Motherlode Blog Feeds
Careful Formula Supplement Can Aid Early Breast-Feeding
Carefully regulated formula feeding before your milk comes in will not harm your baby’s ability to breast-feed, and done properly, it may even help in the long run.
How Debbie Wasserman Schultz Does It
The week in Washington and the weekend at home: the congresswoman from Florida describes a typical day balancing work and family.
How We Do It: Time Diaries of Family Life
Parents taking on the ordinary challenges of life and work and family hear it all the time: "I don't know how you do it!" In Motherlode's new series, they offer the play by play on a typical day.
Is ‘Too Skimpy for an 8-Year-Old’ in the Eye of the Beholder?
Can children wear "too sexy" clothing, or is it our perception of what's sexy that needs to change?
Too Old for Camp, Too Young to Work: What to Do?
A reader is looking for activities for young teens and tweens in the summer.
Books to Give Your Mother (and Yourself)
Books to give and to get for Mother's Day.
Similac’s Dubious ‘No Judgment’ Marketing
When we avoid conversations that might lead other women to judge us, we never experience the solidarity of knowing we aren't alone.
Autistic and Coming (Reluctantly) of Age
My son is taller than his mother, but he isn't celebrating.
Weaned: A Bittersweet Victory
After several colds, two bouts of pinkeye, thrush and mastitis, and more restless nights than I cared to count, I decided that it was time for us to stop breast-feeding.
The Uncertain Field of Concussion Care
There is no test or procedure to verify whether a patient has had a concussion.
Talking With My Daughter About My Service in Iraq
The first time my daughter Shylah asked me about being a soldier in Iraq, she was 6 years old. Her class had been studying the war.
Parents on Social Media Know Too Much
Cyberparenting, social media, and the risk of "T.M.I."
Is There Emergency Contraception in Your Medicine Cabinet?
Should parents make emergency contraception available to teenagers?
The Complicated Calculus of Real Estate and Education in NYC
The lengths families in New York City go to to get their child into the neighborhood school.
Lesson From Bangladesh: Cheap Children’s Clothes Are Expensive
Cheap children's clothes are a false economy, both individually and globally.
I Didn’t Want Twins
From the moment the ultrasound revealed two blobs in my uterus and not one, I have felt compromised.
I Wanted ‘Twins’
We didn't exactly choose to create adoptive "twins." But we didn't say no.
My Son’s Grades Are Too High
When my son fails in school, his teachers fail him by failing to name it.
The Play Date Gun Debate
Creating a non-political conversation around children and gun-safety.
Months After Newtown, Sorting Boxes of Grief
My stepmother was killed in the Newtown shooting. My husband and I divorced after 10 years of marriage. I'm left with boxes of physical reminders of what used to be.
