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POSTED JAN. 27, 12:15 PM

I’m going to go ahead and start this post off by saying that I am biased. Really, really biased. Way back in the years B.C. (before children) I served in the U.S. Army. I am now a mom, and my youngest child is autistic. I spend a lot of time trying to access the right [...]

POSTED JAN. 27, 11:51 AM

A British mom was horrified when she learned that her 7-year-old son would not be able to make his First Holy Communion. She says the reason he was denied is because he has Down Syndrome. According to Clare Ellarby, the Diocese of Leeds wrote a letter saying that her seven-year-old Denum Ellarby “lacks the ‘concentration’ [...]

Being Pregnant

Your guide to those exciting nine months

Lady Oven, LLC: Declaring My Womb a Corporation

POSTED JAN. 27, 12:49 PM

As you may or may not have heard, the sweater-vested candidate for President of the United States, Rick Santorum, is even against abortion in cases of rape. Earlier this week he urged rape victims to “make the best out of a bad situation”. As the Huffington Post reports, “a recent analysis of his time as [...]

POSTED JAN. 27, 11:20 AM

According to the CDC, the number of home births in the US went up 29% between 2004 and 2009. The number is still low– it went form 0.56% of all births to 0.72 %, but that’s still almost 30,000 births. “The increase has been driven by non-Hispanic white women,” said the author of the report [...]

Baby's First Year

Join our new moms for their wild ride

The Business of Teething & Four New Chompers

POSTED JAN. 27, 12:26 PM

My kids have always been early teethers. Both of them had their first bottom teeth popping through by 4 months old but unlike my daughter, whose teeth started to come in one at a time every month after the first two, Arlo has stalled a bit. His bunny teeth have been hanging out in a [...]

POSTED JAN. 27, 8:09 AM

The amount of work that I have piled up in front of me is daunting. There are blog posts that need to be written, bills that need to be paid, dishes quite literally stacked up in my sink and let’s not forget the two children whose every need must be met around the clock. I [...]

Toddler Times

All the milestones from standing up to learning letters

This Week In The Toddler Times of Huckleberry Holbrook

POSTED JAN. 27, 11:24 AM

Hey dudes! Huck here! Here’s what I’ve been up to this week! (And did you all see my Travel Tips from yesterday? They were RIGHTEOUS!) Tweet 0 Pin It

POSTED JAN. 27, 8:56 AM

There is currently a big controversy over Legos latest offering for girls- a line called Lego Friends which is basically a pink town (pre-built) where girly Lego figures can get their hair done, bake cupcakes and lounge by the pool with their friends. Lego Friends is in sharp contrast to their usual primary-colored construction sets which involve [...]

Babble Kids

Yes, they're growing up fast

9 Ways Children Teach Us About Love

POSTED JAN. 27, 1:13 PM

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and while I’m not a hopeless romantic, I still appreciate an entire holiday dedicated to love. I know, I know, Valentine’s Day is really commercial, but any excuse to stop and soak up the love is good enough for me. The most wonderful thing about parenthood is just [...]

POSTED JAN. 27, 12:31 PM

I know that some of you are already shaking your head and “tsk tsk’ing” me. And that’s fine. But hear me out before you tell me what a horrible Mother I am. Yes, my kids swear. I mean, they’re not dropping F-bombs all over the place, but the occasional “inappropriate” word escapes their lips. And [...]

Family Kitchen

Quick and healthy family recipe ideas

20 Super Bowl Chili Recipes

POSTED JAN. 27, 1:15 PM

What’s the one dish everyone expects at your super bowl party? That’s right, chili. I’ve found 20 crowd pleaser recipes that vary from the classic to the white and everything in between. The chili rescue is here. Keep reading for all the great recipes… Read more great recipes from Macki on Cooking With My Kid! Follow [...]

POSTED JAN. 27, 12:54 PM

I happen to love Valentine’s Day. Any excuse for me to gussy up everything in pink and red and hearts and xo all over I’m for it. I was in Tar-jay for one of my many weekly trips and I saw this adorable heart shaped doughnut pan. I knew I had to pick it up. [...]

Dadding

The place for the Y-chromosome set

Disciplining My Children Can Be Like Fighting al Qaeda

POSTED JAN. 26, 7:54 PM

NPR recently aired a report on the United States' need to shift its strategy in order to keep up with al-Qaeda's constantly changing tactics. Suddenly I thought to myself, "Hey that's just like me and my kids." I mean this metaphorically, of course, even though there are moments when it feels as if they are [...]

POSTED JAN. 26, 1:19 PM

The great art collectors of the world, those mega-rich gillionaires sipping at their vintage 1932 Chateau Fru-Fru in the gloaming, the men and women who stare upon their Van Goghs and Degas hung regally upon thick mansion walls: they all know damn well that I pose less of a threat to them at the next [...]

