Introducing a new voice on MOMformation: a single, working mom trying to juggle career, dating, motherhood and creative pursuits.

So says Chrissy Schilling, a new mom who recently feasted on placenta pasta and placenta sandwiches two days after giving birth to a baby girl. “The energy levels I had before and after the

Finally ordered a new camera! It’s on its way. In the meantime, baby pictures! Oh, look at my sweet baby’s face. I’m getting misty-eyed. Violet was excited to go to school today; it’s...

When it comes to parenting, slow is the new Baby Einstein. A slow parenting movement, partially inspired by the books, The Power of Slow: Finding Balance and Fulfillment Beyond the Cult of Speed,...

It’s amazing what a few fresh croissants, dipped in hot chocolate, can do for the psyche. More amazing still, is being shown, by a grown up, how to pick up a large sugar cube with your fingers,...

Who let the dogs in the library? Several national, volunteer-based programs, designed to improve literacy rates in America, provide registered therapy dogs to schools and libraries to serve as cuddly, furry, nonjudgmental listeners. The results prove...

There’s an unofficial code among students at my son’s school that you can ask somebody about the grade he got on a test, but only if you’re willing to reveal your own grade first. (Now, of course, the person being asked can still decline to answer,...

Do you like freebies? Of course, you do. Which is a good thing because, starting tomorrow, I’m going to post a giveaway a day for at least a week, maybe longer. It seems as if companies want to get their products into your hands–the hands of...

There’s some honest talk about depression and parenting going on over at Momversation. In the spirit of jumping on the crazy wagon, I do have a few things to add to the conversation. I know what depression is, simply because sixty percent of the...

I’m not big on surprises, but that moment in the delivery room almost four years ago when the doctor announced the sex of our new baby will go down in history as one of the most amazing of my entire life. A girl. A daughter. So many things flashed...