Guest Post: Pregnancy Diet and Nutrition
Merelymothers is proud to present the following guest post by Katie Moore. Can the words “pregnancy” and “diet” go together? Many people would say, “No.” Often, people think that the word “diet” means...
View ArticleCan I Commit to Breastfeeding Baby #2?
When I was pregnant with C, I was more nervous about breastfeeding than I was about childbirth. I worried, “Can I really do this? Will it really come as naturally as everyone is telling me it does?...
View ArticleGuest Post: The Stress of a Child’s Pace
Merelymothers is proud to present the following guest post by The Stay at Homer, Russ Jones. Seriously, how long should it take to load into the car to go grocery shopping? 1 minute? 3-5 if you have to...
View ArticleHow Do You Monitor Your Child’s Caregiver?
We are excited to have a guest post from Dawn, the third original writer for merelymothers. Now that the cooler weather has finally arrived in the VA area, I’ve been taking my daughter to the park much...
View ArticleGuest Post: Breaking up (with a Mommy Blogger) Is Hard to Do
Since you are reading this sentence, it’s fair to assume that you, like me, enjoy reading blogs. I subscribe to over thirty blogs on Google Reader. Whenever I find a new blog that seems interesting, I...
View ArticleWhat to Expect When All of Your Friends Are Expecting
We celebrated my son’s second birthday a few weeks ago, and I couldn’t help noticing a new development among the party guests. Of the ten or so mothers who attended the party, only three of us were not...
View ArticleGuest Post: Why, as a Working Mom, I Struggle to Make Other Mom Friends
Merelymothers is proud to highlight this piece from one of our frequent guest contributors, Hadyn Kihm. It’s hard to believe I’ve been working for nearly a year already! In April, I’ll have been...
View ArticleGuest Post: Advice from an Expert on What to Do When Punishment Doesn’t Work
Merelymothers is proud (and grateful!) to present the following guest post by Laura Scaramella, who you may remember as our latest Mommy Entrepreneur and owner of Petite Nola Bags. It turns out, she’s...
View ArticleGuest Post: When We Give Advice to Expectant Mothers, Who Are We Really...
Merelymothers is proud to highlight this piece from one of our frequent guest contributors, Hadyn Kihm. What is it about a glowing, pregnant woman that causes other moms to inundate her with...
View ArticleGuest Post: Don’t Leave the Kids to Their Own Devices
Merelymothers is excited to announce a new partnership with a service aimed at getting kids active: Freaky Rivet! Our longtime readers know that we tend to be skeptical about how much time kids spend...
View ArticleFreaky Rivet Friday: Bomb Your Artwork
[Image sources: balloons, chalk] I know some parents who treasure every piece of artwork that their kids bring home. It starts innocuously enough with that first masterpiece Charlie “drew” when he was...
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Freaky Rivet Friday: Nature Art
So with autumn here with its crisp air, what more refreshing than to take a walk through the park or woods or the beach? Here’s an activity to add a bit of additional fun and creativity into the walk....
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Freaky Rivet Activity: A Silly Word Game for Anytime or Make It Special for...
So we’re devastated this month that we couldn’t come up with an adult spin on our activity. So it is with a heavy heart that we give you this month’s activity in the full knowledge that it’s unlikely...
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Guest Post: An Advent Challenge that Gets Kids Active
There’s nothing wrong with stuffing your face with chocolate every day between now and Christmas—the advent calendar told you to do it. For my part, I’ve been eyeing up a whiskey advent calendar for...
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Guest Post: Lighting a Brighter Future
I make a fire every New Year’s Eve. It’s a tradition I developed years ago in college, when I was at that point where it was my responsibility to find my own way to mark certain events. I cut a piece...
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Freaky Rivet Friday: Want to Make a Volcano in Your Kitchen? Sure You Do!
Volcanoes can be a real nuisance. You arrange your rooms to be just so—the coffee table books you never read are all square on the table, the fresh fruit your kids won’t touch are in a wooden bowl on...
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Guest Post: Food & Wine Pairings for Valentine’s Day
Image Source (all images) So it’s Valentine’s Day again, and we all know what that means—lots of chocolate, lots of flowers and lots of champagne. Sure, the flowers are good with the chocolate, and...
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Guest Post: Confessions of a Home-Schooler
Merelymothers is proud to highlight a brand new guest poster and educator, Liz Norris, as she writes about why she homeschools, and what her daughter thinks about it. If you met my (almost)...
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What It’s *Really* Like to Be a Working Mother
When one of my oldest friends offered to write a complementary piece to my What It’s Really Like to Be a SAHM, I had to take her up on it, both out of curiosity about her day and a desire to further...
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Guest Post: Mom Friendships Are Just More…Real
My friendships since becoming a mom are more real than the ones I had prior. There, I said it. Anyone else feel this way? I’m posting this anonymously for fear of offending anyone. But I can’t help...
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