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Home-Cooked Challenge: Lessons of a Week Without Junk Food

I didn't have time this past week to replace all the junk food with home made versions—and it turns out I didn't need to. Read More...

Published Sun, Jun 23 2013 5:14 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Food, _featured, Families and Family Life, Cooking and Cookbooks, Snack Foods, Moss, Michael, Chickpeas, Home-Cooked Challenge

Pregnant, Pill-Free and Panicked

The stable feeling my medications gave me allowed me to consider getting pregnant. Then I decided to stop taking them. Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 24 2013 7:22 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

With Charleston Shooting, a Time to Stop Teaching Children About the ‘History’ of Racial Violence

How many of your children have come home from school to tell you that black people "used to" be treated differently? Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 18 2015 8:41 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Race and Ethnicity, Highlights, School Shootings and Armed Attacks, Charleston (SC)

Not Noticing That You're Pregnant

How can you go through an entire pregnancy without realizing you are pregnant? Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 10 2010 8:48 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Pregnancy

It’s Not a ‘Problem.’ It’s Called Being a Child.

We live in a time when some anxious parents believe that the path to adult success must be unmarred by conflict, distress or boredom. Read More...

Published Sun, Aug 25 2013 5:43 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Children and Childhood, Education (K-12)

Generation Me

Young adults, born between 1982 and 2002, have been depicted as entitled whiners who have been spoiled by parents. Read More...

Published Fri, May 28 2010 7:51 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Generation Y

Mourning a Miscarriage

It wasn't the loss of a baby. It was the loss of my own hope. Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 22 2013 7:12 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: infertility, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Miscarriages, Fertility Diary

Perfectionist Parents

Two studies presented this past weekend at the meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, hint that perfectionism is a two-edged sword. Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 01 2010 2:00 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, Pregnancy, diabetes, postpartum depression, perfectionism

I can’t believe that the doctor will take my eggs, Solomon’s sperm and actually place our embryo inside of me. That science can mimic biology like this is so incredible. Suddenly it's hard to believe something so complex actually happens naturally...

Published Tue, Sep 24 2013 9:02 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, infertility, in vitro fertilization, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Highlights, Fertility Diary, Sperm

New York City Passes Law Defending Rights of Pregnant Workers

No one benefits from effectively forcing a pregnant woman to choose between protecting her baby's health and looking out for that child's future economic interests. Read More...

Published Tue, Sep 24 2013 3:08 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, discrimination, Pregnancy and Childbirth, New York City, Women and Girls, Highlights, Nadler, Jerrold, Vacca, James, City Council (NYC)

Off to Preschool, With Backpack

A small purchase. A large milestone. Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 24 2011 9:22 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, preschool, backpacks, separation

Saying Goodbye to a New College Student

What to do and say -- or not -- when the actual moment arrives. Read More...

Published Mon, Aug 22 2011 12:51 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized

Deployment Work-Ups: ‘This Is So Stupid Hard’

An on-again, off-again schedule to deployment is hard on all of us. In a weak moment, I told my husband that it was easier when he's gone, and I regretted it instantly. Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 16 2014 6:55 AM by Motherlode

Filed under: parenting, Marriages, Highlights, United States Defense and Military Forces, Deployment Diary

Kate Middleton's Morning Sickness: How Bad Can It Get?

Overwhelming, debilitating nausea when in some antiquated sense, pregnancy is perhaps your main purpose as a public figure? Even non-royal-watchers can sympathize with that. Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 03 2012 1:53 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, morning sickness, Gawande, Atul, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

Too Much Stuff Last Year

On Dec. 1, in the midst of holiday shopping, I received a calendar alert from myself, sent last December: "too much stuff last year." Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 05 2012 12:45 PM by Motherlode

Filed under: Uncategorized, parenting, Christmas, toys, gifts, Families and Family Life

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