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4 Best Diaper Bag Alternatives To Simplify Your Life
Tired of cluttered diaper bags? Me too! That’s why I’m sharing the best diaper bag alternative, plus tips for choosing and organizing a diaper bag.
Parenting Anxiety: 16 Helpful Ways to Make You Less Stressed
Parenting anxiety is normal, but there’s a difference between parenting stress and serious anxiety. Here, learn the difference and how to cope.
Childfree by Choice: Why One Baby-Lover Doesn’t Want Kids
Sabrina Militello, suburban London native who loves life and adores children, doesn’t want any of her own. In fact, she and her husband have made a steadfast decision: they will not have kids. They are staunch members of the “Childfree by Choice” movement, an unofficial movement that aims to normalize the desire not to have […]
Kids’ Birthday Parties: Keep it Simple and Inexpensive
"Inexpensive" and "easy" don't always go hand-in-hand, especially when it comes to planning kids' birthday parties. As a busy mom who isn't crafty, I've looked for ways to give you BOTH.
How to Travel with a Toddler Without Losing Your Mind
Traveling with your littles can be such a rewarding experience. It can also make you want to pull your hair out. An avid traveler, I'm giving some of my best tips for traveling with a toddler without wanting to lose your mind!
An Ambivalent Mother’s Journey to Motherhood
When I was seven years old, I built fairy camps out of sticks, stones, and moss in my grandparent’s back yard. I would set a single place setting at the little campfire and build one clover-soft cot for sleeping under a tent of twigs. First Published: March 4,2019… Last Updated: January 29, 2020 My daydreams […]
The Apathy of Fertility
Fertility apathy - it's becoming more and more common, especially among educated women. But as one PhD who has prioritized her career over children time and again says, maybe it's not apathy, after all. Maybe it's it's own form of motherhood. Maybe it's love.
What Happens When We Compare Our Children?
From early on in life, it becomes very easy to make comparisons. After becoming a mother, I've found that we compare our children far too often to others.
Confession Time: Places Made for Kids are the Worst
Am I alone in this? Do you secretly hate these places too? Do I walk into these massive spaces filled with people acting like they're enjoying time with their kids, but they all actually want to collapse on the floor and cry? Or am I missing some kind of trick? Where can I go for my tot that doesn't belong in the Inferno?