image source I never had to give birth through cesarean section, but I've had ovarian cysts removed. I know that the incision is at the same place. So, I had my surgery back in July and sometimes the scar really bothe…

Guest Post by Mama TRUE Cavanaugh is starting school next week and I am teeter-tottering between tears and anxiety, while telling myself that worry is a time-waster, that I can’t predict what will happen. Still, the te…

image source You know those cute holiday photo cards featuring the kids or the entire family? Do any of you readers send these out? What photo sites/services do you recommend? We've received recommendations for some o…

Guest post from Baby Bump Blog MyRegistry.com loves seeing the stars out and about with their children instead of always handing them off to the nanny. Check out the fun these celebs are having swinging and sliding in th…

Guest post from If Evolution Really Works... I wasn’t planning on writing any post tonight. Instead, I sat and read through countless posts in my google reader. I wish I could remember which blog I saw this on: What…

Guest post by MommyWizdom image source I love going to Fall and Winter fairs. At one particular fair I once attended there was a mom and daughter team selling I can't remember what. As their way of enticing you to…

Ed's note: Our friends at Dollarish recently posted about who should pay for college -student or their parents. Take a look at the post below and share your thoughts. Our recent Ten Ways to Pay for College post got a…

Image SourceLetting your children do some chores around the house is a good thing! It makes them more responsible and it helps you get some of your work off your plate right? So how soon would you get them started? We st…

Image SourceYes, it is that time once again. I am having one of those days where the entire family (including the dog) is on my nerves. This shall be the family edition of things I wish people understood. As always, my…

Guest Post by Baby Bump BlogWhile it was extremely convenient that Jenna Elfman found out she was expecting her second child just as she started filming Accidentally on Purpose, a sitcom about a woman (played by Jenna) w…

Image SourceIt is the day of togetherness! A day to be spent in the company of family and friends. A day for warmth and love, and a day to renew ties with everyone that we love! We all have so much to be thankful for thi…

Image Source My parents were divorced by the time I was three-years-old. After the divorce my mom moved from New Hampshire to New Jersey and my father moved to Maine. By the time I was five they had both remar…

It's a fact that the earth has limited resources. It is also a fact that the earth's population is growing exponentially faster with each passing year. Whether you choose to believe that our world can hold only a billi…

Are you that model parent who never loses it? Or have you lost your cool and yelled at your child? Do you ever argue with your kids? Have you ever had a parental tantrum?Image SourceWhen my son was born I looked around a…

Post by Baby Bump Blog First of all -who's definitely pregnant: Kelly Kapowski (aka Tiffani Theissen) is preggers! Congratulations to Tiffani and her hubby Brady Smith on the exciting news! The couple, who have been ma…

Image SourceWhile perusing the internet yesterday I came across an article on MSN about a crib recall. I just wanted to take a moment to put some information here on Momaroo just in case any of you out there have this…

Image SourceShould parents be worrying about their young children having “boyfriends” and “girlfriends?” The other day, P1AutismMom@autisable wrote a post titled, It's In The Library Under "S" and it got me thinking…

Image SourceThe other day my mom grandma and I were enjoying a nice quiet meal at a casual restaurant. That is until a family with 5 children arrived. My mom and grandma instantly braced themselves, ready for our nice…

Guest post from Tu Tu's Bliss Thank you for all your amazing two cents. Hopefully, with all your advice Princess will look more relaxed in next year's school picture! Many of you have asked about her teacher. She and her…

Guest post by The Mommy Mambo! I love to bake. Cookies, pies, cakes, desserts of all kinds. I don't much care for cooking dinner unless I have the time and energy to try some new exquisite dish. But I love to BAKE! T…

image source When Brian was about 7 years old he approached me one evening with "The Question." Oh no!! Dad is not home from work yet. It's ok, calm down. Fully prepared with a library of age-appropriate books…

Image Source Recently a good friend of mine gave birth to two beautiful and healthy twin girls. After I found out she was pregnant I was so excited and curious about every step of the pregnancy. As weeks turned i…

