Pop Quiz: How many minutes does it take you and your kids to get out of the house every morning?And how many of those are devoted to you?If you’re anything like me and most other moms, the answer sequence goes something like this:4,985,314 hoursand3 minutes.I have, therefore, developed a love for simplicity in many of my […]

Look. I’m 100% Italian, and let me start off by saying my two  grandmothers are likely simultaneously rolling over in their graves as I post this.

When I recently toured The Alfond Inn in Winter Park, Florida, I was delighted to learn that you can bring your furry little best friend with you to stay at the hotel, and boy, do they have some awesome amenities for him.

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There’s not much during pregnancy that’s more fun than dressing up, putting on some makeup and playing glam. Just kidding. Everything sounds more fun than that when you’re pregnant.

Another day, another study proving what mothers have been trying to explain for millennia with our exhaustion-limited vocabulary and sleep-deprived cortices.

It sounds like I’m far along–and looks like it too–but then I realize I have 16 weeks left and think, “Nope, lady. You’ve got some more baby hauling to do.”

On this part of my tour of The Alfond Inn in Winter Park, Florida, I got a delicious taste of the menu at their signature restaurant, Hamilton’s Kitchen.

Pregnancy is an amazing, but strange, time. Your body is growing, your mind and memory is starting to slip away (hiya, Mom Brain!), and you can’t fit into your damn clothes anymore, and yet everything you see in maternity clothing stores seems to be absurdly expensive or just not your style.

I’ve heard it from my pregnant friends time and time again. “All people ever want to tell me is their horror stories about giving birth. I don’t wanna hear that crap!” “Why are all these moms being so negative?!”