Candace Cameron Bure: Vacation Getaways For The Family

  When it comes to the summer vacation for the family, you’ve got a slew of options. Two of the most important: to go or...

Empowering Women Entrepreneurs

Taking the step toward being an entrepreneur isn’t an easy choice. For moms in particular, that choice may be one of necessity. Entrepreneurship empowers...

Why I Did Redshirt My Child

Getting ready to send your baby to kindergarten is an emotional process for both the parents and the child. Many parents with summer or...

5 Ways to Turn Your Mom Guilt into Something Positive

Every mom has it – that pang of mom guilt that makes you question everything you have ever done as a mother. Do I...

Hot Sex Even After Having 9 Children!

The water is purified in the house, so there’s nothing in the water that is magically producing all these pregnancies. It’s simply straight up,...

Raising a Family with a Spouse suffering from a Chronic Disease

As I sat breastfeeding my infant while entertaining my toddler, half-listening to a doctor (a gastroenterologist to be exact) tell myself and my husband that...

The Online Village: Why Moms Are Always on Their Phones

“Seriously, what are you looking at? Who are you talking to?” “No one. I’m just on Facebook.” “Facebook, Instagram. You’re always on there. I don’t see...

A Letter to my (older) Adopted Child

It is not your fault. It is not always your fault that you are all alone. It is the nature of the beast. It...

POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE: THE POSTPARTUM EXPERIENCE I WASN’T PREPARED FOR

Being pregnant for me was like being a kid in a candy store. Literally. I ate whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted, because I...

What You Need to Know if Your Child Has a Rare...

‪If your child was recently diagnosed with a rare disease, it may feel like you are alone, but there is a community of parents...

Cut It Out Cereal Box tops With Dave Coulier

  Remember those red dotted lines on the top of your favorite cereal box? The Box Tops; and now Box Tops is celebrating a major milestone by...

A Song of Motherhood

Do you have songs that take you back to another time or place in your life? We all do, I imagine. My life has...

Building Character In A Selfie World

  We all want to raise our children to be good people with strong character, and in a recent national parent survey, an overwhelming majority...

Why We March: An Open Letter

My Darling Children, I do not consider myself a political scholar, or even possessing extensive political knowledge. I cannot relate to all the woes of...

HOW TO USE HASHTAGS MOMTREPRENEUR 101

Added to the Oxford Dictionary in 2010, you are most likely familiar with hashtags throughout social media, but do you know where the term...

The Incredible Benefits of Breastfeeding Past 6 Months

The benefits of breastfeeding past 6 months improve the health and cognitive abilities of mothers and babies, especially when nursing extends to one year...

10 Tips For Choosing A Gym Membership

  It’s about that time of year where you may be thinking: I need to get healthy and start working out. You’ve already decided that joining a...

Can You Afford A Large Family?

  … of course that depends. How many times have you heard, “If we were in a better financial place, we’d have more”? What exactly...

Traveling with Children to Portland for the Weekend

  When thinking about getting on a plane with two 4 year olds and flying 5 hours across the country just to spend 2 days...

How to Maintain a Long Distance Relationship

Long distance relationships are becoming a common occurrence today. Though technology makes our world seem smaller and smaller, many couples still find themselves in the situation where...

We Dug These Trenches with Love

Travis and I have a tendency of describing the stage of life we’re in just like this, “Oh, we’re in the TRENCHES.” I’m pretty...

REAL LIFE CONFESSIONS OF A SAHM

Nobody said marriage would be easy. And you certainly don’t hear people tossing around phrases like “it’s all rainbows and butterflies” when describing those...

Active Moms Recovering After Baby: Cinch It

  Congratulations! Whether this is your first baby or 5th, as an active mom, you surely deserve and need your down time with your new...

How I (Didn’t) Heal After Miscarriages and Secondary Infertility

  One in four. That’s how many women will experience a miscarriage in their reproductive lifetime. There are so many women out there that share this...

THE ONLY ADVICE NEW PARENTS NEED

I have one piece of advice for expectant parents about to embark on the journey of brand new parenthood. Just one thing, and I...

Feeling All the Feels: Sending My Girl to Kindergarten

  I don’t know how it happened. It’s cliche but it’s true. It seems like yesterday the nurse placed her in my arms for the first...

WELCOME JAMES THOMAS

    Since its launch in March of 2013, we’ve welcomed many babies into our Daily Mom family. During our first year, there was one almost...

Anaphylaxis – The Reaction To Be Prepared For

  Everyone responsible for a child may be at risk for witnessing an anaphylaxis reaction – including parents, school staff, family, friends and doctors. Meet...

IF TOMORROW NEVER CAME: PARENTING WITH NO REGRETS

Shortly after my first child was born, an online friend of mine lost her baby. She was 7 months old. There are no words...

Maternity Leave vs ME-Ternity Leave: Its No Vacation

It’s no secret that the United States’ maternity leave laws are some of the worst in the world. New mothers barely have time to...

THINGS I WILL TELL MY DAUGHTER EVERY DAY WITHOUT FEAR

There are dozens of blog posts spiraling virally through the realm of the social media world lately about things that we absolutely should and...

An Open Letter to My Family about My Post-Partum Depression

Depression has been something that has clung to me like an unwanted acquaintance, and it became more prevalent after my first daughter was born....

Seven Ways to Prevent the Stress of being a WAHM

It’s been said to be the best of both worlds — being able to work from home while also being home with your children...

THE EMOTIONAL JOURNEY OF BREASTFEEDING

You hear it all the time. It shows up in your social media feeds in inspirational memes. Your mother-in-law’s eyes glisten just the tiniest...

Meet the Real Daily Moms

Happy Mother’s Day to all of you beautiful mothers out there! Here at Daily Mom we are known for bringing you useful and informative articles...

Celebrity Fitness Expert Brings You Yogalosophy

  Meet the creator of the yoga-hybrid DVD Yogalosophy, Mandy Ingber. As popular as yoga is around the world, Yogalosophy is in a world of...