— kyotokushige/DigitalVision/Getty Images Choosing a baby name can be equal parts exciting and stressful. After all, it’s one of the first big, lasting decisions you make for your little one. Their name will, most likely, be with them their entire lives and so parents approach the decision with a lot of thought and care. But even when you try really hard to find the “perfect” name, sometimes it just doesn’t work out. In fact, Baby Center surveyed more than 450 mothers of children five and under earlier this summer and found that nearly 1 in 10 wish they’d chosen a...
Mom Questions What's "Normal" When It Comes To Sex In Marriage
— Madison Barbosa / TikTok When one TikTok mom heard that some couples were having sex with their partners 4-5 times a week, she was flabbergasted, and I have to say: same! I beg your dearest pardon. That is so many times! With kids?! With work?! How do you not immediately go off to dreamland the minute you’re horizontal in bed? What is this witchcraft? “Are you guys doing the hanky-panky like multiple times a week?” Madison Barbosa asked her followers on TikTok. “I just saw a video on my For You page. It was a mom asking other moms...
I Love My Grumpy Barn Cat & So Does My Kid
— u8213021/500Px Plus/Getty Images My cat is a joke among my friends and family. The joke is that he isn’t real, because almost nobody ever sees him. It’s not exactly true — he pokes his head out when my mom visits, and my sister once woke up in the middle of the night wondering why she couldn’t breathe, only to discover it was Elliott sitting on her chest. (He’s big-boned.) But he is not somebody who strolls meowing up to strangers demanding pets. Let’s put it this way: when my friends are cat-sitting, they report whether he’s eaten the food...
How To Host A 'Practical Magic' Girls' Night In
The first time I ever saw Practical Magic was with my best friend during our freshman year of college. She had grown up with the movie, but it was one I didn’t remember watching with my mom (we watched Hocus Pocus a lot, though). When I finally did watch it, I fell head-over-heels for the Owens sisters — all of them. The movie was the perfect blend of witchy and girl power and spooky with an absolutely perfect soundtrack, and it soon became our thing. When I had my first daughter, I was in an abusive marriage, and as I...