of interesting new ways, but if there’s one thing they all know, it’s that it’s nice to have an experienced and trusted extra set of hands around. But as new studies emerge, parents, doctors, and other scientists are learning a lot about childhood development, and the standards over the years have continued to change. If you’re a grandparent, there’s no need to feel ...
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In America, it’s standard practice to clear a postpartum mom for normal day-to-day activities and exercise if she’s no longer bleeding or showing signs of infection at six weeks. The reality? Most women spend months, even years, physically recovering from their pregnancies. The postpartum effects of pregnancy can vary from the psychological to the downright psychotic, including postpartum depression, and the uber-weird and super common phenomenon of abdominal muscle separation. You’re a force ...
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Before having kids, whipping your boob out in public was strictly a no-no. Ironically, unless you were dancing topless on a bar, breasts were never meant to see the light of day outside of your home. Then breastfeeding happened, and suddenly you have to adjust to this whole new concept of using them, anytime, anywhere, to feed your tiny human. It. Gets. Real. We’re not going to get into all of the reasons ...
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There’s something about a 10-step brow tutorial on Pinterest that really rubs me the wrong way. Yes, Becky, your brows look amazing, but I’d like to do the rest of my face, too. It. Is. CRAP. The tutorials are amazing, and those girls? Those girls are TALENTED. But let’s be real here — there are about four loads of dirty laundry piled up in front of the washer, your oldest has to be ...
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It’s the rub of having kids that for every solution we come up with, there are ten things to worry about on the other side of it. Tablets, technology, and screen time catch a lot of heat for their downsides, but for many parents, they’re indispensable distractions and educational tools that help families survive the unrealistic demands of a modern world. There is no village. There are just the kids and ...
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It’s pretty hard to eat a week’s worth of mason jar salads when you’re making mac and cheese every night. Moms who meal plan for health know the struggle all too well — you just wind up making two dinners (sometimes three, if there’s a picky spouse in the picture), and ultimately eating cold pizza while your salads turn to slime in the refrigerator. The reality? It’s a lot easier and ...
Read MoreHey, jogging is great. I mean, who doesn't love just running for no apparent reason? But if that's not your thing, there are tons of other things you can do to get fit when you don't want to put your kids in daycare. Check out what fitness-with-baby buff Megan Block showed us how to do!
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You’re beautiful and incredible — let’s have dinner together. Do you remember those days? The romance, the dates that were so common they just felt like sexy meals? Life was a little glammer pre-kids. Maybe you had time to do things to your hair. Maybe you felt vavoom in your red dress. But somewhere between having kids and your husband’s new hours at work, you lost the drive to make it happen ...
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