My Family Blog

by Stacie Lewis posted in Mom Stories In ten days my daughter, May, will undergo major hip surgery. Not a hip replacement of the kind your granny had. Complete reconstructive surgery. And so – in short – I can’t handle writing for BabyCenter at the moment. The surgery is a complication of her brain damage [...]

We all watched in horror and disbelief as a huge tornado ripped through the Oklahoma City suburbs, with the confirmed death toll at 51 people, including 20 children. As parents struggle to process the news, it’s hard to know what to say about this tragic event to our kids. We talked to Russell T. Jones, [...]

by Erin Lane posted in Mom Stories I’m a crier. I always have been. Every emotion that comes out of my body typically ends up being manifested through tears. Sad? Obviously. Angry? Stupid tears leak out every time. Happy? Oh yeah, I cry then too. My husband, on the other hand, is not a crier. [...]

by Betsy Shaw posted in Mom Stories A tornado, reported to be 20 miles long and 1 1/4 miles wide, touched down in Moore, Oklahoma yesterday, devastating entire neighborhoods and taking lives. Most recent reports confirm that 24 people have been killed. An apparent 60 of the 240 people injured so far are said to [...]

We all watched in horror and disbelief as a huge tornado ripped through the Oklahoma City suburbs, with the confirmed death toll at 51 people, including 20 children. As parents struggle to process the news, it’s hard to know what to say about this tragic event to our kids. We talked to Russell T. Jones, [...]

by BabyCenter Staff posted in Mom Stories We want to thank all of you who supported the Global Mom Relay. Between International Women’s Day and Mother’s Day, the United Nations Foundation and a group of partners harnessed the power of moms and social media by bringing together thought leaders from all over the globe to join a [...]

by Dina Freeman posted in Mom Stories I’m ashamed to say that I didn’t know much about preeclampsia before the much-talked-about episode of Downton Abbey aired earlier this year in the U.S. (spoiler alert for those who aren’t caught up yet!) This is pretty scary, given the fact that I’ve given birth to two children [...]

by Nicole Mabry posted in Mom Stories Moms are full of advice for their children. Some call it mother wit. Some call it mother wisdom. Some call it what was she thinking? Here is some of the best and worst advice from the mothers of our Bargain Hunters group members. The good: Think before you [...]

by BabyCenter Guest Blogger posted in Life & Home This guest post is brought to you by our friends at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Remember the happiness you felt when you first held your baby? Was your next thought “Now what?” Keeping your baby safe was likely one concern. Do you know [...]

by Betsy Shaw posted in Mom Stories If this were the motherhood Olympics, the U.S. medal count would be zero. Sweden, surprise, would be winning–ranked second behind Finland on Save the Children’s State of the World’s Mothers (SOWM) report Mother’s Index, which lists the best and worst places to be a mom, and tying with [...]