Keeping Nursing Real
by Melissa
If any of you know me well or follow my personal blog, you probably see that I am a huge believer in moderation. Of balance and wellness without depriving myself....
How Do I Worry for Thee? Let Me Count the Ways
by Maureen Zhao
By nature, I am a worrier. Add nature with motherhood and I am a disaster. When I was pregnant with my son, I remember thinking, “ Once I’m through the first...
Roger the Rabbit and the Power to Put Your Kid to Sleep
by Kim
Have you heard of this new book yet? It’s called The Rabbit Who Wants To Fall Asleep: A New Way of Getting Children to Sleep by Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin, a...
Quiet Times
by Cari Dugan
I would say that for the most part I am a pretty relaxed mom. Even when the kids were little and other moms were fretting over dirty pacifiers, unexplained rashes,...
Thanks, But No Thanks
by Leah Pihlaja
A recent article on 6 Baby Items You Don’t Need was posted where Ami mentioned nixing the diaper genie (yes, the heaven-sent diaper genie that leaves fumes lingering in your house...
Get WAXED- Moms’ Night Out Event September 17!
Join Twin Cities Moms Blog at Waxing the City for a night out Thursday, September 17 from 6-8 p.m.! See Waxing the City’s newest salon open in the upscale Excelsior...
Managing the Emergency Room When Your Child Gets Hurt
by Annie
It’s safe to say that none of us wants to make a trip to the emergency room because of a sick or hurt kid. In the last two weeks, I...
OPEN CALL: Join Our Event Team!
Do you love attending our events and sharing the excitement with your friends? WE WANT YOU! We are looking for dedicated readers who will help promote and work behind-the-scenes to...
Mom Feelings
by Emily
It’s been a month of crazy around here. Dad has been busier at work. Mom has become busier with work. The house work has been put slightly on the back-burner. Our...
My Love/Hate Relationship with the Pacifier
by Marielle
Me and pacifiers? We go way back. Like, 18 months back. And in that amount of time, our relationship has been a rocky one. There’s been good times and there’s...
Slowing Down
by Ami
Now that Finley is 2 1/2, we can usually bet she will sleep from the time she goes down until morning. But last night she woke up before I had...
The Sounds of Motherhood
by Annie
As a young kid I remember hearing adults say “your mom has eyes in the back of her head” – implying that she could see everything I did so I should be wary. Those...
Six Pieces of Advice I Ignored in the First Six Months
by Kate Awsumb
Like every visibly pregnant woman to ever stand in a Target checkout line, I got my fair share of unsolicited baby-rearing advice. Great grandmas, teenagers, other new moms – they...
Sleep When the Baby Sleeps
by Cari Dugan
Sleep when the baby sleeps. Once upon a time when I had three kids under the age of five, two of those kids still in diapers, I would hear that...