Did you all have a happy Mother’s Day? Mine was pretty good: pancakes and handmade cards and sticky hugs, followed by all the usual sibling squabbles, house-trashing and running out of milk and patience. Life with little ones isn’t exactly a day at the spa, you know? But I didn’t think much of it until... read more

In a beautifully heartfelt, honest and powerful op-ed for The New York Times, actress and six-time mama Angelina Jolie reveals her decision to undergo a double mastectomy: motherhood. The star, mom to Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Vivienne and Knox, details that she carries the  “faulty” gene, BRCA1, which sharply increases her... read more

Moms are amazing! And not just at being moms. We know plenty of mothers who are also savvy innovators and businesswomen, and we're in awe of what they do! We're getting up close and personal with them and finding out their secrets to success in our new Inspiring Mompreneur series. First up, Julie Pickens, CEO and... read more

In a recent report issued by the Save the Children's State of the World's Mothers (the first global analysis of newborn day-of-death data), yearly, more than 1 million babies pass away on the day they are born. The findings in the report also feature information from the Save the Children's Mother's Index,... read more

Could supplementing formula for baby boost breastfeeding rates among new moms? According to the latest study, researchers say yes! The small study, published in the journal Pediatrics suggests that giving newborns a little bit of formula actually helps boost breastfeeding rates because the formula "primer" may help give new moms the... read more

Happy (almost) Mother's Day! So, who REALLY gets to celebrate Mother's Day and all of its wonderfulness? Is there a rule? (I have a cat, does that count?) Our Bumpies on the November 2013 Birth Month Board share their thoughts on whether or not expecting mommies should take part in the Mom's Day festivities!... read more

Mother's Day is just around the river bend -- and what better way to mark the moment you became a mom than by traveling back in time to revisit each milestone in your adventure? While the kids make presents, your partner preps Sunday morning brunch and you celebrate all the ways those little hands and... read more

This sponsored post was written by Deirdre Bell of Boba Inc. Boba designs products whose innovative features and intelligent design remove obstacles and make babywearing easy and fun. Babywearing keeps baby close, warm, protected, and attached. At the same time, it gives you the freedom to live your life without leaving your baby... read more

A recent study published in JAMA Psychiatry found that a link exists between the flu in pregnancy and the instance of Bipolar disorder found in infants.

Researchers at the Columbia University Medical Center studied 814 moms-to-be, and shows that infection made bipolar disorder four times more likely for baby. Though the overall risk for...

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The Huggies TweetPee, a little sensor created by Ogilvy Brazil, attaches to baby's diaper and syncs to an app on your iPhone. Every time baby goes number 1 (and, okay fine, number two), the app will tweet directly at you, letting you know what's up with baby's derriere. The device knows to detect pee because... read more