Save Your Money: 6 Baby Items You Don’t Need
by Ami
When you’re about to be a new mom, there is no shortage of items that you believe you must have in order to properly care for a baby and survive the...
Moving to Minnesota (Why we did it with a newborn in tow)
by Kate Awsumb
In super Lasik-style 20/20 hindsight, I’m not sure I’d recommend having a baby, deciding to move, shipping life cross-country and living like suitcase gypsies for a month all in the...
Summer Mini-Sessions with Apricot Soirée Photography!
Twin Cities Familys Blog is thrilled to announce that we have partnered with Apricot Soirée Photography to offer summer mini-sessions exclusively for our readers! Join us in a few weeks for some gorgeous mini-photo...
Dear Future Baby
by Lauren Jerle
There was recently a parody of Meghan Trainor’s Dear Future Husband. The viral video was sang by two hopeful Minnesota dads, as they anticipated the arrival of their adopted child....
Summer 2015: Park Hops with Twin Cities Familys Blog!
Summer is well underway in Minnesota and we would love to meet you at the park! Twin Cities Familys Blog and Metropolitan Pediatric Dental Associates presents Summer Park Hop Series. Kicking...
Why Bedtime is Our Sweetest Time of Day
by Maureen Zhao
My favorite part of the day is understandably some parents’ least favorite. Bedtime. I know we all love after they’ve fallen asleep (trust me, I understand- I pour myself a glass of...
What To Do When You Are Overdue?
by Nealy
(photo credit: Blush Baby Las Vegas) The Due Date. Supposedly it is the Day on the calendar that the baby is Due to be born. Have you ever heard of any baby...
From One Mother to Another: Breastfeeding Q & A Part II
It’s easy to let the quiet rhythm of daily breastfeeding become a familiar, almost monotonous “task.” But when I talk to other women in the same boat, my perspective shifts:...
From One Mother to Another: Breastfeeding Q&A Part I
by Annie
It’s National Breastfeeding Week. Or, for those of us who are currently breastfeeding, it’s just Monday. As first-time breastfeeding mamas to our little dudes (who are only one month apart), fellow...
Growing Pains
by Cari Dugan
The thing about parenting that always gets me is that as soon as I think I have figured a child out, they go and do a 180 on me so...
When An Amniocentesis Becomes Your Saving Grace
by Leah Pihlaja
It was just a routine 16-week checkup. Let me reiterate. I meant… It was just a routine 16-week checkup, followed by an email parading the words in the subject line: You have 1...
Quiet the Working Mom Guilt
by Ami
When I was pregnant, I knew being a stay-at-home mom really wasn’t an option. I would imagine what a luxury it would be, but realized financially it most likely wouldn’t...
Finding Yourself In Motherhood
by Cari Dugan
Before I became a mother I would hear sad stories from moms who felt that they lost themselves when they became a parent. That their true selves drowned in a...
Surviving a Colic Baby
by Jen
When our first daughter was born, I adjusted to life as a mom quite well. Our daughter was such a happy girl, smiling all the time, and definitely what you...