The kind folks at Finian's Rainbow, the newest family-friendly show on Broadway, are offering a special discount on tickets! Now through December 20 get $59 tickets (Tues-Fri) and $75 tickets (Sat & Sun)! Cl…

Image SourceChildhood obesity is a hot topic and a real concern in America these days. The problem is only growing and health officials and parents alike have been debating about what course of action to take in both pr…

Guest post from Baby Bump Blog No word yet on whether Kourtney has taken any of our suggestions for her baby registry, but here's what we did find on her registries at Bel Bambini and Babies "R" Us (we guess no one t…

Image SourceTutu's Bliss recently wrote a post about Kindergarten - here and this got me thinking.My son Cheeky goes to Kindergarten. He has been a happy go lucky kid who enjoys school. Last year he went to Pre-k and had…

Image Source When my son was a baby, I'd hold him close and just breathe him in. I could spend hours doing nothing except holding him in my arms, watching his perfect face, eye lids twitching in his dreams, and inhale…

Image Source"Normal adoption"-to many, that right there is an oxymoron. The conventional family is obviously biologically related, I'm aware. But I'm not really trying to address absolute normalcy, what I'm tackling is s…

Guest post by Baby Bump Blog Since learning that Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi is expecting her first child in late March/early April of next year, we haven't been able to stop thinking about the perfect food-centric items…

A guest post by Mommy WizdomImage SourceToday was a hectic day. BG and I were in the car, driving around, running errands. BG was in a good mood - I think she enjoys the mommy-and-me time. Anyway, we had run several…

image source I heard for years that buying a fake Christmas tree was better for the environment for so many reasons. Obvious ones being the sheer horror of cutting down a beautiful tree and watching it die in our front…

Guest post from Tu Tu's Bliss It's time for Two Cents Tuesday. This is the day you can dish out all that great advice no one has the good sense to ask you for. Bring it on! Need some advice? Ask and you shall receive.…

Image Source Have you ever been in the presence of a crying baby and just could not for the life of you figure out what was wrong or what baby needed? A few years ago I baby-sat for a six-month-old who would cry b…

We recently stumbled upon the super cute DIY blog of Jaime and Jacinda, the two super crafty mamas behind Prudent Baby. We totally love their fun and easy craft ideas for leftover baby food jars! Here are a few of the on…

This Friday night I was able to get together for a dear girlfriend for margaritas and then working on our babybooks at Barnes & Nobles until all hours of the night....that was good because my son is 14 months old and…

Guest Post By A Little Tipsy I am a hypocrite. It's true. A few months ago I wrote this post about Toddler TV time and its relation to ADD. Did you know that their chances of having ADD and trouble in school incr…

Guest Post By Baby Bump Blog Intentional or not, celebrity parents act as walking billboards for their favorite baby gear. MyRegistry.com takes a look at the baby gear picks of the stars.Halle Berry demonstrates the easy…

Image Source When working with little ones I always find myself talking in a high-pitched, to even a “cooey” voice (the latter being reserved for infants). My problem with this is that I do it for about six hours a da…

image source One of my best friends has invited me and my husband to be present during the ceremony where she and her husband will dedicate their daughter to God. I am extremely honored that they want us to share this…

Image SourceMy son C is in Kindergarten. I received a call earlier this week about concern about him having speech problems. I had never really thought about it. I can understand him. When I sat and thought about it thou…

A Day in Rhonda's Lifeimage source These are the things I have learned from my kids:Livvy's squeaky little voice is probably enough to make other people's ears bleed, but to me it fills my heart and and rocks my world!N…

Image SourceI was introduced to the magical world of Walt Disney as a young child. I would devour all the Disney tales in whatever form I could get them. I loved the books and the movies, the clothes and the games, anyth…

Image SourceI had some bad experiences with pets as a young child. After our love bird died and a cat that ran away and had me pushing away my food for a while, I grew up without a pet. However my 5 yr old son seemed to…

Image SourceFor a few weeks now our little girl has been able to hear us. (We found out at a wedding dance that she either really hates Justin Timberlake or really likes him. My husband is hoping for the former.) There…

