Celebrating Breastfeeding Despite My Traumatic Birth
August 1-7 is World Breastfeeding Week and we have a special extended line up for you! Our writers will share their triumphs and tears through their personal recollections of making...
Is It All Worth It?
August 1-7 is World Breastfeeding Week and we have a special extended line up for you! Our writers will share their triumphs and tears through their personal recollections of making...
The Morning I Found Instant Kinship with Orca Whale J35
I’m not sure if you’ve seen the article about J35 – a sweet mama whale whose baby passed away shortly after birth. It will grip your own mama heart. It...
Counting Motherhood
I keep a lot of numbers in my head. One is the number of pink lines I was expecting. I was ready for that disappointment. But first one and then...
My Best Advice: 6 Nuggets of Wisdom for Moms
Advice is such a strange thing. It is often shared with us when we don’t really want it, and then it can be absent when we desperately need guidance. There...
Get Off the Sidelines: Participating in Sports with Kids
Some background: I didn’t grow up doing team sports. My Latina mother encouraged ballet, swimming, gymnastics, cheerleading, even track. She scoffed at the idea of women playing soccer, field hockey,...
My Toddler, My Doggo
by Kate Kearns
My toddler Lucy thinks she’s a dog. I actually think Lucy is more of a cat person than a dog person. She loves our cat Raquel. She hugs Raquel enthusiastically,...
Minnesota Moms Start Festival for Children’s Charities
Julie Wearn (above left) likes to think outside the box…and dream BIG. In early 2016, Wearn approached her colleague Liz Ostrander (above right) with an idea. Wearn wanted to create...
Meal Planning for Moms Who Don’t Meal Plan
We’ve all seen them: the decorative chalkboards marked with each day of the week and designed for you to write down what you’re going to make for dinner. I see...
5 Steps to Help Babies Sleep Through the Night
Maybe I was blessed with a good sleeper. Or maybe we got lucky in guessing how to get our son to sleep. Either way, something we are doing has worked. ...
Do I Love You Enough?
by Amber Harder
My family is formed through both adoption and birth. We adopted from Ethiopia first, then I gave birth to two more children. My relationship with my oldest daughter is complex...
The Tired Mama That CAN!
Monotony. It’s a big part of parenting. We live by our routines and adhere to the tiring repetition we often feel bound by. I have a vivid memory of when...