6 Tasks New Moms Can Master Quickly With Just One Hand

How to choose a guardian, executor, and trustee for your child

When you become a new mom, getting things done with only one hand while you carry your baby is a skill you learn quickly. Why? Because if you have a baby that is anything like my 5-month-old “Silver,” you fight between the two options: put him down and hear him whine/scream or hold him constantly. … Read more about 6 Tasks New Moms Can Master Quickly With Just One Hand

8 Ways to Sneak in a Little Exercise When You Have a Baby

31 totally valid excuses every mom can use

I am almost six months postpartum and I am really looking forward to getting my body back. For over eight years, this body of mine has grown four children, lost 12 due to miscarriage, breastfed, carried, and nurtured. I’ve neglected its needs, putting others ahead of what my body needed, and now that I just … Read more about 8 Ways to Sneak in a Little Exercise When You Have a Baby

Lazy Parents Have Happier Kids

Lazy Parents Have Happier Kids

My mother always said that the best parents are “lazy” parents. Her theory, as I understood it, was that these parents don’t jump up every time their kids need something so that children learn to entertain themselves, enjoy themselves, and become more independent. In couples, lazy parents, theoretically, have more time for each other because … Read more about Lazy Parents Have Happier Kids

6 Tips on Dealing with Maternal Separation Anxiety

6 Tips on Dealing with Maternal Separation Anxiety

Becoming a parent is an experience fraught with emotion. It’s common for new parents to be blissfully happy and joyous at the birth of their baby one moment and experience an overwhelming sense of responsibility—and sometimes downright fear to do right by this new life—in the next. Unfortunately, as noble as your intentions undoubtedly are, … Read more about 6 Tips on Dealing with Maternal Separation Anxiety

Reclaiming Your Prepregnancy Body: Toning Your Chest, Thighs, and Tummy

Reclaiming Your Prepregnancy Body Toning Your Chest, Thighs, and Tummy

If you’ve discovered that in addition to a new baby, delivery has awarded you a new body, here’s an array of exercises that offer a gentle beginning on the road to reclaiming your prepregnancy figure. Pregnancy can create a very particular physical stance: a big belly, rounded shoulders, and a curved back. And despite your best efforts, … Read more about Reclaiming Your Prepregnancy Body: Toning Your Chest, Thighs, and Tummy

8 Things I did differently that I believe helped me get Pregnant

6 ways to deal with a negative pregnancy test (when you wanted a positive)

I have been writing on the Pregnancy channel for close to 2 years now. I have enjoyed sharing my stories with you about baby fever. When we decided to finally start trying to make our fourth baby, I had no idea that I would have so much trouble. In the past, I’ve never had trouble … Read more about 8 Things I did differently that I believe helped me get Pregnant