Image Source When I was a kid bedtime was a nightmare! I REFUSED to sleep alone. My mother either had to stay in my room with me until I was sound asleep or I needed to be in my parents’ bed or at the very least on th…

Image SourceI remember standing in the stroller aisles and eying the myriad range of strollers with intent suspicion. The perfect stroller seems to have always eluded me. I had a travel system when I first had my baby…

Image Source How much television is too much? I have baby-sat in households where TV is limited to an hour a day and households where a two-year-old was simultaneously watching cartoons on the TV and a movie on a p…

image source My husband and I are expecting our first child, a sweet little girl that will hopefully come sometime in early February. We are absolutely thrilled!When I was growing up my mom stayed at home with us three k…

Momversation recently featured the below video about miscarriages. The video is one of the most honest and straight up pieces we've seen on miscarriages. It's such a hard topic to discuss but the genuine sincerity and op…

I remember growing up and trying to buy my mom jewelry to express my love for her. My poor mother sweetly accepted the hideous "mom" jewelry I purchased from Service Merchandise (do you guys remember that store?) with a…

Image Source I consider myself a hardcore Lactivist, and yet I am formula-feeding my son. If I’m supposed to ‘lead by example’, I’m screwed.Last Friday night I was hit with a reality I didn’t see coming, though I should…

Guest post by MommyWizdom Can dogs get H1N1? What do you do with the bread loaf ends? Do you eat them? I wondered, when you get H1N1, how long are you contagious? What are the warning signs? And what should yo…

Image Source I have been reading with interest, a couple posts lately on "Momaroo" about breastfeeding and formula feeding. Some heated comments, some hurt feelings, people being annoyed at the topics, some very p…

(via Ohdeedoh, Food on a String game -quick, easy, cheap and fun for the kids!) Looking for inexpensive and easy game ideas to play with your children or the families you baby-sit for? Look no further! As a nanny I…

I love babies so much. I'd have one if I didn't have things to do like finish school and get married... Either way, one of my favorite things ever about babies is.. baby Halloween costumes!!! They are just the cutest th…

Even celebrities need to get where they're going safely, and if there's a baby involved, that means investing in a high quality car seat. MyRegistry.com takes a look at the car seat choices of the rich and famous.

Image Source Each and every day brings me closer to you. I'm so excited to hold you for the first time, look into your eyes...will I see my own looking back at me? I'm so excited for the first time I will see you smile…

Image SourceAs mentioned in my “About Me” I’m of Egyptian origin, and I’m also a Muslim. I lived my childhood growing up in the United States, so I was a minority, but the way my parents raised me never made me feel diff…

Image Source What do you do when your child begins to bite and/or pinch? The answer to this question may vary depending on the age of the child as well as your parenting style. It seems that almost all children go…

image source Hi Momaroo Readers! We received an anonymous post from a fellow mom asking for our readers' favorite easy-to-make meals for their families... I know all you moms have been in this situation before, so…

With the abundance of celebrities expanding their families in recent years, Los Angeles may soon become notorious for its stroller traffic. Let's take a look at the wheels of the stars: Bob Revolution Single Strol…

Image Source There are 114,000 children in foster care waiting to be adopted in the United States. Almost half of these children are ages eight to 17. While every child wants a permanent home with a loving parent, that…

Editor's note: We hope everyone had a very fun and happy Halloween! Although by now all the candy is gone, we thought we'd share one of the funniest posts we've seen in awhile with you all! Oh well! Our ghosts smell fe…

On more than one occasion I have found myself babysitting for a child when they happened to discover or perhaps, rediscover their genitalia. The first time this happened to me, I was watching a four-year-old boy and his…

The other day during a "discussion," my husband Matt made the statement that I put my children first in my life. I don't deny that, I absolutely do. When asked to define myself I always start with "mother" followed by…

post from Mama TrueMy son lay sobbing on the sun-room floor between our daybed and coffee table. If I tried to come near him, he kicked his feet and cried harder. His nanny was leaving and he didn’t want her to go. In fa…