Mamapedia Voices highlights selected writers from up-and-coming mom bloggers to well-known mom experts.
Commercials make nursing look sweet, cozy and downright spiritual. Sometimes, it may actually feel like that — and sometimes you’ll be sweaty and exhausted, your nipples will bleed and you’ll silently promise your kid a future pony if he’ll just LATCH already. Nursing is different for every mom and different every day. We talked to real moms about how they’ve made the process work for them…. More
Henry babbled as a baby. He met all his milestones early but at some point unclear to me things got quiet. He said, “ball” for a week and then said it no more. He said, “hi” a month later and then silence. I searched within the “goos” and “gagas” for some meaning or code I could solve in order to communicate with my son. As the months went on, the unanswered questions piled up like dirty laundry in my brain. Will he ever talk? Is he autistic? Will I ever hear him call me “mama,” or tell me he loves me in return?… More
It’s rare to be able to track a parenting trend back to one person, but there’s no doubt that Yale professor Amy Chua is to thank for the rise of the tiger mom — or at least, the rise of that name. Her 2011 book, “The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,” sparked a worldwide debate: does being hard on your kids help or hurt them?… More
I’m not going to lie, I used to judge people who made their own ice cream. They were right up there with people who knitted their own clothing and built all the furniture in their house with their own two hands. Maybe I’m just jealous of their Pinterest perfect ways, but I just didn’t want to be part of their group. Until one day I went over to a friend’s house for a play date and their five year old daughter whipped up some homemade ice cream for us. Seriously. FIVE YEARS OLD. So being the competitive person that I am, I gave it a go myself. And now I am hooked. I will never buy store bought ice cream again. Seriously. Why? Just read through these recipes and you will understand and become inspired. Guaranteed…. More
Summer is well upon us which means all sorts of excitement: hot weather, flip flops, pools, vacations, beaches, parks – the list goes on and on! Unfortunately, there is one pitfall to summer: the summer slide. I’m not talking about that playground slide that is ALWAYS too hot (why can’t these be produced in a different material that isn’t potentially butt burning?) but the fact that most students lose some of what they’ve learned over the school year during the summer. Expert Laura Reber, founder and CEO of Chicago Home Tutor, is here to share some concrete tips for avoiding the summer slide, and encouraging summer learning no matter your child’s age…. More
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