I first became aware of postpartum belly bands in the last months of pregnancy, usually from other pregnant women who…

July 28, 2015

Did you happen to catch this piece in today’s New York Times Well Section: How Nature Changes the Brain. It…

July 23, 2015

Figuring out what to wear to an event can be as mind-numbing as choosing just the right white paint. Thankfully, Catherine, Duchess…

July 21, 2015

That’s kind of a funny title, right? Because at a basic level, a new dad can do the same things a…

June 17, 2015

I’m going to take a bit of a break today. I just locked us out of the apartment building. Nothing…

June 16, 2015

Pregnancy is weird. It can be so different from one woman to the next, and you never know what your…

June 15, 2015

There are certain style milestones that you hit during the course of a pregnancy — the 16 weeks the-rubber-band-trick-is-no-longer-cutting-it milestone, the…

June 4, 2015

This popped up at our door last week, a very sweet gift from my mother-in-law. (Who I’m guessing noticed I…

May 5, 2015

Do you have guilty pleasures for when you find yourself home alone, with no spouse and no (or sleeping) kids? Dave has started…

April 23, 2015

Did you know April is Cesarean Awareness Month? I didn’t until this weekend. And I’m still thoroughly naive when it…

April 20, 2015

Remember when we had this conversation a few months back about “old” you versus “new” mom you? And once baby…

April 17, 2015

And now it’s my turn! The week before, I brought you time charts showing how mothers staying at home with…

March 23, 2015

It was very sweet of me yesterday to think this cold/flu might be limited to the toddler. All those times she…

March 13, 2015

On Monday, I shared a time allocation chart showing how a mother of a 2 month old spends her day. And today,…

March 11, 2015

I thought it might be interesting to do this report on what stay-at-home parents do all day. The trouble with being…

March 9, 2015