A dear friend and fellow mommy recently asked me if the winter weather made my eczema flare-up, as her daughter’s eczema has. I told her that heat and humidity were my Achilles heel for my eczema. Cold weather has...
I’m going to be really honest about something - I was really scared of being pregnant because I was terrified that I would gain a lot of weight. When we found out we were having twins, that fear only...
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My second pregnancy was officially kicking me in the butt. I generally felt bigger, and felt bigger sooner, compared to the first time around. And as a stay at home mom...
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I'm sure all of us can finish the sentence "You know you're a tired mom if. . ." with something outrageous that's happened due to lack of sleep. The average parent loses...
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When people ask me about my childbirth experiences, I tell them about how when I gave birth to my first baby it took a long time; it involved tearing, lots...
So you have a new baby, and while you expected there to be a period of recovery while your body heals from the birth (or just from the sheer exhaustion of those early days), you probably didn't expect your...
To panic or not to panic? Menlo Park pediatrician Margaret Miller, MD, of Burgess Pediatrics, tackles a hot summer topic: Lyme disease.
As a parent, there are so many health threats that we vaguely hear about from others. Some...
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As mothers, we devote so much of ourselves to our families that it's almost too easy to ignore a cosmetic or medical issue that's been bothering us. Are we being selfish...
Any mom who openly refers to their adorable child by using an expletive is my people. I love moms online and in my everyday life who discuss their struggles, their (slight?) dependency on alcohol and their (sometimes?) desire to...
Your baby is finally sleeping well, but are you? Many parents struggle with sleeplessness themselves. Often we never had the greatest sleep habits, but we didn’t notice until we became parents. Sleep feels so much more vital to our...
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