Health
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.
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.
Why Jessica Simpson’s sexual abuse revelations are so powerful
"I was a preacher's daughter. I was taught to be a virgin until I got married, and so I never wanted to share these sexual things that were happening because I didn't want to hurt anybody," shares Simpson. Eventually, she summoned up the courage to tell her mom and dad what was going on—knowing even at that young age she was dropping a bombshell on them.