Life

Please give this mom a little more grace

When I have to nurse my baby in public, please allow me privacy. 

You’re still in there, mama

Long conversations, nights out with friends, date nights with partners, trips, seeing a new band, and you realize that who you were is still who you are. 

Your Baby Can Eat Spicy Food

And 4 other truths about your little one's first foods.

You’re not alone: 1/3 of moms experience mental health issues

According to a new survey by the BBC.

It’s science: 5 ways men can affect our pregnancies

We always knew you were important too, dad ?

The 20 lessons I’ve learned in 20 months of motherhood

9. Just like how I had to learn to ask for help, I had to learn to say no to people.

To the mama with the weight of the world on her shoulders

We have a strength inside of ourselves that is unique to mothers.

How to soothe your anxious child—and yourself, mama

3. Break the negative thought cycle

My child—you are worth it all

There are days of exhaustion and desperation. There are days that will leave you gasping for air and for the life you once knew.

I didn’t know everything would change—but I don’t miss the old me

I stopped missing the old me and embraced the new me.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle plan on starting a family ‘in the near future’

The future little royals will be lords or ladies, specifically Lord or Lady (insert adorable baby name) Mountbatten-Windsor.

Artifact Uprising Photo Album Giveaway!

And why this pretty album should be your go-to holiday gift.

This is what your knight in shining armor looks like in your 40’s

Love looks like me coming downstairs to a full pot of coffee every morning because coffee is love.

Birth is just the beginning

Your child’s whole life is in your hands. There is the promise of a future nestled in your arms. And not just that baby’s future, but yours, too.

Why some moms feel ‘touched out’—and how to fix it

I couldn’t take a single second more of anyone being in physical contact with me. I was touched out.

It’s science: Drinking coffee is *actually* good for your health

According to British researchers, coffee consumption is associated with lower rates of cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, stroke, certain cancers and liver disease.

It’s science: only children are more likely to be creative thinkers

Growing up solo leads to measurable differences in brain development that makes only children think differently than kids with siblings.

Selma Blair has an important message for single moms—you don’t have to do this alone

“It wasn’t until I accepted some help that I could just flourish as a mom,” says Blair.