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• If You Had a Parenting Do-Over

  I love "what if" questions - much to my husband's chagrin. So I decided I wouldn't discuss the recent Wall Street Journal piece about parenting do-overs with him. I'd just share it with all of you! Aren't you lucky? Oh, come on! Read More... Posted Apr 27 2009, 05:01 PM by JeanneSager with | with 19 comment(s) Filed under: parenting advice, nursing, advice, the juggle, second child, in-laws, Jeanne Sager, sleeping baby, parenting do-over, more children

• Finish Line - Playmobil Gets Crucified

  Lots going on this week, as always. Playmobil sues a priest! A kid sued her dad and won! And of course -- Peeper Madness. Read on... Read More... Posted Apr 10 2009, 10:30 PM by Brett Singer with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: kids, youtube, parents, toys, Babble, video, strollerderby, easter, peeps, candy, advice, Finish Line, peeper madness, Brett Singer, stroller derby finish line, strollerderby finish line, finishline, weekly round up, Playmobil

• Finish Line - April Fools And More

  April Fool's ain't just for your kids, and that's no foolin'. You need foooolin', baby I'm not foooooolin'... or something like that. A few faves from the week that will soon be history: Read More... Posted Apr 03 2009, 02:30 PM by Brett Singer with | with no comments Filed under: kids, parents, strollerderby, advice, Finish Line, April Fools, beyonce, Brett Singer, SpongeBob, bald, St. Baldrick's, stroller derby finish line, strollerderby finish line, finishline, weekly round up, april fool

• Finish Line - Our Week In Review

  Back with a vengeance -- and the best of intentions -- we proudly bring you Finish Line, a weekly round-up of what we've writen the past week here on StrollerDerby. Read More... Posted Mar 27 2009, 08:30 PM by Brett Singer with | with no comments Filed under: kids, parents, autism, breastfeeding, strollerderby, baby einstein, abortion, advice, Finish Line, Brett Singer, stroller derby finish line, strollerderby finish line, finishline, weekly round up

• What Advice Did You Ignore?

  One of the things I hated about being a new parent was allll the advice that came out of nowhere. We were lucky in that our friends and family were actually pretty good about being asked before offering their thoughts, but there was no shortage of “oh, you have to…” (and you know who was, and remains, worst? Friends without kids. I cannot wait for paybacks). After awhile, you learn to just blithely ignore everything that doesn’t work for you, as you get to know your baby and yourself as a parent. My favorite quote from advice guru Ask Moxie is this: “No one gets to tell you what to do if they aren’t going to come help you out at 3 am.” So I thought this blog from the Boston Globe was pretty thought-provoking: Instead of asking what parenting advice saved you, she asks what you ignored. Read More... Posted Mar 24 2009, 11:03 AM by Amy Kuras with | with 9 comment(s) Filed under: parenting, advice, Boston Globe, ignoring advice, askmoxie.org, do what works

• Open Letter To The Woman Who Pushed Me While I Was Picking Up My Kid

  Dear Lady, Hi. How are you? I ask because you seemed very agitated this afternoon. What do I mean? Well, you shoved me and a few other people as you made your way through the throng of folks standing on the sidewalk. I know, you had two small children with you. That can be annoying. I know, because I have kids too. So did all of the people who were standing on the sidewalk today, the ones you knocked around like bowling pins. See, that street has a school on it... Read More... Posted Mar 20 2009, 12:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with 9 comment(s) Filed under: parenting, school, frustration, yelling, advice, real life, anger, Brett Singer, please don't yell at me, picking the kids up at school, parents who yell at you

