Words of Encouragement for New Bloggers

Being a new blogger sucks. At least it did for me. I didn’t know my ass from my elbow when I started blogging. I thought I’d publish an adorable blog and important editors would come running…[read more]

10 Degrees of Mom-Sad

Ah motherhood, what a bittersweet gig. How do I feel the desperate pangs of mom-sad? Let me count the ways.

7 Reasons I Don’t Want My Kid to Start A Blog

There’s a whole bevy of things I fear as a mother: 1. Teen pregnancy 2. Pedophiles 3. Fast food play areas 4. My kid getting lost 5. Drug and alcohol abuse 6. My kid starting a blog I know, I know, starting a blog probably shouldn’t rank alongside pedophiles and drug abuse, but…[read more]

25 Things Every Kid Should Experience

Want to give your child the quintessential childhood experience? Look no further than these 25 activities.

18 Blog Pet Peeves You’ll Totally Want to Avoid

Attracting readers is hard work and with a quadrillion blogs out there, our readers can be as discriminating as they want to be. Enough peeves and POOF! It’s on to the next blog. Check out these 18 Blog Pet Peeves You’ll Totally Want to Avoid.

Let Your Kids Catch You Doing These 12 Things

If the fact that children learn by example freaks you out a little, join the club. As a habitual yeller and freaker-outer in times of high stress, I’ve come to realize that I’m a little lazy in the “leading by example” department. Seeing my kids…[read more]

5 Things My Kid Hates That I Blogged About

Uh oh. The time has come for Boy Wonder and I to develop some blogging rules. Check out our new rules and the 5 things he’s still a little irritated that I blogged about here.

15 Things Not to Say To The Mom of a Large Family

“Don’t you know what causes that?” and 14 more things you can’t believe the public has the nerve to say!

I Just Spent My Life Savings on Portraits

First of all, if you’re a Mommyfriend subscriber, I apologize for the blank post you just received with this title. WordPress is screwing with me. Now on with the post… So what if I have to work until the day I die to afford these pictures? With prints as cute as these, I’d be happy […]

Bloggers’ Tips for Avoiding Blog Burnout

Blog, blog, blog, blah, blah, blah. If you’ve ever felt so totally over your blog, check out these tips from your fellow bloggers to extinguish the dreaded flames of blog burnout.