Before kids, we pictured being the makers of nutritionally balanced homemade meals and the ever-patient mothers of spotless, laughing cherubs. We daydreamed about the pitter-patter of little feet, sweet kisses, and tiny voices calling our names as we dance and frolic in a meadow while wearing flowy white dresses and flower crowns. Then labor day […]
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The 30-Minute Meal: A Mommy Timeline
By Jess Hernandez They call them 30-minute meals, but let’s be real. Cooking with small kids is like trying to compete in Iron Chef while supervising a troop of drunk chimpanzees. On good days, it takes four times longer than I anticipated to make the recipe. On bad days, things catch fire, people cry, and […]
This Comment Thread with Questions for White People Is Internet Gold
We all have things we’ve always wanted to know about other people but were either too afraid to ask or positive that asking would not only be inappropriate, but also the worst possible thing we could do. So we sit with these questions, maybe do a little research, maybe talk about them with close friends […]
A Letter to the Tooth Fairy
Dear Tooth Fairy, This letter is two years and eight teeth overdue. Let’s be honest. I don’t like you very much. You sneak into my child’s room in the middle of the night, climb into her bed and take her teeth. What is wrong with you? I mean, at least Santa leaves gifts wrapped in […]
Hey, Moms: Own The Beach With These 8 Essential Swimsuit Shopping Tips
By Erin De Boer of Accidental Super Mom Ok, ladies. Summer is coming in hot, and that means finding the perfect bathing suit. I like to consider myself a swimsuit shopping connoisseur, because I’ve spent many days by the pool pregnant and/or in straight up mom mode. Here are my 8 swimsuit shopping tips for […]
Guy Wants Wife to Pay for Formula Herself, Asks If *He’s* the A-Hole
In “thank the Lord this isn’t your husband” news, a guy posted to the Reddit sub-thread titled “Am I the Asshole” asking if he’s in the wrong for making his wife, who wants to be done with breastfeeding, pay for formula out of her own spending money, and the internet heaved a collective “FUCK YES.” The post, which […]
Study Confirms What Parents Already Know: Fussy Babies Are Harder
In what may be the most obvious study ever, researchers at the University of Michigan determined that moms of fussy babies are almost twice as likely to experience moderate to severe symptoms of depression. I could have told them that for free. I was the mother of a fussy baby. I was 4 weeks postpartum […]
Is This a Recipe for Chicken or How to Please a Woman?
Blame it on my immaturity, or maybe on the 13 yo boy version of my multiple personalities, but I see penises and vaginas everywhere. Even in cooking recipes. And apparently I’m not alone. Take this Chefclub Network’s Cordon Bleu Deluxe recipe, for example: This recipe for chicken cordon bleu, “tenderly split down the middle,” looks […]