1. Because your toddler found the missing black Sharpie before you did.
2. Because even though your son is potty trained, he has terrible aim.
3. Because your daughter said that when it's sunny outside and she looks carefully, she can see your mustache.
4. Because when your 4-year-old wanted to...

If you've watched one too many MasterCard commercials and thought being a mom was "priceless," I'm here to tell you otherwise. This is America, folks. And in this country, we can (and we will!) put a dollar figure on everything -- including motherhood.

In fact, that's exactly what the...

"Remember, you're still you."

That was the parenting advice I heard given to a mother-to-be last week.

"You're still you."

I loved it. It was perfect. I wished someone had told it to me when I was a new mom. Because in the early days of being a parent,...

The morning it happened I had a cold and was getting over pinkeye. I also had a headache that inexplicably worsened every time I heard the word, "Mommy." I had a 2-month-old, 3-year-old and 5-year-old at the time, so I heard the word "Mommy" a lot.

After I picked...

I have three boys. My oldest son is almost 8 and my youngest recently turned 2. This means I've been waking up in the middle of the night for a very, very long time. Someone's thirsty. Someone else wet the bed. And someone else yet wants me to buy popsicles....

I'm a very big believer in making a lot of New Year's Resolutions every year. I've been doing it since I was a little girl. And, guess what? I no longer wear diapers or lose my retainer at school -- so yes, I've actually stuck to some of them over...

This morning, I watched my 5-year-old perform holiday songs with his classmates in his school auditorium. They sang. They laughed. They danced. They waved to their parents in the audience. And we waved back. They were so innocent. And so were we.

After my son's performance, I ducked out into...

January
On the sixth-floor maternity ward
Of a hospital called Lenox Hill,
Two new parents of one little girl
Paid a very big hospital bill.
They brought in their own security.
Their baby, they wanted to guard her.
Jay-Z and Beyoncé went...

All Cindy Kaplan had hoped for was a healthy baby. But when my friend and her husband met their 6-month-old son for the first time in an orphanage in Kazakhstan, he was dangerously underweight from severe malnourishment. "Jadyn was slowly dying. He wasn't going to live much longer," said Cindy....

The election is over, and there's a black hole that needs filling. Facebook pages all over this great land need updating. And not just any updates -- I'm talking about updates that make people sit up and take notice! Updates that take a stand! Updates that make your friends ask,...

If the Mayans were right about the apocalypse, I'm going to be really disappointed. For one, I just renewed my Costco membership and want my money's worth. And for another, I recently read an article about Suri Cruise. If the world is ending soon, it means that one of the...

They're territorial. Superheroes hate when outsiders invade their turf. And toddlers? One word: "Mine!"

My 4-year-old ran out of his room. There was toothpaste all over his shirt. His sneakers were on the wrong feet. And he was wearing jeans. It was 90 degrees outside, and the kid was wearing dark blue jeans. My toddler ran after him. His hair and shirt were wet.

I've wanted to be a badass for as long as I can remember. But the closest I ever came was in college, when I got my belly button pierced. Sadly, I had to remove the belly ring after only one day because it got infected. Three pregnancies later, my scar...

1. If you drive a car with a "My Kid's An Honor Roll Student" bumper sticker, do you need to carry proof?

2. What is it about getting into bed that makes children so thirsty?

3. Have toy manufacturers ever been to a grocery store? Do they know that...

When I first started blogging, I wrote "An Open Letter to My Sons."

If you are a mommy blogger (or a daddy blogger), there is a good chance you've written one of these letters. That's because there are a few posts that most parenting bloggers will write at...

On Tuesday, Devon Corneal wrote about flying with children right here in this very space.

"We know, before we ever step on a plane that the other passengers hate us," she said.

She's right.

In fact, a recent survey of every single person on the...

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1. The more time and effort put into decorating a nursery, the more likely that the baby will sleep in your room.

2. Things that don't wake a sleeping newborn: loud noises and bright lights. Things that do wake a sleeping newborn: sitting down to eat dinner.

3. Maybe they'll...

The posters are up. The trailer has been released. What To Expect When You're Expecting is going to be a movie. A movie. Like the kind you see in theaters.

When I first heard about it, I was confused. Was Morgan Freeman...