Some premature infants or full-term infants are born with chronic medical conditions - and when they leave the hospital are in need of additional help at home, and eventually in school, due to their prematurity or medical illness. Other children acquire a medical condition at some time during their...
Last Friday at 9:30 am, I had a phone date with my best friend from college. We were long overdue for a catch-up and we talked for an hour, with most of our conversation centering on our children. There are five of them between us, ranging in age from two - seven years old. We raved about their...
Having a baby is hard on a marriage! There I said it. OK, we’ve all heard the latest research that - counter to popular belief - having a baby often decreases marital satisfaction (at least for the first few years anyway). Lack of sleep, finding balance and feeling overwhelmed, all while living in...
Sh*tty Mom is insightful, honest and gives great tips on useful parenting subjects such as "How to Hand off the Newborn Who Just Filled a Diaper." It's being called "hysterical" and even "criminally funny." I don't get it. Why call it anything but, "about f*cking time"?
(For the mom standing...
In addition to being stressed about, well, pretty much everything when I was a new mom, nothing stressed me out more than sleep. My baby not sleeping, my husband not sleeping and certainly me not sleeping! Adding to this stress was the fact that I lived in a NYC city apartment building and was...
If you have ever been in a room full of new moms with their infants, you know what a "tough crowd" is: ladies who haven't slept in at least four months can be difficult customers to please. Luckily, the trusted brand Britax can keep even the teething-est of babies--and their mommies--happy with...
Welcome to our Meet the Experts blog! We have found that we have been lucky enough to really get to know all the wonderful and talented speakers, writers and experts that are part of Mommybites. In addition to speaking and writing about their areas of expertise, they also have incredible...
Welcome to our new Meet the Experts weekly blog! We have found that we have been lucky enough to really get to know all the wonderful and talented speakers, writers and experts that are part of Mommybites. In addition to speaking and writing about their areas of expertise, they also have...
By Renee Sullivan, parent coach, fellow mom and director & founder of babybites support groups
What do you miss from your pre baby days - Sleeping in? Impromptu evenings out? Relaxing vacations? Making sure we get our much-needed breaks to do something nice for ourselves is of utmost...
