WOW! What a response we had to our casting call. After pouring over all the applications… we’ve narrowed the list down to TWELVE. Twelve inspiring mamas. Twelve women that will affect you, change you, make you think and make you laugh. It wasn’t easy to…
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I have two sons, Jonathan and Ben, ages 6 and 1. With Jonathan, we used disposables, and Ben was our cloth diaper baby. I want to mention here that this is not a dedicated/sponsored post, and I am neither for or against cloth diapers. I’m sharing my…
Read More...Chevrolet Safe and Sure Car Seat Installation Workshop
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Read More...Five Things: Links We Love
This week’s Links We Love are all here … 1 | This baby’s morning wake-up routine is the cutest thing ever. Baby boy shakes bum every morning when waking up to music. 2 | Let’s Take The Holidays Down A Notch Every Holiday seems to…
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By Kelly Duran One of the biggest changes motherhood brought was that I no longer had time to focus on myself. It was just too easy to put all of my focus on my kids, marriage, home, work, etc. Until the day came when I…
Read More...Breastfeeding: When it works and when it doesn’t
By: Dr. Unjali Malhotra We published a couple of articles about breastfeeding these past few weeks and the conversations have been quite heated at times. Healthy debate is always a good thing as we know but is it helping inform us in ways that are beneficial?…
Read More...Casting Call: Become a Feature Writer
Casting Call! Can you believe Spring is nearly here? Along with the crocus’ and daffs popping up all over the place comes another reason to get excited. We are announcing a fabulous opportunity for you to join our editorial team here at Modern Mama! We…
Read More...Stop defining yourself by your job and your kids.
By: Meg Batatz I was originally going to write an article about inspiring, famous women who are killing it at work and at home. And five steps on how to be like them. But I changed my mind. As I was doing my usual daily…
Read More...Daylight Savings Time: How to help your kids adjust to the time change
By: Lee-Anne Ekland Spring Forward March 14th. Set your clocks ahead before you go to bed on Saturday. When you wake up on Sunday morning don’t be surprised if you are dog-tired. You’ll have lost an hours sleep if you went to bed at the…
Read More...Mom of Two, Allison Tai: Fights her way back to fitness after near tragic accident
By: Lee-Anne Ekland Are you looking for inspiration to get your body back after baby? Do you want to kick your fitness level up a notch or ten this time around? Look no further. Even if you prefer a more, ahem, sane approach you can’t…
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