Category Archive

Families

Our sister site Offbeat Mama launched in 2009, became Offbeat Families in 2012, and was merged into Offbeat Home & Life in 2015. This archive contains all the posts ever published on those sites! We believe that while children change your life forever, being around kids doesn’t necessitate abandoning your identity. We believe in supporting and inspiring parents and caregivers who are moving beyond mainstream visions of parenting. We welcome anyone who’s interested in families, whether you’re pre-parental, in the process of becoming a parent, or choosing to live childfree.

How to stave off questions about drinking while pregnant

I was at a party. I was pregnant. Someone handed me a half glass of wine, and I drank it. And there it was — the crack of the whip glare. At first I thought I was projecting (my rule was one-ish on a full stomach, with lots of water, to be totally honest) so I turned to the glarer, a friend of mine, who was already a mom.

“You didn’t drink when you were pregnant, did you?”
“No,” her tone was short and sharp.

Children’s cosplaying done right

Star Wars + kids = the best Offbeat Mama fodder EVER, courtesy of The Daily What.

An ex-military, current nursing student dad

James is an ex-military, current nursing school student DILF. He is also a fan of pink and faeries, which amps up his DILF factor.

I was THAT GUY at my kid’s baseball game

Everyone yells at kid’s baseball games, and at least 50% of them are completely bat shit crazy, knuckle-dragging fathers who have some warped sense of displaced childhood glory. How did I become one of them?!

Dealing with clogged ducts while breastfeeding

One morning I woke up with a huge, hard lump on my right breast. I didn’t know where it came from and totally freaked out – Did I have a tumor!? I wrote my mama friends, did some reading and figured out it was had to be a clogged duct.

A creative pregnancy announcement

Charlotte told friends she was pregnant and then filmed their responses. The result? Instant pregnancy announcement genius!

A photographer’s work with Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep

Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep is a network of volunteer photographers who are on call to serve bereaved families and honor their children through infant remembrance photography. Angela is one such photographer.

An interview with Adele, the mother behind “Mila’s Daydreams”

Ariel discovered Adele’s website Mila’s Daydreams last week, and immediately knew that we had to have an interview with Adele!