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5 reasons babywearing is a game-changer for new mamas

2. Get your hands back (and stop unwanted hands touching your baby)

Updated Feb. 18, 2025
baby cord blood

Should I save my baby’s cord blood?

7 common questions about cord blood banking.

Updated Feb. 01, 2022
how to ace a nanny share

How to Ace a Nanny Share

The ultimate guide to sharing a babysitter.

Updated Jan. 28, 2022
swaddled baby laying on a bed, one of motherly's favorite baby picture ideas

30 essential photos to take in baby’s first year

Grab your cameras, grab your cell phones, and capture those memories.

Updated Jan. 23, 2023
7 unexpected Mother's Day gifts

7 unexpected Mother’s Day gifts she’ll love

Just what a mama needs to brighten up her day.

Updated May. 03, 2018

I can’t even handle the cuteness of baby rolls

I mean—is there anything sweeter than chunky baby thighs? (No. The answer is no.)

Updated Oct. 14, 2021

It’s science: Breastfeeding may boost mom’s heart health for years to come

But even if you formula feed, there are ways you can protect your heart.

Updated Oct. 14, 2021

Redefine being a SAHM on your *own* terms

Four years ago I left a successful marketing career to stay home with my firstborn.

Updated Jan. 15, 2022
newborn baby laying down

Crazy but true: 2-day-old babies understand the concept of numbers

Babies who aren’t even 45 hours old yet associate small numbers with their left and large numbers with their right.

Updated Mar. 23, 2023
mom holding newborn baby in front of her

Dear first-time mama: You don’t have anything to prove

Instead of proving you can do what you did before motherhood, appreciate what you can do *because* of motherhood. 

Updated Mar. 25, 2022

Best Activity Centers in 2017

One of these activity centers will be baby's favorite place to play.

Updated Oct. 14, 2021
How to Get in Marathon Shape After Baby

How to Get in Marathon Shape After Baby

Even if you’re not actually running a marathon.

Updated Jan. 19, 2022

It’s science: babies as young as 6 months old are already connecting words

Our babies are listening and learning from what we say, even if it doesn’t seem like it.

Updated Oct. 14, 2021

Working makes *me* such a better mom

I feel more balanced as a person because working helps me maintain my own identity.

Updated Oct. 14, 2021

This is two kids under two: Lots of love, little sleep

Twice the baby love makes two kids under two a pretty special club to be a part of.

Updated Oct. 14, 2021

When you say stay-at-home-moms ‘do nothing’. . .

To some, the daily work of motherhood might be “nothing,” but to me it’s everything.

Updated Oct. 14, 2021

No, I didn’t fall in love with my son the first moment I met him

I picked him up and moved to the couch to comfort him. And there, that moment, that is when it hit me.

Updated Oct. 12, 2021

Something very strange happens to *time* when you become a mom for the first time

Whatever happened, wherever she eventually went, this was it. We were it.

Updated Oct. 12, 2021
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