• Book of the Week: "Momoirs" Round-Up

  There are plenty of books out there that will instruct you on how to enjoy your pregnancy, have a “relaxing” labor, breastfeed with ease, and still be a “glamorous fashionista” throughout it all. These are not those books. The authors of Babble’s top five “momoir” picks dare to ask the tough questions: what if you hate being pregnant, can’t breastfeed to save you life, or never even planned on having a baby in the first place?  In these pages, the road to motherhood may be rocky, but it is also filled with honesty, humor, and ultimately, much love. BOOK:  The Second Nine Months by Vicki Glembocki Premise: Funny and honest (at times brutally), Vicki Glembocki is out to set the record straight on early motherhood. She wants to tell other women what no one ever told her: those first few months of motherhood are really, really hard. Read More... Posted Feb 27 2009, 10:00 AM by editors with | with no comments Filed under: pregnancy, books, humor, advice, book of the week, momoirs

• Video Baby Poop Advice

  Jennifer Trachtenberg, author of "Good Kids, Bad Habits: The RealAge Guide to Raising Healthy Children" is going to "ease parents fears about baby poop." Read More... Posted Jan 19 2009, 06:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with no comments Filed under: youtube, baby, babies, video, poop, diapers, advice, doctors, Brett Singer, baby poop, jennifer trachtenberg

• What NOT to Tell Your Child After You've Been Laid Off

  We're living in hard times. Right now -- especially with the end of the year approaching and company budgets tightening -- many moms and dads may be facing the prospect of losing their jobs. And they may be wondering, "Should I tell the kids I got laid off?"  This story from the Seattle Times offers some guidance on the subject, encouraging parents to explain to school-age children what's happened, and to do so in a way that avoids emotion and lets the children feel like they are helping to find solutions to the problem. (Read all the suggestions here.) Of course, sometimes it's good to lighten the air around such a serious matter with a little humor. (Some call it denial. I call it therapeutic comedy.) In that spirit, and with the hope of giving anxiety-ridden parents a few laughs, I offer this complement to that piece of service journalism from the Seattle Times. Here are five things not to tell your kids after getting laid off: Read More... Posted Dec 14 2008, 12:32 PM by Jen Chaney with | with no comments Filed under: christmas, advice, talking to kids, economy, layoffs, economic crisis, holidays on a budget, unemployment

• Little House on the Prairie + Harry Potter = Nightmares

  When I was about six, I was watching a TV show (I think it was Little House on the Prairie) when the two little girls on the screen knelt down and prayed, “Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.” That was it for me. My days of sleeping soundly through the night were over. I became terrified that I, or someone I loved, would die while I was sleeping. Talk about nightmares. My parents couldn’t figure out what was scaring me and I didn’t know how to explain it to them. Read More... Posted Nov 28 2008, 01:00 PM by editors with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: health, bedtime ritual, advice

• Two Years, Six Months, and 25 Days Before the Romance Dies

  You were wondering when your marriage would all go to hell? There's this study saying the average lifespan of the "honeymoon" phase is two years, six months, and 25 days. Oooh, everyone set your calendar with a reminder. "I know there's something happening this weekend, what was it? Oh yeah, that's the day our  marriage will become drudgery and crap."  But what exactly marks the end of the sweet love? It sounds like... Read More... Posted Oct 29 2008, 04:31 PM by Kelly Mills with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: marriage, research, study, Kelly Mills, advice, hygiene, romance, couples, male, female, spouse, effort, honeymoon

• They Say: How To Work From Home More Effectively

  Being a work-at-home mom has plenty of perks, like the flexibility to pick up the kid from school and the ability to do dentist's appointments and teacher conference days without begging a boss for the time off. But there's serious downsides too: As I detailed here, it's hard to escape from work when it stares at you 24-7; the household tasks beg for my time; and no one is paying me to surf the ol' 'net, though that doesn't stop me. So when I hear there's ways to be more productive at home, I think, "Yeah! Sign me up!" Only after reading this...   Read More... Posted Oct 29 2008, 10:02 AM by Kelly Mills with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: mother, mom, huffington post, work, Kelly Mills, advice, feng shui, busy, work at home, career, they say, pay, time management, wage, freelance, productivity

