I was the executive editor at Honey when I got the call from a colleague: Parenting magazine was looking for an editor and if I was interested in the position, he’d put in a word for me. I enjoyed editing profiles and fashion stories about Mary J. Blige, Nia Long and Beyonce at Honey, a now-defunct entertainment magazine for young women of color, but I was also a young mom of two little girlpies, and the idea of working at a magazine that celebrated babies and mothers—and respected working moms by letting them actually see their kids at night—was intriguing.
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I forgot how hard this was. Even when you know it could be worse? It’s still hard. Take a look at this picture from Christmas. Do you see what those eyes and those dark circles underneath are saying? They’re saying I AM SOOOOOO TIIIIIIIIIREDDDDD.
With 2011 coming to a close, YouTube’s official blog is taking a step back to reflect on the most-watched videos that had the world talking, sharing, and hitting replay.
When 25-year-old Adel Charles drove herself to her last pre-birth check-up, she crossed and fingers and hoped for everything to go smoothly. When the mom-to-be left her clinic, she got bad news of a completely different kind. According to Scotland’s This Is Croydon Today, the police officer writing her a ticket saw her coming out of the clinic but gave her the ticket, saying she should’ve “waddled faster.”
One of the best ways to get a gauge on the buzziest topics of the year is to see what people searched for online. Who had the most popular baby bump in 2011 according to search engines?
Plus: Weirdest Celebrity Baby Names
Thanks to the flashy and unexpected debut of her belly at the MTV Video Music Awards, Beyonce topped the list of most-searched-for pregnant celebs, according to Yahoo!. Here’s the rest of the list:
What are your earliest memories, and how old were you? The conventional wisdom is that kids can’t remember much before age 3 or 4. However, a new study indicates that some children have the ability to recall events that happened as early as age 2.
Plus: Study Says at Least 2 Years Between Kids Makes Them Smarter
On April 13 and 14, 2012, KMT The Learning Group presents, Child Development & Learning, a two day conference with internationally recognized child development experts Dr. Gabor Mate and Dr. Gordon Neufeld. Joining Dr. Mate on stage, Jennifer Kolari, best-selling author of Connected Parenting: How to Raise a Great Kid, and You’re Ruining my Life, (But Not Really) will help address and respond to tough issues surrounding, ADHD/ADD, Bullying, Attachment Base Theory, Parenting and much more.
It’s time for my yearly parenting resolution. Of course there are fifty things I could and should make resolutions about but I try to stick to one per year in order to keep myself from feeling like a complete and utter failure. I have resolution ADD and can barely keep my brain focused on one goal, let alone fifty.
This year, as a mom, I’ve decided to focus on food.
I realize the yuletide dust has barely settled (we’re still in our Christmas pajamas here) but I want to poll you guys quickly on the gift-giving-to-your-kids’-peeps thing. It’s something I like to obsess about every year—did I give enough? too much? was my gift appropriate?—and, because I’m still thinking about it, I’d love to know where you all stand. And where you draw the gift-giving line.
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration is issuing an important warning for all parents and caregivers regarding the potential for dosing errors when giving liquid acetaminophen to infants.
