Tips for Moms

At 34 weeks, I’ve decided it’s time to start packing my hospital bag. I’m sure I packed it earlier with baby number 1, but with a toddler running around and keeping me busy, my hospital bag has been way down the list of things to do. Way, way down. In an effort to get the …

Involving Older Kids With the New Sibling by our guest blogger Carly Kerby from Living the Scream We just added to our house full of girls two months ago, another baby girl of course. She is adorable and lots of fun. Everyone told me my older girls would all act like little mothers to my newborn and …

I know I already did one round of this a few months ago, but…the other day I was talking with a pregnant friend of mine (first time mom) about what she should do to prepare for the birth of her baby and I realized I needed to do this again. So, in giving her that …

I love the 4th of July.  It has always been my favorite holiday.  Cook-outs, family and friends, and fireworks — what’s not to love?! Even as an adult I get excited for the 4th.  But now rather than stuffing my face with the food other people make for me, I stuff my face with food …

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is something that gave me nightmares as a new parent. Like most in my “class,” I didn’t know much about the syndrome, well, aside from some things I heard through 20/20 or Dateline specials. What I did know was that it was sudden, involved infants, and caused death. Yeah. But …

My first daughter never had a diaper rash with disposables. Ever. But when we switched to cloth diapers and got a front-loading washing machine, that changed. Her rashes were always minor, usually appearing after long stretches of me using cloth diapers on her at night. To make a potentially long and gross story short, after …

Snacks are small meals that toddlers prefer and need to eat throughout a day to keep their blood sugar stable. As a new mom, once I “got” the importance of snacks, I faced a new problem, a problem I like to call “snack-overload,” whereby after crackers, goldfish, and carrots, I ran out of ideas. But …

Something that had never even crossed my mind, recently appeared on a Facebook group page, and really surprised me. This article by the Well blog from the New York Times was posted regarding how common it is for children, who are in the laps of an adult when going down a slide, to fracture themselves. …

As a new mom of my toddler, I always felt like a magician of sorts in trying to come up with ideas for fun places to go near me that we could do together that wouldn’t a) break my bank or b) bore her (or me) to death. But with time and some creativity, I …

Since we have so many expecting mama readers, we thought we would have a guest writer today. Kelly Whitehead is a birth doula, a birth advocate, a high-risk scientist mom and author of High-Risk Pregnancy – Why Me? Understanding and Managing a Potential Preterm Pregnancy. She was more than happy to share her 10 tips to a …

Choosing a caregiver for one’s children is never an easy task. I found it to be one of the most stressful aspects of being a parent. My husband used to DJ every Saturday night while I stayed home alone with a newborn and fourteen month old. The nights were long and lonely. Then I would …

In our house we have a First Aid kit, Earthquake Kit and locked cabinets full of medicine and emergency needs for our kids. What I didn’t realize we needed was a Sick Bin. Now before you go and call me crazy/too cautious/too organized, think of the times when your child unexpectedly vomited all over you, …