• Dora the Conservative

  Every now and then Republicans do something to remind the world why anyone would ever want to vote for them. Also, sometimes elected officials sound like children's television characters. What the hell am I talking about? Read More... Posted Sep 24 2008, 10:15 AM by Brett Singer with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: news, money, Dora, barack obama, dora the explorer, crisis, advice, economics, economy, republicans, Democrats, election, John McCain, election 2008, Brett Singer, sarah palin, conservatives, stock market, joe biden, your money, savings, lehman brothers, hewlett-packard, finance, dow jones, markets, morgan stanley, goldman sachs, dora the fiscal conservative, fiscal crisis, banking, banks

• YOU say: I got fooled (update to "They USED to say: give babies cola")

  We all know that, on occasion, advertisements can offer some fairly crappy advice. Back in the day, though, ads had no shame. Here's a great example: "For a better start in life, start COLA earlier!" Why give your kids cola? UPDATE: The ad is fake, but it inspired some interesting comments. Details after the jump. Read More... Posted Sep 20 2008, 12:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with 20 comment(s) Filed under: babies, advertisements, advice, coke, Brett Singer, bad advice, they say, digg, images, vintage ads, coca cola, they used to say, cola

• Help! I’m in Love with my Stepbrother

  Clueless made it look like a match made in heaven, but a recent writer to Slate’s Dear Prudence column has found that having a real-world crush on a stepsibling is far from easy. She and her stepbrother are both 21 and did not know each other until their parents married a year ago. Although it’s certainly sticky, there is nothing incestuous or even unusual about their developing romantic feelings for one another. The problem, as Dear Prudie makes clear, is that the margin of error for acting on these feelings is woefully small. Read More... Posted Sep 19 2008, 01:30 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: parents, advice, Dear Prudence, romance, attraction, stepsister, stepfamilies, remarry, i'm in love with my stepbrother, stepsiblings, relationship, stepbrother

• Baby Planners: Who Needs 'Em?

  During your pregnancy, would you have paid $250 to have someone walk you through Babies R’ Us, pointing out the must-have products? Or $500 to have someone plan your baby shower? How about $200 to have your home babyproofed? These are just some of the services offered by baby coordinators, the latest advent in the commercialization of parenting. Read More... Posted Sep 17 2008, 04:58 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: parenting, family, stress, money, research, baby products, baby showers, advice, friends, expectant parents, expecting, balance, career, finding time, parents-to-be, what to expect, baby planners, baby coordinators, baby planning, commercialization, parental instincts, overwhelmed, wedding planners, daddy preparation, pressure to be a good mother, overload, how to choose the best baby products

• They Say: Don't Eat Your Veggies!

  Dr. T. Berry Brazelton is about to become your kids’ new hero. In today’s New York Times Well Blog, he colorfully answers readers' questions about their children’s health, and gets the ball rolling with a firm admonition against vegetables. Forget about veggies, he says. Battling your child to eat any particular food will only backfire in extended dietary struggles throughout your kid’s childhood. Buy a multivitamin for those picky eating years, and save yourself and your kids some headaches. Read More... Posted Sep 16 2008, 01:31 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: children, kids, picky eaters, health, cooking for kids, breastfeeding, diet, vegetables, vitamin D, fruit, advice, calories, jessica seinfeld, deceptively delicious, greens, Well blog, they say, pediatrician, vitamin d deficiency, cholesterol, dr. brazelton, nutrients, vitamin, childhood nutrition, multivitamins, veggies, forget about vegetables

• They say: keep your money under your mattress

  That's not exactly what they say, since a fair amount of your deposits are federally insured. Of course, if things get really bad, that won't matter, but we're not going there. In this worse-than-even-I-thought economy, its important to do whatever you can to protect the assets you have. What does this have to do with parenting? Well, do you want to leave the little buggers anything to pay for that nice old-age home you may end up in? (Don't answer that if today was the day junior decided to arch his back and kick you in the family jewels while you tried to do something horrible to him, like put him in the stroller and take him out to buy a bagel. Not that this has ever happened to me. Really.) Read More... Posted Sep 16 2008, 11:00 AM by Brett Singer with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: news, money, barack obama, crisis, advice, economics, economy, election, John McCain, election 2008, Brett Singer, they say, stock market, your money, savings, lehman brothers, hewlett-packard, finance, dow jones, markets

