When you’re a working parent, that means a certain degree of compromise. It means leaving your children when you don’t want to, and sometimes that means bring them along for the ride. But what do you do if you have to be both an employee and a parent, at the...
A recent study by JAMA Pediatrics has found links between the type of birth and what kind of bacteria develops. According to tests, babies delivered vaginally are born with more Bacteroids in their system, which help develop a strong immune system. Meanwhile, a link has been found between c-section birth and...
You have to love it when family finds out about upcoming children. There’s usually the perfect amount of cute, and the sheer joy in people’s eyes is wonderful. Take Missouri based Mary Patterson, who knew the kind of happiness her grandparents in law would be when they learnt about her...
It’s always nice to see some positive changes in the world, and this is a definite plus. The average age of mothers in the United States has been on the rise for years now, with the current number being 26.3 years old when motherhood hits. The reason for the rise?...
Potential Republican presidential nominee Ted Cruz has some ideas about how to discipline your children, and… well, they certainly are ideas. Regardless of how you feel about his politics, it’s important to remember that spanking is kind of a bad idea. A study by the American Academy of Pediatrics has...
I’ve talked about Lukas Costeur, his son Felix, and their adorable Snapchat pictures before. But here’s the thing – in this world fill to the brim with pain and heartache and terror, it can be important to focus on the little things. The little moments that brighten your day… like seeing...
When you’re pregnant, it invites a series of tests into your life. Sometimes, they can be invasive in ways you really don’t expect, and sometimes they are very much a big thing. But at least one test has become easier. It’s being reported that a new variant of a classic blood test...
It’s January, and it’s time for all the holiday gear to go back into the garage, the attic to be refilled, and everything “merry” to be put away. It also happens to be the season that my children hate with a burning intensity that could reignite the sun. They hate...
Every mother knows it can be really easy to just buy a happy meal. Especially if you’re working on top of being a mother, there just aren’t enough hours in the day to give all your attention to every single meal your family eats. But a depressing number of parents...
2015 is behind us, and with it came a deluge of new baby gear. But with everything out there claiming to be some new and revolutionary and lifesaving advancement, it can be tough to figure out just what kind of gear to get. This is why people like the bump...