Sexy Norwegian DILF rocks the sling
Thanks so much to Kat for submitting this video of Norwegian papa Torstein Greni proudly demonstrating how to correctly use a wrap-style sling to carry his newborn daughter. By the time I got to 1:29, my ovaries exploded out of my nose. Normally I make sure I get the consent of dads or their partners […]
My growing boy and the flowered pants
Last month while on clothing expedition, he selected from a shelf a pair of bold, pink flower-covered cotton pants and asked me to buy them for him. I heard a disembodied voice that could only be mine reply stiffly, “Let’s take a look at these pants. Do these look like boy pants, or girl pants?”
Baby Mood Board
Those of you who “graduated” to Offbeat Mamahood after spending time as Offbeat Brides will appreciate this maternal twist on ye olde bridal inspiration board. -Ariel After 6 months of my husband and I educating ourselves on the X,Y, and Z to prep for our home birth, we decided to have fun and focus a […]
Gamer DILF with pretty, pretty hair
Welcome to this week’s installment of Offbeat Mama’s controversial exercise in friendly male objectification! This time, I present you with Andrew, who may have the prettiest hair of all the DILFs I’ve featured: Thanks to Andrew’s partner Junipur for submitting this shot to the Offbeat Mama pool. As she says, “I think he is a […]
How to DIY your own Ruffle Bib Tutorial
Ruby is three and a half months old. This means she drools. A lot. I didn’t want to go out and spend a bunch on ugly bibs with sayings like ‘Daddy’s Princess’ on them (no offense if you’re into those) so I bought one ugly bib and then used it as a pattern to make […]
Cedar in springtime
I love child photography that feels like it capture both the spirit of the kiddo, as well as their environment. In this case, it’s springtime in Seattle, and local photographer Naomi Sheikin captured these shots of Cedar — the son of Julia, who wrote about her tattoo stretching during pregnancy. Yay for springtime… Thanks to […]
The thing about kids
A friend and I were out with our kids at a local – and purportedly kid friendly -attraction, where we were glared at, told in no uncertain terms to keep our kids quiet, and instructed not to let them run by attraction staff. (Each of these things more ridiculous than the last, especially when you […]
Non-cheesy maternity shoot ideas
Last summer, when I started thinking about doing a maternity photo shoot, I went sniffing around online looking for maternity shoot pose ideas. I found a lot poses repeated over and over again …