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I’m the friend who had kids first. Here’s what I wish my other friends had known

Understand that your mama friend still needs you.

Baby Milestones

Starting solids? Don’t miss the ‘flavor window’

From purees to Pad Thai: An expert shares how and when to introduce bold flavors to your budding foodie.

Motherly Stories

Is it really true that we’re ‘only as happy as our least happy child?’

Does our joy have a threshold that is set by our children’s situation?

Motherly Stories

Birdwatching unexpectedly helped me find peace in motherhood

It’s a welcome change for our eyes to focus on nature. The only screen we see at that moment is the one between the window glass and the world.

Motherly Stories

It’s OK if you don’t go to every sports game

We are parents, not superheroes. We cannot be in multiple places at the same time. We cannot do all things or be all things. 

Motherly Stories

5 things to know about introducing solids, from a mom in the midst

Food introduction isn’t always a straight line.

Motherly Stories

How shared custody prepared me for college drop-off

I stood there alone amidst the towering redwood trees waiting for the grief to hit. It didn’t.

Motherly Stories

The pulse of a mother’s postpartum anxiety

I cannot make it stop, for all the things I’ve tried, it will not stop.

Motherly Stories

3 beautiful things I didn’t expect when breastfeeding my toddlers

After Rumer Willis shared a photo of herself breastfeeding her toddler, the internet had… thoughts. People have a lot to say about this perfectly natural choice—but here’s what you might not be prepared for.

Motherly Stories

How moms and daughters can close the investing gender gap together

Recent Greenlight data shows that 61% of dads and boys say they're interested in investing, compared to only 42% of moms and girls.