If you'd take parenting advice from a prince, you're in luck
Does royalty give you extra-special parenting powers? Of course it doesn’t. But we still want to know if the young royals do anything different than the rest of us when it comes to caring for their...
View ArticleNot everyone would breastfeed an abandoned baby, but this mom did
We've all heard stories of women breastfeeding their sister's and friend's babies — stepping in with a big heart and a boob full of milk to give an infant what it needs. But breastfeeding a baby who...
View ArticleIs it ever OK to leave your baby home alone?
Would you leave your baby home alone? More: My kid got a real history lesson when she skipped school How about if your child is sound asleep, and you're only going to be gone for a few minutes? When a...
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Wait, Gilmore Girls' Alexis Bledel had a baby and no one knew?
Gilmore Girls star Alexis Bledel has had a baby boy with husband Vincent Kartheiser — but don’t be expecting any newborn photos because that stage has passed. The couple actually welcomed their son...
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Soleil Moon Frye's new baby name tells quite the story
Soleil Moon Frye, a.k.a. Punky Brewster, welcomed her fourth child this week, and what a story she has from the birth... literally. She and husband Jason Goldberg named their son Story. punky brewster...
View ArticleThese parents are living a nightmare because their son can't talk yet
Our instinct to protect our children is tied into a lot of factors. It could be that we're collectively averse to letting harm befall any creature so small and adorable or that we have a biological...
View ArticleA mom just delivered the world's biggest baby girl and oh our ovaries hurt
Those last couple of months of pregnancy can make us all feel like we're carrying a monumental-size fetus, but typically we don't deliver the world's largest baby girl. That title now goes to a woman...
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If you think breastfeeding is sexual, you're the one with a problem
My husband suggested I keep it simple and just call this post Breasts Are Not Testicles. But I figured we could all use a good vocabulary lesson. What are genitals anyway? This isn’t a word that we use...
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A transgender dad tells us what it's like to show up at La Leche League
Learning how to breastfeed is one of the great struggles and joys of new parenthood. For Trevor MacDonald, a transgender man who was born a biological female, the challenges that cisgender moms face...
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Fat-shaming babies is everything that is wrong with the internet
Landon Lee, a 10-month-old cutie pie from Texas, is guaranteed to make you smile whenever he pops up in your Instagram feed. Those eyes! That smile! The impressive collection of slogan tees! More: If...
View ArticlePutting myself first doesn't mean I don't love my kids
Last week, I unwittingly dropped the equivalent of a hand grenade into a social media post on the cry-it-out method. And boy, did it explode. I was called a bad parent, that once you decide to have a...
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A 6-month-old has hit puberty (yes, a 6-month-old)
Puberty is tough at any age. When your kid is on the cusp of adolescence, everything from new body hair to sudden emotional changes and urges can be confusing and even downright scary for them. For the...
View ArticleThis video of a dad 'breastfeeding' his daughter is spreading like wildfire
Babies are tiny, fascinating creatures. Besides being adorable beyond reason and lovable even on zero sleep, they're also intuitive little things. From day one, they know exactly where the food is and...
View ArticleOh boy! This woman did not deliver the baby she thought she would
When you're pregnant and find out the sex of your baby, your world begins to change. Shades of blue or pink (or gender-neutral colors!) begin flooding your thoughts, and your dreams of your daughter or...
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Jana Kramer claps back at mommy shamers on Instagram
Baby food. It's a big, big step in the marathon of parenting. It represents one of the first of many happy-sad moments that you'll experience in the years to come; one of the first major milestones of...
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Now this is how you treat a breastfeeding woman in a restaurant
A mom’s encounter with a stranger while breastfeeding in a restaurant is going viral, but not for the reason you might think. Briar Lusia Mcqueen went out with her 8-week-old son for their first solo...
View ArticleMom slammed for letting impressionable Boy Scouts see her breastfeed
By now, breastfeeding-shaming stories are so tediously common that you can probably guess the framework of this one. Every irritating, unbelievable and offensive tale of someone being asked to please...
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Woman planning to adopt sees baby's birth defect and changes her mind
Adoption is a powerful and sometimes very painful thing to do, whether you are a birth parent or someone who is trying to adopt. It can be a tough decision, a nightmare to navigate and compounded by an...
View ArticleReality star admits she's breastfed another woman's baby
Would you ever let someone else nurse your baby? If you live in the United States, chances are you might bristle at the idea of your child getting someone else’s breast milk, particularly straight from...
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Taxing diapers is a crappy thing to do to moms
No matter where you shop for them, diapers are an expense that can set families back nearly $1,000 a year. While most parents would do anything to keep their children healthy, the reality is that there...
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