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,...

Sherri and Tom Milley, parents of three school-aged children, may never have to listen to their kids complain about doing their homework again. Why? They negotiated a plan with their children’s school, which legally exempts their children from having...

Do your kids get a student handbook at the beginning of the school year containing a code of conduct? One eighth-grader in Ohio found out the hard way that administrators take those pages of rules seriously.   According to AOL News, the boy is serving...

If your teeth are a yellowish yuck or a grimy gray, you still have time to transform them into pearly whites before the December holidays with Crest Whitestrips Advanced Seals, a new, 14-day teeth whitening system with an adhesive that lets you...

What it is: Leapfrog was right on the money when they created these customizable talking pups My Pal Scout and My Pal Violet. These superdogs have single-handedly expanded my 2yo Jack’s vocabulary to include things like edamame,  alpaca and...

It’s been awhile since I’ve written, but this story is too big to keep from my fellow parents.  It’s good to be back!   Notice anything missing from your local grocer’s freezer lately?  I have.  They live to the left of the toaster streudel and to...