MomCrunch

Resources & insight in the world of tech and social media

Social Media: How to Keep Up

POSTED JAN. 27, 12:56 PM

"Social media is like gas. It expands to fill the time you give it." ~ Brené Brown Brené said that at Blissdom last year, even before the "gas explosion" of Google+ and Pinterest and all the other wanna-be-essential social platforms. How does anyone keep up and still make room for, you know, food? There are [...]

POSTED JAN. 26, 4:35 PM

By now it’s not really a shock anymore how much of the web Google owns. YouTube, Gmail, and nearly sixty other products, including the search engine itself, all fall under Google’s corporate umbrella. So I suppose we also shouldn’t really be shocked when Google announces that it’s taking all those different products, pooling all of our [...]

Family Style

Must-have mom and baby products

Todd Oldham for Target

POSTED JAN. 27, 10:58 AM

In 2009, Todd Oldham wrote a book called Kid Made Modern which focused on encouraging kids to create unconventional, beautiful things inspired by midcentury design icons like Charles and Ray Eames, Marimekko, Alexander Girard and Dorothy Draper. The book is pretty fantastic, and even better, Oldham is now collaborating with Target on a line of craft [...]

POSTED JAN. 27, 10:57 AM

Isn’t one of the best things about Spring is not having to worry about socks, boots and cold feet? It’s a happy day when it’s time to pull out sandals and flats and pack away boots. These chambray-looking Fossil flats with tiny white ladybugs would be perfect for this spring. Tweet 0 Pin It

Famecrawler

Juicy celeb mom gossip, updated hourly

Is Catherine Zeta-Jones Pregnant Again? (Photos)

POSTED JAN. 27, 1:01 PM

Our latest candidate for Wild Rumor of the Week: Catherine Zeta-Jones is pregnant with her third child! This murmur, from Star magazine, says that she and husband Michael Douglas have been trying for another child, which would be Catherine’s “dream gift” after the last few troubled years for the couple. They already have two children [...]

POSTED JAN. 27, 12:06 PM

File this one under the Too Good to be True Department. The latest rumor about new parents Beyonce and Jay-Z was that they had chosen none other than Oprah to be the godmother of little Blue Ivy. What could be more perfect than having one of the world’s most powerful women there to give little [...]

The New Home Ec

Design & DIY, all on a budget

12 Unique Pincushions to Make

POSTED JAN. 27, 8:40 AM

I have been sewing since I was 10 years old, which means I have used pincushions for years. Until recently, I had no idea that pincushions could be SO cute! It all started with this UP! inspired pincushion (love that movie). Once I spotted it, I felt compelled to continue searching for other unusual or [...]

POSTED JAN. 27, 3:07 AM

It is common among the crafting community that sleep is non-existant. I would have to say that some of my best projects happen in those wee hours of the night. I’ve even heard Martha Stewart herself say she only gets a few hours of sleep each night. It comes with the addiction to craft. BUT, [...]

Baby Squared

A mom of 2 twin toddler girls in Boston

JAN. 27, 12:28 PM

Do your kids' rooms look like this?

So, in the vein of my post about how Pinterest makes me feel inadequate, I have a question: Does any any kids’ room actually look like the rooms in, say, the Pottery Barn Kids catalog? Or Pinterest, for that matter? And, related questions: are your kids’ rooms as irredeemably messy as my girls’ is? I [...]

Home/Work

A working mom of 4 in Knoxville, TN

JAN. 22, 6:15 PM

Right or Wrong: I Don't Know How I Did It

When we mothers and fathers are living in those those early, honeymoon years of parenting – that time in our lives when our children are still babies, or young children – our optimism for the futures that lie ahead for our obviously exceptional offspring is generally shimmering and boundless . In those first years of [...]

Holding Down the Fort

A mom of 3 kids in the Midwest

JAN. 24, 6:39 PM

Muiscal Beds (but with coughing instead of music)

I think compared to many families we’ve had fewer issues concerning bedtime. I didn’t have a lot of choice when my husband was deployed both times about establishing some sweet routine with stories, etc. I had too much to do and I was too exhausted all the time, so I simply got my kids [...]

Band on the Diaper Run

Mates of State tours world, kids in tow

JAN. 13, 1:00 PM

Oops, we listen to top 40

Have I gotten my daughters into bad music? And if so, do I need to show them one escape route now or just let them find their own way later on? They like a couple songs airing on NickTeen (my kids are not even close to teen..bad mom?). I thought we could bond over a [...]

Because I'm the Mom

A single mom of 6 in Chicago

JAN. 24, 6:35 PM

We're Going to Hollywood!

My parents got me and my kids three-day passes to Disney World for Christmas which is awesome because, as it turns out "the happiest place on earth" is also one of "the most expensive places on earth". Yesterday, I took my kids to Hollywood Studios. We had a ton of fun and I learned a [...]

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