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Baby Name Meanings: Choosing Margaret Naming your new baby has got to be one of the most exciting parts of pregnancy and parenthood! Like many women, I had compiled a…

Birth Stories: The Waiting Game “Any day now,” my ob-gyn said two weeks before my due date of January 23, 2013. I was 4 centimeters dilated and 80 percent effaced,…

The Benefits of Being a Labor Veteran The mental note-to-self during labor with my first child went something like this: You definitely don’t want to do this again. Three kids…

Sibling Love: A Six Year Gap I have three children. My oldest, Soul, recently turned 6; Paix, my second son, is 3; and I now have my first little girl,…

Being a Good Father: Lessons from My Dad Like most kids growing up, my thoughts about my father were a combination of admiration and frustration. I looked up to him…

Gifts for Dads of Two When I became a father for the second time, I was more confident, less anxious — but definitely not any less excited. I love having…

Your New Baby’s Bowel Movements, Decoded As a new mom, I obsessed over the contents of my new baby’s diapers. I know it may sound strange, but it really became…

The Best New Dad Gifts Before I became a new dad for the first time, I was pretty sure I could avoid getting and using all the extra stuff fathers…

Baby Milestones: The First Diaper Change I will never, ever forget the first time I changed my daughter Eleni’s diaper. It stands out so vividly in my mind. Eleni was…

Second Baby: What It’s Like Having a Boy and Girl When my husband and I began trying for a second child, I wondered how it would be to have two…