Life

I want to have more kids, but I’m worried I won’t be able to handle it

With just one child, I eat standing up and in a rush every day. At times, remembering to eat something (or anything at all) is difficult.

Dear second child: I’m sorry you don’t have my full attention

I want so badly to slow down, sing to you, dance with you in the kitchen, babble with you while I prepare dinner. But I am so distracted. So exhausted.

Prince Harry + Meghan Markle release new photo of Archie on Father’s Day

Look at those little eyes!

10 celebrity Father’s Day pictures that melt our hearts

Father's Day 2019 is here and it is adorable

I’m a sleep consultant and I co-slept with my baby

My favorite thing to tell families is "sleep is only a problem if it is a problem." What I mean by this is that you are the only one who can determine if what you are doing is working for your family or not.

New flour recall: What parents need to know

Don't eat raw cookie dough with your kids, says the FDA

Millennial parents don’t want advertisers to sell them gender stereotypes

The good news is that some companies really get it.

5 important ways to celebrate your postpartum body, mama

We still have work to do in this arena, and mamas, that work continues with us.

Losing my father completely changed the way I parent

I think about all the things I didn't get to say, all that we didn't get a chance to do, and what I would have done differently.

All I can be right now is an ‘okay’ mom—and I’m fine with that

I know this is a "hard season" of life. But I also know—because every well-meaning person over 40 tells me constantly—that these days go by so fast and to cherish them.

No one told me how special it would be to watch my dad turn into a Grandpa

Seeing him interact with my son is pure magic. ✨

Why Reshma Saujani of Girls Who Code wants you to raise kids who are risk takers

"Teach your girls to build high and kick it down," she says on The Motherly Podcast, Sponsored by Prudential.

To fix how much moms are burnt out, we need to learn how to set boundaries

Here are nine steps to help you learn how to say no

5 ways you may be able to get a better rate on your student loan this year

Student loan debt is a major problem for many mamas and their families―but it doesn't have to be.

This theme park employee was a real-life superhero to a young boy with autism

She was his mama's hero, too.

How to build a family first aid kit

Plus, some non-boring bandaids from a Band-Aid x Jungalow collab we love.

Becoming a mama of 2 was harder than I expected

Now that I'm a tired mama with a baby on her hip and a toddler by her side I'm learning you can never say no too many times. No to extra stressors, no to unrealistic expectations, no to too many commitments on the family calendar.

My son wasn’t invited to the birthday party—so here’s what I did

I thought of all the times that I'd felt left out. I could still feel that hollowness settling in my stomach and that heaviness pressing against my chest when I'd find out that friends were doing something I wasn't a part of.