How precious sleep is Yeah, yeah: Practically everyone and their mama tells you to enjoy sleep before you have a baby, but you never truly understand the complete and utter exhaustion that motherhood is until you're in the thick of it. Sleeping in? A thing of the past. Sleeping six hours straight? A cause for celebration.

There's crying and then there's postpartum crying, which produces the most intense tears a woman might ever experience in her life. It's as if someone has hijacked your body and brain. Here are five kinds of postpartum tears you'll shed like waterfalls: 1. The ‘OMG, I still look pregnant’ tears True story: I thought I was going to kill a man when one asked me when I was due days after I’d had my baby.

There’s a reason my ex-husband and I couldn’t make it work. We are very different, and while opposites attracted at first, it was difficult to keep the relationship going when we had some huge, fundamental differences about important things. You know, like parenting. He is completely incapable of compromise, which explains a lot about why we ultimately didn’t work out, and why it’s completely impossible to co-parent with him.

Whether moms use a bottle to feed Baby all of the time or some of the time, chances are they could use a few tips and tricks for making the whole feeding process a little easier — and a lot more efficient! That's why we've put together a list of mom-tested bottle-feeding hacks guaranteed to save time and effort. 1. Prep for bedtime There's nothing quite so torturous for sleep-deprived parents as fumbling to make a bottle in the dead of night.

In my pre-baby life, I passed a lot of judgments. There was a whole list of things I'd "never" do. I'd never lose my cool in a grocery store (LOL). I'd never allow my kids to have hours of screen time (LOL). And honestly, I swore I'd never kiss my kids on the lips. I don't have particularly strong memories of kissing my parents on the lips. We hugged, we kissed cheeks, but on the lips just wasn't my normal.

Sponsored by Disney’s "The Call of the Wild," starring Harrison Ford, in theaters February 21st. There’s something special about winter. Whether it’s the opportunity to build snowmen or drink endless cups of hot cocoa, the coldest months of the year can offer up lots of fun for families. Here are four family-friendly activities that will have moms, dads, and kiddos eager to keep the powdery party going. 1.

I remember the first time I ever drove my mom somewhere as a newly permitted driver in the state of California. I was 15 and had passed my written permit test, and had taken a full two hours of behind-the-wheel training from a licensed instructor. I was a little bit nervous but thought I was doing totally fine on the road. Apparently, my mom, who was sitting next to me in the passenger’s seat, thought differently. She made me pull over less than three blocks from our house and change seats.

For all the new moms out there, we wanted to remind you that you’re not alone in your most basic daily struggles. Sometimes it feels as if our babies are intentionally sabotaging us, right? Things that we think are supposed to come naturally sometimes just don’t, and that includes simple tasks like burping. If the baby doesn't burp after feeding, you might worry they’ll get a tummy ache and even lose a bit of their lunch.

No one truly gets how hard parenting is until they’re in the thick of it. There are so many good moments, but there are also so many moments that make you want to crawl under the covers and never come out. Here are five reasons why parenting is so hard: 1. The constant anxiety There’s no owner’s manual for parenting, and we are thrust into it in the blink of an eye, leading us to question every choice we make.

I have three kids, and they’re each five years apart. I wouldn’t change a thing about them, and I know everything worked out the way it should have. Yet, if I could do it all over again, I’d make one big change: I’d have my kids closer together. Here’s why: 1. Sleepless nights seem to last forever Getting no sleep with a baby but still having to wake up early to take your bigger kids to school is no joke.