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Target’s new adaptive clothes empower kids with disabilities
Target is expanding their sensory-friendly line with adaptive options. ?

Maternity clothes on sale right now that will take you into the fall
Maternity pieces that are versatile, high-mileage, and budget friendly.

15 Ways Moms Can Use a Storage Bin
Hint: they’re not all for wrangling toys.

Can Mama get a sick day?
We may not get to call in sick, but thank goodness we can rely on friends for support.

Seven Benefits of Fish Oil Supplements
7 reasons why a fish oil supplement might be right for you, before and after pregnancy.

The one thing you have to let go to keep your marriage strong
When people ask for advice from my same-sex marriage, this is what I say...

The milestones you didn’t realize would matter—until they did
Transitions can be liberating but also heartbreaking. And that’s OK.

This life is chaotic, imperfect… and all I really need
Sure, there are ways I would *like* to improve. But, you know what? I’ll still be fulfilled if they never happen.

Charlottesville victim’s mother: ‘If I got to give her up, we’re going to make it count’
“They tried to kill my child to shut her up. Well, guess what? You just magnified her.”

If you’re wondering why you feel down this month, the ‘August Blues’ explains so much
You know that feeling you get on Sunday nights? The whole month of August can feel a lot like that.

A Letter To My Kids’ Babysitter
(For Whom I Now Declare My Undying Adoration)

Serena Williams talks plans to get an epidural
And she doesn’t have time for judgment about that.

I admit it: I’m not good at playing with my kids
But to be honest with myself, I am really good at many other things.

I can’t thank you enough: A love letter to my village
You offer me a space to be vulnerable and to feel safe. A place to be a mother, but also a full person outside of motherhood.

Mindy Kaling talks pregnancy, coming to terms with ‘giving up control’
Parenthood can make you feel like a passenger in your own life—even if you’re a celebrity.

My kids don’t need more ‘stuff’—they need more of my time
“I am making the most of these years with my babies by giving them my time and not things.”

The perfect way Sesame Street talked about breastfeeding 40 years ago
If the explanation works for Big Bird, it should work for us, too!
