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What Dad Can Do For Mom

I love this list from Rick and Jan Hanson’s website, Nurture Mom, of ways dads can help mom out. Feel free to forward it to the dads in your life!
Top Ten list (in no particular order) of What Dad Can Do For Mom addressed to the father. Hopefully some of these suggestions will [...]

Blogger Spring Break

I’ll be back next week. My girls on our Spring Break and we have lots of fun plans that keep me from my computer.
See you next week. Happy Spring!

Motherhood With Attitude

Are you looking for a greeting card for a mom that tells it like it is? Tired of all the mom cards with fluffy bunnies and cutesy teddy bears? Have I got a site for you!
Ma! Motherhood With Attitude has ecards for free, greeting cards and notepads for sale, and a [...]

Interview with actress and mom Kim Raver

Check out this interview with Kim Raver, an actress from Lipstick Jungle, called, “What Every New Mom Must Know.” It includes four comfort food recipes that Kim’s mother brought her when she came home from the hospital. If you’re due, you might want to let it slip to friends and family that you [...]

Mom appreciation–you are not invisible

Becoming a mother makes you feel so much more empathy for other mothers, including ones you will never know on the other side of the world. My compassion for other mothers and my desire to help someone in distress drastically increased after I gave birth.
That’s why I want you to know how much I [...]

New Mom Central Blog

Hi Moms,
Another blog for new moms that I recommend is New Mom Central. Here’s the intro to the site from blogger Cheryl Wenzel:
Are you a first time mother or expectant mother? If so, I hope that this blog will be helpful for you as you transition into your new life role. Becoming a mother [...]

Subscribe to Spit-Up On My Shoulder

Dear Readers,
I have a new feature at the blog. You can now subscribe for free to Spit-Up On My Shoulder. As a subscriber you will only receive an email when I post a new entry. No new post, no email. Now you don’t have to remember to check back [...]

Two new discoveries I love

This post may sound like an ad, but I’ve recently found two new products that I love and want to share with you. I’m happy to promote both of these products because I think they are great.
1) Neutrogena Energizing Sugar Body Scrub, Fresh Citrus, six ounce jar – I have dry skin, which only [...]

Postpartum Expert Video

Dr. Shoshana Bennett is a licensed psychologist who founded Postpartum Assistance for Mothers in 1987 after her second undiagnosed postpartum illness. She is also the author of Postpartum Depression for Dummies and Beyond The Blues.
Last Monday, the 14th, she was a guest on the TV morning show The View From The Bay. In [...]

Part 2 of Amy Nobile and Trisha Ashworth Interview

Today we continue our interview with the authors of I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids. Amy Nobile and Trisha Ashworth have written a book that any mom can relate to. From interviews with over 100 women, they uncover the guilty secrets moms hide and provide real solutions to step [...]