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For most moms, that maternal instinct kicks in right after birth, but for me, it came weeks later—only after I had given myself the time, both…
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I think we can all agree that this year it has been extremely stressful. As a Latina writer and mother, it has been a lot to process in such a…
Editor's Pick Spotlight
For the past three years, my toddler has been sleeping in our room. But about a month ago, when he was officially evicted into his own room, t…
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My biggest lesson in parenthood is that you'll get sick when your child is sick. Recently, there’s been a surge in flu activity in California.…
This past June, I found myself being wheeled into a surgical room for my first colonoscopy. It had been a challenging nine months. From the fa…
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I first noticed my back acne in sixth grade, which eventually worsened and spread to my chest and, in the worst place possible, my face.
If you're a toddler mom, then you've probably heard several times from your pediatrician that it’s time to say goodbye to the baby bottle for …
When toddlers start identifying colors at the age of two, that's a big milestone for their cognitive development. They can, however, name diff…
It is very likely that our toddler’s first word wasn’t their first name but actually Mama or Dada and there’s probably other milestones in my …
My mom didn’t make tamales. She was the youngest of 11 and told me her older sisters and mom kept her out of the kitchen, so she didn’t learn how. So during the holidays we’d go visit one of my aunts who made tamales. I always felt like somehow I missed out because even though I grew up eating tamales, I didn’t learn how to make them.