It has happened several times each year my kids have been in pre-school.  I receive the dreaded “head lice alert” email from the school director, and immediately freak!

As a little girl, I never had lice, but just the thought of it kept me up at night. Not much has changed! If you’re looking to avoid these gross unwanted hair-guests, here are some lice prevention tips for you. [Read more…]

I grew up in the ‘burbs of NYC, and in the whole of my 18 years there the number of hours we were without power could be counted on my fingers.

In areas less developed, or with more challenging terrain, Moms need to be prepared for a long-term power outage!  The good news is, with just a little planning and a small budget, you can dramatically improve your family’s comfort and safety during a nasty storm. [Read more…]

Should Moms teach kids to share or take turns?

Knowing I am from New Jersey may help you appreciate that I speak my mind, and I’ll lay it on the line. “Sharing” is simply the most abused term in parenting today. [Read more…]

So I’m going to be honest–nursing is the doorway for Mother Nature to play some fun games with your boobs!  Let me state for the record, that nursing is absolutely, positively worth it… regardless of any cosmetics effects on your appearance.  The baby comes first!  But in my experience, women with small boobs who hoped they would get bigger permanently after nursing sadly returned down to their small size, only saggier and more deflated looking.  And we women who were well-endowed to begin with, and hoping for smaller breasts after nursing?  We all ended up LARGER!  Consider it the ultimate post-nursing paradox, and the final joke Mother Nature will play on Moms everywhere.