A recent BabyCenter survey found that parents can expect to spend $20,384 on baby-related costs in the first year of their ...

After having my first baby, the only thing I was completely sure of was that pregnancy and postpartum had rendered me stupid. Yes, my brain was stimulated to the nth degree, but I was only thinking ...

You know those TikTok “Clean With Me” videos where some woman does a voiceover that’s like, “My anxiety has been really bad lately and that’s why there’s 8,000 loads of laundry on my floor,” and she’s ...

Unless you've been living under a rock for the past several holiday seasons, you've likely heard about a certain doll who lives in your house during the month of December and serves as one of Santa's ...

Elizabeth*, 32, has been taking stimulants since the third grade. During her first pregnancy in 2020, her doctor told her she had to stop taking her medication, and she struggled, but felt she had no ...

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Carmen and her husband, Brendan, parents to two elementary-aged children, both work from home — she as an artist and he as a software developer — and meet at noon, in person, every Monday. Yes, there ...

When my daughter was a toddler, she had a collection of hand-me-down ’90s toys. There was Papa Smurf, Professor Frink from The Simpsons, and a handful of Legos, but she consistently gravitated to a ...

I weighed only 5.5 pounds when I was born — full-term but tiny. According to family lore, after I'd been checked out and found to be healthy, the obstetrician quipped, "She's small, but she's a keeper ...

The 13th episode of Season 2 of the beloved and, at times, absolutely perfect Australian kids cartoon, Bluey, is not about Bluey. It’s not about Bingo, or Mom, or a magic xylophone, or the almost ...

It’s thankfully much easier than it used to be to find gender neutral clothes and nursery decor beyond just standard yellow, and gender reveal parties seem to be losing popularity (and not just ...

My 5-year-old is a pro at helping me move laundry baskets. He takes the job of pushing an overflowing basket down the hallway from my bedroom and into the garage (where our washer and dryer are) so ...