We can never have enough irreverent books about parenting to keep us laughing, amirite ? If you're with me, you have to check out the brand new, very dark and very hilarious Hurts Like a Mother: A Cautionary Alphabet , by Jennifer Weiss …
It's just a few days until Passover, and this awesomely clever craft idea offers one fun way to get the kids excited for the holiday. Besides promising them matzoh sandwiches in their lunch for a week. We love this DIY Passover Matzoh Ho…
Whichever social media site is your guilty pleasure du jour, we’re there, making sure you don’t miss our favorite posts on parenting, fashion, apps, recipes, deals and discounts, and random awesomeness from around the web. Plus our favor…
Though it's certainly easy to hand our kids a screen when we want to keep them busy at the doctor's office, on a long road trip, or when work needs to get done (and I am as guilty as anyone), I've found there is one alternative to handhe…
I am so happy to discover Melanites , a new line of dolls created in a "celebration of brown boyhood," thanks to the wonderful mind of Boston entrepreneur and minority youth mentor, Jennifer Pierre. While we're always on the lookout for …
When both of my big kids became older siblings for the first time, they wanted to take over most of my mothering duties for me. Feeding the baby, changing diapers, and of course, babywearing. I eventually passed an unused baby sling down…
My daughter's ideas for how she wants to decorate her room change daily, sometimes by the hour, so I'm having a hard time keeping up. Does she want turquoise walls, a hand-painted mural, or are we going with that all-white walls and brig…
This week, a new study was published in the journal Cancer , indicating that married people have a "marked survival advantage" when it comes to cancer. And this here single mom sat up and took note. (If, admittedly, a little defensively …
Though I haven't been able to pack away the winter boots just yet (and really, spring, where are you?), I'm pretty sure the warm weather will be here soon. To help us all get ready for no-socks season , I've rounded up five of the most r…
Okay so maybe it's a wee bit of an overstatement to say I've tried every dry shampoo -- but definitely enough that I can state with all confidence that I have discovered the very best dry shampoo. After several years sampling the dry sha…
My five brilliant nieces are marching their way toward adolescence (well, one of them is technically crawling her way there at this time), and while I do my best to introduce them to the joys of science, Star Wars, sports, and all the po…
With a hint of spring in the air, it's time to take stock of the cool ride-on toys out there so that our kids can stop hibernating with their handhelds and enjoy the great outdoors instead by pedaling, gliding and zooming around our side…
When my first child was born I had no clue how much my heart could be so full with love . . . or how much my house could be so full of stuff. Bouncers and swings and piles upon piles of diapers and wipes and burp cloths. If space is at a…
Ever had that feeling of irritable jealousy when you caught your pregnant friend still rocking cute cotton dresses and jeans without expandable waists? Yep, me too. In a blink of an eye I was in clothes that made me look like I was due a…
Whichever social media site is your guilty pleasure du jour, we’re there, making sure you don’t miss our favorite posts on parenting, fashion, apps, recipes, deals and discounts, and random awesomeness from around the web. Plus our favor…
I've just discovered the cutest new handbag, The Kinsley Kat, and it's likely to be pouncing to the top of a few of our accessory wish lists for spring. Designer Sylvia Soo created this adorable clutch for her young niece, but its unders…
We’re entering birthday party season in my house, and as my kids’ party requests are growing more and more over-the-top (rein it in, kiddos), I’m feeling emotional about an amazing charity we discovered just this week, which provides bir…
Though I've saved that first tooth, first snip of hair, and various other "firsts" from the early years with my three kids, the memories are scattered in various books, boxes, and envelopes tucked away in drawers and closets for, you kno…
It takes a lot to wow us when it comes to car seats these days; there are just so many similarities among them, it's rare when one stands out from the crowd. But if I were shopping for a new infant car seat right now -- and (cough) money…
This post has been updated with corrections. Fisher-Price is of course the brand behind many of our favorite childhood toys like that now iconic telephone and the little gumball machine looking push-toy. So their big announcement this we…
If you loved the best-selling Sh*tty Mom book as much as we did when it came out four years ago, you will be as excited as we were to get our hands on its much-anticipated sequel, out just this week. If you couldn't guess it from the tit…
Just when you think you've seen every adult coloring book concept on the planet, along comes another made just for moms -- or those who love them. My Mother, My Heart: A Joyful Book to Color is so much more beautifully designed than I, a…
We've been friends and fans of Asha Dornfest, and her brilliant website Parent Hacks , for a full decade, since we both got started at the very same time. In fact, if you click that link, you'll see we first touted the brilliance of her …
We could all use a little nudge to get moving some mornings, especially after a horrible night sleep with a teething infant or a sick child. And what's way more helpful than a friend chanting "it takes a village," or your partner remindi…
