After two years of sticking close to home, my kid doesn’t want to go out again. His “happy place” is now our living room.

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When my partner and I were trying for our second kid, I went through a roller coaster of emotions. Looking back, I wish someone had taken me under their wing and showed me how to navigate what I was feeling without feeling guilty about what I was feeling.

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Long before I ever became a mom, I made a promise to myself: I would never speak negatively about my body in front of my kids.

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Most likely, we already have items in our homes that don’t require extra cash and will keep small kids entertained.

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Throughout the years, I’ve confided in my friends about my son’s two falls – and most had similar stories. Yet no one seems to talk about this ever.

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We know exactly what you’re thinking: You really don’t want to get a minivan, but it just seems so convenient. You’ve also got your eye on those three-row SUVs, which might be just as good as a minivan without the soccer mom feel. So what exactly are the main differences between the two?

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Before I became a mother myself, I’d often ask the courteous questions one is supposed to ask, including the one about how it was all going. The answers were all relatively the same.

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Why is it I have to pretend I’m frolicking through gumdrop fields?

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Toddlers are finicky creatures, and they’ll stress us out about dozens of things a day, if not more. Don’t let the veggie battle — a battle you cannot win — be one of them.

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When I was first pregnant, I was determined to have a mostly natural birth after reading lots of scary things about inductions. Fast-forward to two kids and two inductions later, and I've learned a lot. Here are four things I thought would happen if I were induced... that totally did NOT.

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