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How do I get my child’s fever down?—and when to call a doctor

What you need to know, mama.

It’s science: The powerful health benefits of gratitude for parents

Instead of feeling burdened, what if we choose to be grateful for all we have to do? We get to shop. We get to wrap. We get to decorate.

What went viral this week: Dwayne Wade defends his son + a baby was born on a plane

Here are the headlines making us smile this week, mama.

It’s time to talk about post-weaning depression

I expected to be sad when I stopped breastfeeding. I didn't expect to go through this.

How to create a happy & peaceful home for your family, mama

4. Use positive communication.

You’re growing so fast my baby, I wish I could slow down time

You just keep getting bigger, doing more, needing me less.

This mama wrote a children’s book about IVF—here’s why it matters

"Where do babies come from?" is a question that can have a very complicated answer.

17 ways to get financially fit going into the new year, mama

11. Try a no spending challenge

How I figured out what my child’s tantrum was *really* about

He was crying about chicken nuggets, but it wasn't about the chicken nuggets at all.

A psychologist’s plan for dealing with family members critical of your parenting

Go in with the mantra, 'I'm going to choose joy over judgment,'" Ziegler says.

After 6 years of motherhood, I’ve finally started wondering what *I* need, too

I've been deep in the trenches of motherhood for six years. I had three kids in a short amount of time. Pregnancy, postpartum, breastfeeding, identity crisis, repeat, repeat, repeat. There's been so much trial and error. So much learning and growing. I've been winging it, doing my best to figure things out as I go. After all, how else can you walk this journey?

To the woman who asked me to leave because my baby was crying

You may not have thought so, but I deserved to be there just as much as you did. And so did my baby.

What do most new moms say they need? Their mom

New research suggests that even with all the high tech resources available, most pregnant women still seek advice and emotional support from their own mom, and rank her guidance as being more meaningful than other recommendations.

5 easy ways to practice compassion with your family on Giving Tuesday and beyond, mama

2. Listen to understand.

How I learned to stop worrying as a parent

At the heart of all my questions was one thing: Fear.

I am the mother of a wild girl

In a world in which women are told to be tame, soft, quiet, I have a little girl who challenges it all.

If you *only* buy two items on Amazon today, make it these 👏

The Insta-famous Amazon coat and hot air brush our editors are obsessed with are on super sale.

It’s science: Having younger siblings helps you become a more caring person

They may be little, but younger siblings have BIG influences.