Pregnancy brain, or the humorously named “momnesia”, is a set of symptoms experienced at large by pregnant women. Some chalk it up to “thinking for two”, and others posit that the stress put onto a woman’s body due to pregnancy can sap her ability to think straight. Numerous thoughts are...
Pregnancy is a special time in any mother’s life, and through it all one may forget to photograph themselves in order to preserve those memories. It can be easy to get caught up in the more important parts of pregnancy, but being able to look back and reflect upon these...
A new study suggests that even though doctors expect most newborns to surpass their birth weight within 10 to 14 days of delivery, it’s not uncommon for babies to take longer to achieve that milestone. Most babies lose between 5 and 10 percent of their birth weight in the first...
The mother of two sons has a YouTube channel, Spiritual Tasha Mama, where she posts videos about overcoming insomnia, a vegan lifestyle, freebirthing, and breastfeeding. Some critics of Maile have labeled her breastfeeding videos incestuous, pornographic and creepy. Is it Maile’s fault if men get off on watching a mother...
So, even though Kelly was still attempting some veil of secrecy about our surprise pregnancy she just couldn’t keep myself from pointing out to my 4-year-old that the wedding ring on our ultrasound was a baby. As her belly grows, even her littlest girl, Evie, who’s now 18 months will...
Since Facebook and Instagram became daily staples in our lives, the culture of comparison can feel completely smothering. Watching people post about their exciting adventures while you are home in pajamas can be downright depressing. As a parent, this culture is even more pronounced. We will slap a cute picture...
Elf on the Shelf gets naughty and I’m not having it. 17 times parents had far too much fun – and the photos are not for kids’ eyes And now the viral ‘tradition’ has spread across the pond with the first UK editions of the The Elf on the Shelf...
Many might wonder, are stay at home parents lonely? It must be hard to be home all the time and never get adult companionship form fellow co-workers in an office right? A recent study has shown that this lonely feeling can be much worse for male parent’s then female, due...
Parenting can be hard work – even when you happen to be royalty. Just ask Prince William. There’s wonderful highs and there’s wonderful lows, the prince says. In an interview with a Vietnamese television channel, he conceded that he sometimes struggled with the transition from being single and independent to...
Chrissy Teigen isn’t going to pretend for even a minute that she doesn’t have a support team whipping her into pre-baby shape. Chrissy Teigen went on to explain: We have nutritionists, we have dietitians, we have trainers, we have our schedules, we have nannies. Because it’s true, first of all,...