Health

Does your child need a multivitamin? Here’s what the experts say

Parents of picky eaters, you might be surprised.

Colic 101: What it is & what you can do to make it better

The most important thing to know: It's not your fault. Any baby can have colic.

Kamren on struggling to find joy when she became a mother for the first time

I wish more people were honest and open about how not so fun it can be. How raw, demanding, lonely, frustrating, exhausting [motherhood] is.

This teacher’s eye-opening lesson about handwashing is so important during coronavirus season

BRB, gotta go wash my hands.

This is why your child can’t actually ‘calm down’ during a tantrum

Never in the history of calming down has anyone ever calmed down by being told to calm down.

5 tips to prepare your toddler for their first dental visit, according to a dentist

Avoid a toddler freakout at the dentist's office in five easy steps.

We need to be prepared for Coronavirus outbreaks in the U.S., warns the CDC

Here's what parents need to know.

Destiny on suffering with postpartum depression and anxiety in silence

The poem in this picture has meant so much to me over the last few years. I get emotional every time I read it. I hold my head high and feel so thankful I found it.

I don’t know how much longer I can keep trying to get pregnant

Am I broken?

Kristen on her delivery triggering PPD, PPA and psychosis

I would stay in bed all day and night. I’d stay up all hours of the night, sobbing, not understanding my feelings.

How much water should a pregnant woman drink?

6 tips that will help you stay hydrated all pregnancy long.

How I learned to cope with my child being a picky eater

He won't eat new things—but I was like that, too.

Ashley Graham gets real about postpartum recovery on her latest Instagram post

"I wanted to show you guys that it's not all rainbows and butterflies!" Graham wrote on an Instagram snap.

It’s science: Valentine’s Day prompts a November baby boom

Here's why November babies have *such* a special place in our hearts. Plus: advice for feeling the love on Feb. 14th and beyond.

Peer support workers are a new—but growing—way mothers can get the mental health help they need

Because you don't have to struggle alone, mama.

Cey on having postpartum anxiety and intrusive thoughts

This wasn’t normal. A mother should have so much love for her child. She should know what to do, and when to do it. She shouldn’t dread when he would wake up to eat. She shouldn’t dread living her life in two hour time frames. And she shouldn’t hate herself for it. But yet I did. 

6 easy mommy & me yoga poses to try at home, mama

Stretch it out together.

This refreshingly honest postpartum commercial was rejected from TV

It's time to stop ignoring the reality of the postpartum experience.

Why your partner asks for postpartum sex, according to a psychologist

Plus, four ways to really connect with your partner after birth.

Trump talks about paid leave in the State of the Union—and this is how it affects you, mama

Here's what you need to know about President Trump's speech.