Are you a sh*tty mom? Thought that would get your attention. It sure got mine when Today Show producers, Alicia Ybarbo and Mary Ann Zoellner sent me a copy of their new book, Sh*tty Mom: The Parenting Guide for the Rest of Us. They co-authored the book with Emmy nominated writer Laurie Kilmartin and journalist/bestselling […]
Category: Baby
Congratulations! The wait is over and your baby has arrived. As exciting as having a new baby is, we know how overwhelming the first year can be! You’re in luck because here you’ll find articles, videos and events on infant sleep, feeding, schedules, work/life balance, the effect a baby has on your relationships, how to find “you time,” developmental milestones, and more!
Is Breastfeeding Easier the Next Time Around?
You asked and you shall now receive. It’s only fair for us to share all of this stored up knowledge about a baby and what happens once the baby is born until they are no longer called a baby, but a toddler! We will now answer, in a very public forum, all of those burning […]
Biodiversity: What it is and Why it Matters!
Biodiversity is the variety of life: all the plants, animals and organisms and the ecosystems of which they are a part. A big definition, but it’s a big concept that is quite important to everyone that lives on the planet Earth. We all want our children to grow up and see all creatures great and […]
Appreciating the Stages We’re In
My baby started kindergarten this week (don’t tell him I called him that), which officiallymakes me a mom who is out of the pre-school/diaper/stroller period. Now I am decidedly in the homework/after-school/soccer mom phase. Before I know it, I’ll be in the sex/drugs/college applications stage. They say, “When your children are younger, every day feels […]
Diary of a New Green Mom: Progress, Not Perfection
When we last left New Green Mom, she was terrorizing her cleaning woman with non-toxic scrubbers and natural sponge-y cleaning products and lamenting her use and overuse of traditional, chemical-laden makeup and bath products. So did the cleaning lady ever abandon her trusted bleach in favor of the citrus-oil based bathroom cleaners? Will New Green […]
My Child Is So Different From Me… How Can I Relate?
On a recent walk with a few of my girlfriends, we were talking about how our children in some ways remind us so much of ourselves, but in other ways are so very different.
How Babies and Toddlers Are Impacted by Exposure to Violence and How to Help Them
It is easy to think that babies and toddlers are not affected by exposure to violence. After all, they may not be completely aware of what is happening around them. But this is a myth. Even if young children do not fully understand, they can feel the danger and the loss.
Mommas, Find Your Passion!
When we have kids everything changes, often including our careers and ambitions. Aftertwo kids, I no longer wanted to practice law. Even though leaving my job caused an economic shift in our family, after running the Brooklyn chapter of Mommybites for a few years I realized that I could combine my two greatest passions– motherhood […]