Spit-up On My Shoulder

Check out this list of 92 (yes, 92!) ways for moms to save their sanity. The author is Carrie Todd, a licensed marriage and family therapist who specializes in therapy for new moms. Her office is in Benicia, California.
Carrie also has a newsletter for moms called Motherhood Muse. Go to this link [...]

I found a great article this week at The Dollar Stretcher titled 10 Baby Things You Don’t Need by Michelle Kennedy Hogan. Michelle was kind enough to give me permission to share it with all of you. It’s one of those articles I wish I had read when I was a pregnant with [...]

I love finding family activities that don’t strain my pocketbook. To make my job easier, there’s a great new resource. Kids Free Guide is a national directory of restaurants, hotels, ski resorts, airlines, and museums with FREE offerings for kids.
The site is searchable by city or zip code, so you [...]

Yes, it’s TV Turnoff Week. The fact that Earth Day (the 22nd) falls during TV Turnoff Week (April 21-27) is an added bonus. There are many ways turning off the TV helps the planet:
Less electricity used.
Less exposure to consumer ads which leads to unnecessary purchases that use up resources.
More time to enjoy nature.
More [...]

I found a great essay by about dealing with the “sex after baby” issue. Not always, but usually, men and women are at very different places about when to resume sexual intimacy after they become parents. It can lead to conflict between you and your partner, which is the last thing you need [...]

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 [...]

Great tip for expectant parents from mom, Terri Strack: Purchase an eye mask to use in the hospital and when you get home. Hospital staff often have to come in and check you while you’re sleeping. When they turn on the light, it can wake you up and ruin the sleep you desperately [...]

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 [...]

11/30/95
Today is a good day. Getting a good night’s sleep makes a world of difference, although we did get woken up by our neighbors fighting out on the sidewalk at five a.m.! I couldn’t believe it. We’ve lived here almost a year and never hear a peep out of them, then that [...]

Thank you once again to my buddies, Rick and Jan Hanson, co-authors of Mother Nurture, for letting me share tips from their newsletter.
Have you found that you and your partner fight more since becoming parents? Join the club! Exhaustion, the stress of being on-call 24 hours a day, teething, colds, breastfeeding [...]