TikTok Those of us born in the ’80s know what a magical breed we are. With an analogue childhood and digital teen years, it was the best of both worlds, and almost makes up for, you know, the economy tanking right as a lot of us started our careers which has left us playing financial catch-up ever since… almost. Mercy, a national healthcare system, recently reminded us of the joys of our younger years as a way to remind us to schedule that mammogram. Yes, we were betrayed by our nostalgia. A bevy of doctors, nurses, technicians, and administrators at...
This Parenting Hack Make Mornings Go More Smoothly
Catherine Falls Commercial/Moment/Getty Images I was so incredibly tired of waking up pissed off every single morning. Either someone was crying or asking me to heat up macaroni and cheese at 6 a.m. when I was still trying to open my eyes. I’d start the day off so angry. From there, we’d be in a constant state of rushing and whining and making insane compromises for the simplest task. “Please go brush your teeth!” turned into “GO BRUSH YOUR TEETH RIGHT NOW! WE ARE GOING TO BE LATE!” at an astronomical volume. I’d send my daughter off to school as...
Ultimate Green Flag Husband Arranges Oyster Feast For Postpartum Wife
TikTok/@rachsullivan__ If you’ve given birth, you understand the power of that first postpartum meal. Not only have you just expended colossal energy bringing another person into the world, but throughout the process of growing them there’s a good chance you didn’t get to eat your favorite foods, whether because they weren’t safe for you to eat or they just didn’t agree with you while you were pregnant. So that first opportunity to hoover some salmon sashimi or, in my case, all the sugary carbs gestational diabetes had denied me. But one husband really went the extra mile for his postpartum...
This Professional-Athlete Performance Hack Is Actually So Good For Moms
Prostock-studio/Shutterstock From sprinting across the room to stop your kid from yet again putting a foreign object in their mouth to marathon errand running, motherhood isn’t really all that different from being an athlete. Hear me out: The most revered professional athletes are dedicated to their sport, find ways to improve despite challenges and show up to perform as best they can time after time. Not to sound dramatic, but that’s exactly what a regular day in the life of a mom feels like. And if there are that many parallels between parenthood and pro-athleticism, it stands to reason that...