[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Liv of Live By Surprise Ahhh…single motherhood. The best unpaid job that you’ll ever have. Single moms see it all – a 24/7 job with no pay but so many fringe benefits. JOB TITLE: Mom, Mamma, Mama, Mother, (ROLLING EYES) Mooooomm! POSITION PURPOSE: The role of the […]
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Mom Caught Replacing Beloved Pet Fish
By Carol Sustaire of Uphill Home A 32-year-old mother was caught replacing her daughter’s deceased pet fish with a live one. The mother, Julie Smith of Atlanta, was dumping the betta fish remains in the guest bathroom toilet when her 4-year-old daughter walked in. “She asked me why I was […]
My Daughter is Recovering From Colic, and I Am, Too
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Sarah Caughron of Sisterhood of the Training Pants MY DAUGHTER IS A RECOVERING COLIC (whatever the hell that means). Recovery is a multi-step process, right? If you, too, have a child and family in the throes of colic, let me start by saying what I […]
Don’t Compare My Child to Your Pet
We understand you love your fur babies. But don’t compare them to our kids. They’re not even close.
The Great Screen Time Debate
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Jocelyn Cox of The Home Tome Of all the hot-button dilemmas of parenthood, I have waffled on the “screen-time” and television issue the most. To state it plainly, I didn’t think I would let my child watch any TV. And yet, already by the age […]
How I Learned To Cover My Boobs While Breastfeeding
By Mary Widdicks of OutmannedMommy [nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] Every day I am bombarded on social media by stories of women being shamed, berated, chastised, and even exiled. All because they have the nerve to expose the top half of their breast while nourishing their children in the natural, instinctual way […]
Sh*t Happens Next Door: Finding My Voice as My Daughter Finds Hers
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Ashley Lamb-Sinclair of Beautiful Junkyard Last week my daughter and I went to TJ Maxx and I, big and pregnant, had to pee upon arrival. We went into a two-stall women’s restroom, and I could smell immediately that it was occupied. But Mama had to […]
Call Girls Pretty and 15 Other Things You Can’t Let Boys Do
By Samantha Wassel of Between the Monkey Bars Raising boys isn’t as simple as it used to be. Look around you—online, at the playground, in the newly-neutralized toy aisles of Target—and you’ll notice that traditional gender lines are becoming blurrier by the second. You’ll also notice people getting their panties (or […]