By Emily James of emilysarahjames.wordpress.com My 4-year-old is a liar. She tells me things like, “I don’t need to go to the bathroom,” and, “I already blew my nose.” The way she curls her lip, puts her chin down and looks off to the side gives it away, so I’m still safe. But just as…
Dear Postpartum Depression: You Are a LIAR
By Lindsay Stauffer Dear Postpartum Depression: You’re brilliant. No really, you are. You let me make it through my first pregnancy completely unscathed, with nothing more than a few days of the baby blues, so that the second time around my guard would be completely down. I never saw you coming. You weren’t even on…
A Friend Complimented Lilly Collins for Her ‘Anorexic’ Body and This Is What She SHOULD Have Said Instead
For her role in the Netflix movie “To the Bone,” actress Lilly Collins had to lose a significant amount of weight from her already-thin frame. The starlet, who has been open about her history with eating disorders, signed on to the film in order to shed light on the private struggles people suffering from anorexia…
Alert! New Research Says Coffee Drinkers Live Longer and I AM BASICALLY IMMORTAL
Two new studies published in the Annals of Internal Medicine report that coffee drinkers experience greater longevity of life than those who abstain from drinking the beverage, suggesting what I can only conclude to mean I WILL LIVE FOREVER. Of the two studies, one focused on over 500,000 subjects in 10 European countries. The other…
New Research Says Sun and Water Exposure Actually Turns Sunscreen Toxic
It’s summer, which means beach-goers, poolsiders, and sun-lovers everywhere are slathering themselves and their children in sunscreen to thwart the aging process and prevent future skin cancer. Smart move. Except now, researchers out of Russia have found that when exposed to sun and water, common chemicals in sunscreen can actually turn toxic. According to a…
Fat Girl Secrets and the D-Word
By Danielle Maldonado of The Inappropriate Suburbanite I’m going to let you in on a little secret from the Big Book of Secrets of Fat Girls: we’re not all wallowing in low self-esteem every day. I know this probably comes as a shock to you because we’re supposed to be. We’re supposed to hate ourselves and…
The Other Mother
By Erin Nickels We mangle ourselves and shatter our bones while bearing down, fighting against every instinct of self-preservation. When the sweet face of our progeny is in sight and our bodies finally rest, it was all worth every excruciating bit of pain. Another mother might disagree with this sentiment. Some women take a little…
Adventures in Toddler Feeding: My Son, the Pineapple and the Secret of Nut-less Butter
By Jeanne Gyr Meet my son, the pineapple. It’s just about the only thing he eats. My boy, who was so big in the womb that he had to be air lifted out of it, is now my house’s finickiest eater. He’s a healthy weight, thanks to the boulder-thick thighs he inherited from me. He wraps…
Interview With Doctor Whose Viral “Dry Drowning” Post Caused Backlash: What You Should Know
The summer months are usually a time that we unfortunately hear about children dying from being left in cars during high temperatures, but earlier this month, parents everywhere were shocked and saddened to hear about the rare and tragic passing of a 4-year-old boy from Texas named Frankie Delgado III. According to reports, Frankie’s family…
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