Hummingbird: New Ear Tubes Option {Sponsored Post}
We have partnered with Fairview Health Services to bring you a first-person account of the all-new Hummingbird ear tube device. While this post is sponsored, all experiences and opinions are 100%...
Let the Hard Stuff Be Hard
by Amber Harder
{Photo credit: JohnD_22 via Visualhunt.com} I am in the final week of my pregnancy with our third child, and I gotta say, this hasn’t been the easiest season. I’m definitely...
5 Tips to Start Writing about Motherhood in 2017
by Daci Platt
Someone once told me the days are long, but the years are short. By someone, I mean literally every mother I’ve ever met. My daughter turns two next month, and I’m...
Speak Up and Build Up
I have been a part of “mom culture” for about two years – and that’s two years enough to realize that mom culture can be competitive. Mom culture can be...
Raising Kids in a Gender Neutral Family
When I was pregnant with each of my children, everyone wanted to know whether the baby was a boy or a girl, including me and my husband. For some reason,...
Mom Friends In All Seasons
by Cari Dugan
About four years ago, I joined a gym for one purpose: to get healthy again. I had let my health slide after three children, and it was beginning to affect...
The Two Things I’ve Learned in Two Years of Mommin’
by Kate Awsumb
{Photo credit: Markus Reinhardt on flickr (Creative Commons)} I’m pretty sure it’s mama-normal to obsessively pin birthday crepe-cake recipes and search for a helium source for a 3 ½-foot “2” balloon. I also think...
Here’s To You, Mom Crush
by Daci Platt
I have a crush. But I don’t want to date her, I want to be her. (Is that still called a crush?) We take our toddlers to the same daycare,...
9 Must Knows to Make Your Pregnancy Comfortable
Hello baby #2, here we come! With our first pregnancy we were so overwhelmed by everything we had to do that when it came to things like finding a doctor,...
First Time Mom (Again): 10 Things I Googled
by Cari Dugan
This past spring we added our fourth baby into our not-so-little crew. Preparing for her arrival I was pretty confident in my mommy skills. I mean, this wasn’t my first...
Strong Women Raise Strong Babies
{Photo Credit: Anna Ligocki Photography} “I do.” My baby sister got married last weekend. My new brother in-law works hard and loves big. He’s adventurous and determined. Growing up, he had...
That One Time We Took Our Kids Out for Dinner
by Monica Hoss
I’ll admit that I am sharing this mostly so that I can remember what happens when going out to eat with two young kids. Next time the urge strikes, I’ll come back and...
Newborn Survival (For Babies & For Moms!)
{Disclosure: Our partners at Fairview Health Services understand that when you have a newborn baby, it can be a time of questions and uncertainty. Is this normal? Am I doing this...