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Midlife Crisis Shoes

Holly Robinson | Posted 11.28.2009 | Style

Read More: Motherhood, Women, Midlife Crisis, Fashion, Shoes, High Heels, Mothering, El Naturalista, Ecco, Espradilles, Joy Chen, Footwear, Crocs, Merrills, Style News
Holly Robinson

With four kids in college and one in junior high, it's high time for my midlife crisis. Shoes are cheaper than a boob job, a tummy tuck, or a new car.

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Athlete Mom

Laura Pappano | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Candace Parker, Kim Clijsters, Working Mothers, Keri Walsh, Athlete Moms, Motherhood, Misty May-Treanor, Moms, Living News
Laura Pappano

As working moms playing gold-medal-worthy competitive beach volleyball in bitsy bikinis, Treanor-May and Walsh may just be giving the rest of us a little more room to move.

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Hips (and Belly and Butt and Thighs) Don't Lie

Meredith Lopez | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Low-Cal Dieting, Prenatal Health, Prenatal Yoga, Yoga, Health, Cardio, Fitness, Pilates, Motherhood, Weight Loss, Baby Weight, Weight Loss After Baby, Low-Carb Dieting, Living News
Meredith Lopez

I spent most of 2007 feeling pretty spectacular about myself. For the first time in my life, I had a flat stomach and thighs that didn't rub together when I wore skirts or dresses. Then I got pregnant.

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Live On Stage: Moms Tell All

Heather Cabot | Posted 11.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Theatre, The Well Mom, Heather Cabot, Moms, Mom-Bloggers, Drug Addiction, Women, Twitter, Children, Family Care International, Theater, Motherhood, Facebook, Babies, Gender, Living News
Heather Cabot

Through a series of new stage productions in New York and elsewhere, mom bloggers and tweeters will step into the spotlight and tell motherhood like it is to a live audience.

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Female Alcoholics: Their Secret Lives

wellness.com | Elizabeth Weise | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Alcoholics, Women, Mental Health, Women's Issues, Women's Health, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Alcoholic, Motherhood, Alcohol Abuse, Binge Drinking, Drinking, Addiction & Recovery, Living News

The numbers are troubling: An estimated 17.6 million adults in the USA are either alcoholics or have alcohol problems, according to the National Insti...

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A Mom's One Wish: Make Their Future Better

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Raising Children, Health Care, Weddings, Motherhood, Marriage, Living News
Marlene H. Phillips

At a wedding your mind wanders across some pretty deep territories, like life, love, and the passage of time.

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What's So Scary About Home Birth?

Amie Newman | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Women's Rights, Out-of-Hospital-Birth, Natural Childbirth, Reproductive Rights, RH Reality Check, Women's Health, Reproductive Health, Motherhood, Home Birth, Midwifery, Childbirth, Cpms, Cnms, Living News
Amie Newman

The Today Show presents homebirth as an option to be feared, but that's only because the unknown is often a scary venture. If you listen to women's experiences, It doesn't have to be that way.

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One Vibrant Life

Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Motherhood, Aging, Wisdom, Love, Dying, Death & Dying, Death, Living News
Susan Smalley, Ph.D.

I went to a memorial service yesterday for a friend's mother who died at 99. It was full of some 50+ people who knew this extraordinary woman - an ordinary mom who revealed the extraordinary in everyday life.

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True Confession: I Loved Having a Newborn

Louise Sloan | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Knock Yourself Up, Breastfeeding, The Bitch in the House, Motherhood, Parenting, Mothers Who Think, Judith Warner, Infants, Sam Apple, Brett Paesel, American Parent, Catherine Newman, Waiting for Birdy, Ladies' Home Journal, Perfect Madness, Mommies Who Drink, Parents Magazine, Cathi Hanauer, Louise Sloan, Living News
Louise Sloan

These days, it seems like all the cool new parents complain -- bitterly and hilariously -- about having an infant. But I actually loved it.

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When Infanticide Isn't Murder

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Murder, Abortion, Texas, Mercy, Politics, Human Rights, Children, Crime, Motherhood, Parenting, Bioethics, Infanticide, Politics News
Jacob M. Appel

In the wake of a series of highly-publicized killings of young children by Texas mothers suffering from post-partum mental disorders, a state representative from Houston has introduced long overdue legislation that will recognize the mitigating circumstances surrounding such acts.

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The Recession Has Killed the Mommy Wars

Wendy Sachs | Posted 09.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Motherhood, Recession, Mommy Wars, Living News
Wendy Sachs

In a time of cash for clunkers, TARP, Ponzi schemes and "Recessionistas," the luxury of choosing not to work, seems, well, unseemly if not downright irresponsible.

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Who Decides When to Potty Train: You, Baby or Big Diapers?