• Girl Talk May Fuel Anxiety

  Naturally you want your children to have close friends, people they can trust to help them navigate social and emotional concerns. But there may be such a thing as too much talking. Psychologists call it “co-rumination:” the tendency to dwell on a personal problem with a friend, seeking empathy and validation. Anyone who’s responsible for paying a teenage girl's phone bill is probably more than a little familiar with this type of conversation: do you think he likes me? Is so-and-so mad at me? Should I break up with him? Read More... Posted Sep 12 2008, 04:30 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: parents, teenagers, depression, cell phones, Facebook, MySpace, high school, girls, research, boys, studies, self-esteem, anxiety, advice, gossip, best friends, friends, problems, emotions, email, peers, female friendships, phone, boyfriends, girl talk fuels anxiety, emotional conversations, girl talk, validation, social problems, obessing, co-rumination, chatting, too much talking, feelings, worries

• More on Making Ends Meet

  Just last week, we were musing over moms who do a little somethin'-somethin' on the side to help make ends meet. No. Not that, pervs. Although if you could find enough "clients" who like their "professionals" sticky and smelling of spit-up, you could make quite a bit of extra scratch.   Read More... Posted Jun 25 2008, 02:30 PM by Adrienne Martini with | with no comments Filed under: advice, MLM, work at home, divine caroline

• They Say: Use All-Natural Bug Spray that works

  The worst thing about going outside in the summer is the bugs. When its hot, you can always drink more water, take a shower, hire some local kids to fan you... wait, scratch that last one. But with bugs, they bite, and that itchy gift stays with you long after you go inside. It's even more difficult to protect your kids since they tend to be having too much fun to notice when a flock of horseflies are attacking. We all want to keep chemicals off of our kids' bodies as much as... Read More... Posted Jun 19 2008, 10:00 AM by Brett Singer with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: summer, advice, water, heat, bugs, natural, Brett Singer, they say, fans, herbal armor, deet, all natural, drug-free, mosquitos, hot, bug spray, all-natural, insects

• They Say: Limit Kids Screen Time

  What's great about "advice" is that, in trying to be many things to many people, it often comes out sounding unintentionally dopey. From About.com's singleparents site (I guess kids in two-parent families can watch as much TV as they want to?) comes these tidbits: Read More... Posted Jun 10 2008, 10:00 AM by Brett Singer with | with 11 comment(s) Filed under: children, kids, television, entertainment, video games, tv, Xbox, Nintendo, Wii, advice, computer, ps2, Brett Singer, they say, psone, playstation, couch potato, gameboy, ps3, screens, screen gazing, videogame, bedroom, ps1, ds

• Advice You Should Have Been Listening To

  Based on Randy Pausch's distillation of all of the advice he wouldn't be around to pass on to his kids, the New York Times' Well Blog solicited the best parental advice that readers have received or given. The contest turned up some tidbits that I wish my parents had passed on to me.   Read More... Posted Apr 22 2008, 11:30 AM by Adrienne Martini with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: parents, new york times, advice, Well blog, tara parker pope, Randy Pausch

• The words every woman longs to hear: are you through yet?

  A survey has concluded that men with QDS (Quickie Dickie Syndrome) are doing just fine, thank you. The "optimal" time for intercourse is -- wait for it -- between three and thirteen minutes. Read More... Posted Apr 03 2008, 12:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with no comments Filed under: news, marriage, research, sex after kids, advice, surveys, dorky guy with two thumbs up

• So Much Space; So Few Ideas

  There are only so many topics to write about when you work at a magazine. Like worms after a rain, it's no wonder that so many of them squish out onto the newstands month after month. Like, say, a feature on "Easy Fitness In Ten Minutes A Day!" which is guaranteed to include the chestnut "Take the Stairs Instead of the Elevator.*"   Read More... Posted Mar 26 2008, 11:31 AM by Adrienne Martini with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: advice, real simple, Kristin van Ogtrop, parenting magazines