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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)
Should I save my baby’s cord blood?
7 common questions about cord blood banking.
How to Ace a Nanny Share
The ultimate guide to sharing a babysitter.
Serena Williams is being penalized for taking maternity leave—just like so many other moms returning to work
This is a problem we all need to discuss—now.
30 essential photos to take in baby’s first year
Grab your cameras, grab your cell phones, and capture those memories.
7 unexpected Mother’s Day gifts she’ll love
Just what a mama needs to brighten up her day.
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.)
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.
Redefine being a SAHM on your *own* terms
Four years ago I left a successful marketing career to stay home with my firstborn.
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.
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.
Best Activity Centers in 2017
One of these activity centers will be baby's favorite place to play.
How to Get in Marathon Shape After Baby
Even if you’re not actually running a marathon.
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.
Working makes *me* such a better mom
I feel more balanced as a person because working helps me maintain my own identity.
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.
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.
To the new mother who desperately misses her friends
A whole new friendship circle awaits. Promise.
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.
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.