On Mommy Shaming: Judge Less, Support Instead

A few weeks back I learned of the Victoria Beckham and Hilary Duff internet blow up over their Instagram photos of them kissing their children on the mouths. I'm not here to rant on whether they should or should not be doing that and that's the point of this entry. In my adult career as a…

8 Songs To Sing That Fussy Baby to Sleep (and none of them are by Raffi)

     The first time I couldn't get a fussy 3-month-old to stop crying threw me into a full panic. I'd gone through a checklist of all the most likely reasons he was fussy and texted his mother, sure that it was something catastrophic. A pro mother of three, she texted a simple "He's probably just tired. Try putting…