Maskot/Maskot/Getty Images My daughter, Indy, had a hard fall at the playground over the weekend. I could tell her shoulder was in pain and couldn’t wait for a regular pediatrician appointment on Monday. And that meant we had to turn to a solution that filled me with dread: urgent care. That’s because Indy is autistic,...
We all have those lightbulb moments: the enlightening occasions when something that previously eluded your attention occurs to you, and you just get it. It finally sinks in. You fully realize, for the first time, whatever truth it was that had been all but staring you in the face. Sometimes, these epiphanies are as simple...
Back when my daughters were babies, my Pinterest boards were full of minimalism porn: white walls, vacuum-striped floors, zero sh*t on the counters. I craved nothing more than an empty house with a vase full of peonies as the sole decoration. Maybe my aspirations were too high, or a version of wishful thinking. But I...
Edwin Tan /E+/Getty Images For the past 20 years, BabyCenter has been collecting data from the new parents who make accounts at their website, allowing them to collect tons of baby name trend information in real time — and before the Social Security Administration (SSA) releases their name statistics each spring. It means that each...