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 09.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Diapers, Trash, Faircompanies, Landfill, Green News, Potty Training, Garbage, Motherhood, Parenting, Green News
Kirsten Dirksen

How did we, in just one generation, go from believing that an 18-monther was ready for the potty to feeling like we needed to let them discover their own way for an additional year and a half?

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Am I Doing This Parenting Thing Right?

Jeana Lee Tahnk | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Motherhood, Parenting, Moms, Parenting Tips, Confidence, Choice, Living News
Jeana Lee Tahnk

It's an age-old question that moms ask themselves on a daily basis -- am I doing this right? Motherhood to most is a type of training-in-progress, we learn as we go along.

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You Can Sing This Song When I'm Gone

Molly Magid Hoagland | Posted 09.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Fear of Death, Where the Wild Things Are, Motherhood, Parenting, Finding Nemo, Maurice Sendak, You Can Close Your Eyes, Childhood Fears, Talking About Death, James Taylor, Death, Living News
Molly Magid Hoagland

In a story my older son wrote, a volcano asks a question of a flamingo, a camel, a beehive and an okapi: "What month are you gonna die in?" He's been thinking about death for a year now.

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Mommy Profiles: The Surgeon

Juliet Linley | Posted 09.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Motherhood, Work-Life Balance, Parenting, Women and Work, Mothering, Parenthood, Living News
Juliet Linley

Dr. Fabiola, London-based eye surgeon: "Spend those first years close to your child. If you miss that period with your child, you will never have a second chance."

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Homemade Formula: Recipe for Disaster

Barbara Dehn | Posted 09.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Babies, Breastfeeding, New Moms, Baby Formula, Infant Health, Motherhood, Parenting, Living News
Barbara Dehn

Many moms who can't breastfeed, for whatever reason, feel tremendous pressure to breastfeed, that they don't quite measure up, which can lead to feelings of guilt, shame and anger.

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If You Give a Mother a Margarita

Susan Sawyers | Posted 09.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Drinking and Driving, Motherhood, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Parenting, Taconic Parkway, Madd, Living News
Susan Sawyers

As a mom, the best I can do is to role-model and encourage my kids to make wise decisions. And asking for assistance is hardly a sign of weakness; sometimes it's a symbol of strength.

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Lazy or Pragmatic Parenting?

Juliet Linley | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Motherhood, Parenting, Babies, Breastfeeding, Living News
Juliet Linley

How much longer will I nurse my child? Until I no longer find it convenient.

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Daddy Dearest

Juliet Linley | Posted 08.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Motherhood, Italy, Fatherhood, Parenting, Babies, Families, Family, Living News
Juliet Linley

Why aren't babies in Italy allowed to be babies anymore? Why are they made to feel that seeking the comfort of mummy is something to be ashamed of and scoffed at?

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My Summer With Sam

Lorraine Roe | Posted 08.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Melody Beattie, Motherhood, Summer, Love, Stay at Home Mothers, Co-Dependent, Parenting, Living News
Lorraine Roe

On my Facebook page I see others are having some of the same troubles. The stifling heat and down time with loved ones is making it hard to breathe for some this summer.

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Moms, Are You Put Down or Put on a Pedestal?

Amy Nebens and Jara Negrin | Posted 08.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Feelings, Relationships, Appreciated, Moms, Motherhood, Family Planning, Working Mothers, Living News
Amy Nebens and Jara Negrin

The thank-yous we constantly remind our kids to say are mostly an instinctual need to instill manners, but the reality is that the appreciation we receive does have a positive effect.

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Controller in Chief: Your Child

Juliet Linley | Posted 08.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Motherhood, Fatherhood, Parenting, Mothering, Family, Living News
Juliet Linley

So many people have children, but are determined said kids won't "control" their lives. In other words, I will not sacrifice my freedom for this clinging, helpless creature. I cannot give up my career for a child. The child must adapt to me.

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A Mindful Take on Screening for Postpartum Depression

Cassandra Vieten | Posted 08.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Motherhood, Pregnancy, Psychology, Parenting, Postpartum Depression, Mindfulness, Living News
Cassandra Vieten

There is a heck of a lot of unaddressed psychological distress during pregnancy and postpartum.

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Motherhood: Is It Ever Too Late?

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Medical Ethics, Women's Rights, Women, Late Motherhood, Women's Issues, Personal Health, Motherhood, Parenting, Ivf, Women's Health, Health, Women and Politics, Living, Bioethics, Medicine, Health Care, Living News
Jacob M. Appel

Births to women in their late fifties and early sixties are no longer international news. Whether they are empowering or irresponsible has been a matter of ongoing debate.

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Rome Taxi Daddy

Juliet Linley | Posted 08.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Motherhood, Parenting, Mothers, Family, Parents, Living News
Juliet Linley

You spend a lot of time apologizing to cab drivers when you have a small child: "Sorry about the screaming," "Sorry about the cracker crumbs," "Sorry about the flying rattle."

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